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Episode 2 – Atlas Mugged

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Rhys is taken aback by the sudden appearance of his former hero, who only he can see. He wanders around to a neighboring room trying to make sense of the bizarre situation as the other three just think he hit his head a bit too hard during his fall. The two pieces that make the map appear to fall apart, and Fiona, Sasha, and Vaughn look around for more clues as to what’s going on. After taking an eye from a nearby corpse to activate a computer’s retinal scan, they see a video log from Athena, who mentions the Gortys facility in Old Haven.

During this time Rhys is getting to know the newly acquired AI companion, who doesn’t quite comprehend that he’s dead, and actually just a program in Rhys’ head. The two take a few minutes to try coming to terms with what’s happening, when Rhys falls back down and rejoins the crew, Jack disappearing for the time. The team notices firepower hitting above ground from the Helios base, and Loader Bot appears to pull them all out of the pit.

They make their getaway in the caravan, avoiding the shots as a Rakk Hive starts chasing them. Using the caravan’s boost to out-manoeuvre the Rakk Hive, they lead it into taking a direct hit from the moonshots, but the hive tumbles and hits the caravan, tossing Rhys and Vaughn from it before the girls can grab them. The caravan continues boosting forward as the guys tumble into the desert.

After Rhys calls Yvette for some help, the guys wander the desert, and Jack reappears. Rhys can choose whether or not to try explaining the hologram to Vaughn, but either way they are soon tracked down by Vasquez, who orders the two to dig their own graves at gun-point. During this exchange you learn that Vasquez made a deal with Vaughn to double-cross you, though Vaughn swears he was just playing along to keep Vasquez off their back. The two soon get away, and Jack realizes he can kind of, sort of control Rhys’ robotic arm.

As Rhys and Vaughn run from Vasquez, Loader Bot swoops in and picks them up. The group earlier decided to stop at Hollow Point before heading to Old Haven, so you can choose to either meet the girls at Hollow Point and go to Old Haven together, or head straight to Old Haven and meet up there.

Tales from the Borderlands - Sasha, Rhys, Fiona, Vaughn

Upon their separation from the guys, Fiona and Sasha make their way to Hollow Point and meet Scooter, the local mechanic. He fixes up the caravan while they go to Felix’s hideout to gather supplies. They find a video left by Felix, which explains why he tried taking the money for himself in episode 1 – to spare them the wrath of Vallory, a crime boss who placed bounties on their heads. Before they leave two bounty hunters, Finch and Kroger, break in and attempt to apprehend the girls. They manage to escape to the streets, only to begin being chased by Athena as well, also looking to collect on their bounties.

The girls manage to give Athena the slip and pick up their ride from Scooter’s (the scene plays out in different ways if Rhys and Vaughn head to Hollow Point), meeting his assistant Janey Springs from the Pre-Sequel. Safe in their newly repaired caravan, Fiona and Sasha (along with Rhys and Vaughn, depending) head to Old Haven.

If the guys went straight to Old Haven they find their way into a hidden Atlas building with a big Gortys Project logo on it, and get ambushed by August and his gang. The girls arrive shortly after, but have no time to help before Vasquez shows up to join August’s posse. If the guys met up with the girls at Hollow Point first, the group is collectively ambushed by August and Vasquez both, along with their goons.

Outnumbered and outgunned, Rhys is taken away by Vasquez while August takes Fiona, leaving Vaughn and Sasha to be guarded by the lackeys. Rhys and Fiona are led to opposing sides of a chamber deep in the Gortys building, each using their specific key to activate the devices in the chamber. During their walk August tells Fiona that he tried cutting Vallory out of the deal for the vault key, which is why he’s working with Vasquez to capture you all now – to get back in Vallory’s good graces.

A barrier arises after each key is entered, separating Rhys and Fiona from their captors. Their panels move toward each other, joining in the center to form the Gortys core. Soon a handful of security drones encroach on the duo, and Rhys can choose to either let Jack control him to deactivate the bots or trust Fiona to take them out with a stun grenade. Either way, episode 2 ends there.


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