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.