Episode 4 – Escape Plan Bravo
After learning that Vaughn got away (along with Cassius, if Athena spared him), Gortys tells Vallory about the Vault of the Traveller, and how she can summon it once she gets her final upgrade from Helios. Vallory enlists the entire crew to go up to Helios for her and retrieve the upgrade; otherwise she’ll kill them.
While Fiona, Sasha, and August debate on how best to get to Helios and where to find the upgrade, Jack appears to inform Rhys that he knows exactly where the upgrade is: in Jack’s office. Rhys shares his newly acquired intel, and Gortys confirms the location with a quick scan. The team start forming their plan from there, with August and the girls bringing Scooter on board to help build a rocket to get them up to the space station. Meanwhile Rhys goes with Finch and Kroger to Old Haven, to get Vasquez’s body so they can scan him into a “New-U” station. Rhys can then take on Vasquez’s appearance as a disguise while on Helios.
Once the team is suited up and ready, the nine of them – Rhys, Fiona, Sasha, Scooter, Loader Bot, Gortys, August, Finch, and Kroger – all board the rocket and make their way toward Helios. Complications arise during the trip, so Fiona and Scooter go out to detach the booster rockets from either side of the craft. Fiona takes care of her side well enough, but Scooter’s hand gets caught in his. With no time to save him, Scooter makes Fiona detach the booster rocket with his hand still stuck. The booster explodes, and Scooter along with it.
The rest of the team arrives safely on Helios and Rhys, under the guise of Vasquez, quickly meets up with Yvette. He discovers that she also had a deal in place with Vasquez, and didn’t seem to care what happened to Rhys. Following their conversation Rhys makes his way to Vasquez’s office to monitor Fiona and the others on the security feed, informing them where to go. Their best chance at gaining access to Jack’s office is through a tour of Helios, so Fiona snags a badge and impersonates a tour guide.
During the VIP tour, one of the Handsome Jack Fan Club members tries to walk into Jack’s office and is promptly disintegrated by a force field, causing the entire office to go into full lockdown. Rhys tries to override the lockdown from Vasquez’s office, but is interrupted by another encounter with Yvette. The player decides how to handle the confrontation, but afterward Jack comes out again to tell Rhys about a trap door that he can use to enter his office, accessible through the prison level.
Fiona defaces Hyperion property so she gets taken down to the prison level to help Rhys get to the trap door, and from there he successfully enters Jack’s office. After looking around at Jack’s trophy case he finds Gortys’ final upgrade, and Jack tries talking him into jacking into the executive override port so they can run Hyperion together. Down in the prison level, Fiona and Gortys are approached by Yvette and some guards, who had captured Sasha.
Either you can accept Jack’s proposal and join willingly, or refuse and he’ll force you into it. Either way Jack is no longer restricted to the confines of Rhys’ head, and that’s where the end of Tales from the Borderlands will begin.
