Prologue – Kicking things off
After the death of Jack the vault hunters hunted down the remaining Hyperion forces. What they didn't know was that a man named Ronald Jenkins thought of a plan to save their skins from the vault hunters. Jenkins bribed the bandits to dress up like Hyperion with the typical bait of booze, woman and more. Though what the bandits didn't know was that they were sealing their fate as they did that. The vault hunters thought they were killing off Hyperion but the truth was that they were killing bandits while the real Hyperion went into hiding for two months. They also never paid the bandits what they had promised them. In that time span, the Vault hunters went on various adventures from hunting down a giant creature with a sandworm for a tongue to find open a treasure room filled with loot to going on a Torguesplosive journey to take down a coward and open a vault located in a crater dubbed: The Badass Crater of Badassitude. Adventure after adventure the vault hunters were pretty happy, but Hyperion was still alive. They stayed hidden in the abandoned town of Opportunity, once a place that looked beautiful on the outside but it was ugly on the inside. Now, it was ugly on the outside. From there they got help from mercenaries which strengthened them. So in summary, Hyperion was getting stronger right under the Vault Hunters' noses. When they came back, they started controlling a majority of the planet with their massive army. The vault hunters weren't strong enough to take them head on but they managed to defend key areas like The Dust from their control. Hyperion began tinkering with the fast travel station to work only for their personnel. Ronald Jenkins became the man who brought Hyperion back on its feet as its feared leader due to his combat experience.
Later on, he decided to aim for the valuable element known as Eridium. He found an excellent use for it, being able to change anyone into ultimate warriors, or mutants if too much was used. He hunted for that element and used it on a group of Hyperion troopers. A select few were perfect since time and effort were put into 5 of his top men. Leslie Cheryl, Jackal "Wrecking" Ball, Colonel, Maximus Pride, and his advisor Shadric Norton (Also known as Shade). These were the select few he chose to transform into super warriors over a month. The experiments on the other troopers were rushed, causing many of them to mutate which had a few side effects. Imagine a goliath with a brain; that's what a few of the failed experiments became but they were still useful troopers. Jenkins trusted Shade at his side over any of his 5 troopers though, leaving the other 4 troopers to command different parts of his army. Ronald was prepared on both the offensive and defensive aspect. The vault hunters did their best to hold them off from the Dust which soon became the only place that wasn't controlled by Hyperion. Sanctuary was also Hyperion free but it wasn't a place that they really could get benefits from controlling. Though they still aimed at it because that is where the Vault Hunters sit when they are not doing anything.
Shade had other plans though, he was still loyal but he aimed for a vault which he would go for after the planet was fully controlled by Hyperion. Many rumors have been formed on how this vault was created but as well as rumors of it containing the power to change a mere mortal into an ultimately powerful being. Shade wanted that power himself but his loyalty was strong with Hyperion. If Ronald wanted any of it, Shade would obey Ronald. So time was ticking for the Vault Hunters and as they sat in Sanctuary, Ronald's forces were growing at a fast rate and more Eridium was becoming available to them.