


Rhys gives the Vault Hunters an Atlas Viper Drive to hack a Maliwan shuttle instead. He has the Vault Hunters meet him at his ship, but before they can travel to Maliwan's base, Katagawa destroys the ship with the laser. Rhys calls the Vault Hunters back to Promethea after they collect the Key piece on Athenas, as Skywell-27's laser is threatening Atlas and is demolishing locations on Promethea. Desperate to save Atlas, he agrees to their terms and tells the Vault Hunters that Maliwan is after the pieces, having also invaded Athenas. Zer0 helps the Vault Hunters to clear the way and defeat Gigamind.Īlthough Rhys was happy to obtain the data, he was not concerned with finding the Vault initially, which prompted threats from the Vault Hunters. He instructs the Vault Hunters to meet his top agent, Zer0, who is already planning a strike on the Gigamind to steal Maliwan's data. However, he quickly recomposes himself and tells them that if Maliwan is supported by the Calypsos and are after the Vaults, then that information would be stored in Maliwan's Gigamind. He was initially excited as reinforcements arrived, but quickly became frustrated when he realized that the Vault Hunters were his only support. The Vault Hunters responded to Lorelei's distress call and helped Atlas retake Watershed Base to get in contact with Rhys, who appears as a hologram.

Katagawa Jr., in an attempt to secure a partnership of his own with Rhys, invaded Promethea, putting the entire Atlas corporation at risk. This led to Marcus agreeing to a rocky but sustainable partnership. Marcus disagreed and later ate his words when Rhys successfully re-forged Atlas and creating his own tech. ECHO recordings from Marcus Kincaid in the Meridian Outskirts reveal that sometime after the events of Tales from the Borderlands, Rhys approached Marcus, seeking a partnership with him as he was confident that he could rebuild Atlas. Rhys eventually managed to rebuild the Atlas corporation and settled himself on Promethea before the events of Borderlands 3. When the AI attempted to kill Rhys, he ripped out his own cybernetics and could choose to either destroy the AI or leave it in an endless, eternal void.Īt the end of the fifth episode, after defeating the Traveler, Rhys and Fiona enter the Vault of the Traveler together, and disappear in a flash of bright light. Involvement Tales from the Borderlands Main article: Tales from the Borderlands episodesĪfter loading Nakayama's ID chip into Rhys's implant, which contained Handsome Jack AI, the AI accompanies him throughout the game and either gives advice or mocks Rhys.
