FILE 1:
RICKY AND ANGEL DOSSIERS
Hyperion Personnel File. Confidential. Do not reproduce except on authorisation from Class B personnel or higher.
Revised on orders of President Blake.
NAME: Doctor Richard Snyder
AGE: 24
DATE OF BIRTH: November 13(1)
BIRTHPLACE: Elpis, though his family frequently moved between Elpis and Pandora before and after birth(2).
RELIGION: Has listed himself variously as agnostic, atheist, misotheist, and Pastafarian.
QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's Degree in Biology. Master's Degree in Biology, with a minor in Environmental Toxicology. Doctorate in Environmental Toxicology. Has considerable knowledge of Pandoran wildlife, as well as Sirens.
PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITIONS: Asperger's Syndrome. Super-Cognitive Interpretation Zone (colloquially known as Sci-Zone). Chronic but mild depression. Eridium-based teratological effects on the brain.
NOTED ABILITIES: While in Sci-Zone, able to target weaknesses in battle. Outside battle, it gives him tremendous insight, at the cost of suppressing his morality.
NOTED ACHIEVEMENTS: Has been single-handedly responsible for a number of Hyperion medical breakthroughs, including a new treatment for skull-shivers, partly impelled by his parents death, which triggered a Sci-Zone episode (see Incident Report RS-79). Also responsible for the death of John 'Handsome Jack' Clarke and Sheriff Nisha Kadam of Lynchwood.
AFFILIATIONS: Hyperion, Crimson Raiders.
KNOWN ASSOCIATES: Key personnel of the Crimson Raiders (see files CR1-4, VH1-6, along with MH1, AH1, and TD1(3)), Angel Clarke, Timothy Lawrence, Dave Jones (deceased).
ASSESSMENT: Due to his treatment at the hands of Handsome Jack, Snyder is understandably wary of an alliance with Hyperion, but is willing to work with us again, as long as no treachery occurs. Although rather skittish in battle, his quick thinking and reflexes have saved him frequently, as has the Sci-Zone. The subject is intelligent, but a little emotionally volatile, even outside the Sci-Zone. By Pandora standards, this makes him surprisingly mundane, at least without the Sci-Zone. However, his empathy for others has won the Crimson Raiders over, making him a good representative of Hyperion, even if he is as iconoclastic as the Crimson Raiders.
One note in particular: he has a strong relationship with Angel Clarke. Although this could be considered leverage, it was Snyder who formulated the critical parts of a plan to extract Angel from Control Core Angel. Threatening Angel would be like waking a Rakk Hive: he may not be invincible, but it is better not to cause the trouble in the first place.
NAME: Angel Clarke (is married to Doctor Richard Snyder, but has chosen to keep her surname)
AGE: 24
DATE OF BIRTH: February 1(4)
BIRTHPLACE: Unknown: her father has used significant information control to erase many details regarding her.
RELIGION: Declined to answer.
QUALIFICATIONS: Has apparently a number of qualifications (under aliases) from ECHOnet teaching courses, ranging from reputable degrees, to diploma mill certificates, apparently obtained out of boredom while confined to Control Core Angel. However, is noted to have both long-term experience and even degrees in computer programming. Has considerable knowledge of Hyperion's workings.
PHYSICAL OR MENTAL CONDITIONS: What little information that has been released about her medical records after being freed suggest that she needs Eridium continually fed into her body. Withdrawal would be swiftly fatal. Mental conditions unknown, but conditions caused by imprisonment by father may include PTSD.
ABILITIES: Angel Clarke is a Siren with technopathic abilities, as well as recently-revealed electrical projection abilities.
NOTED ACHIEVEMENTS: Helped the Vault Hunters open the Vault of the Destroyer, as well as help engineer the attack on New Haven. After release, worked with President Blake to secure a treaty between Hyperion and the Crimson Raiders.
KNOWN ASSOCIATES: Key personnel of the Crimson Raiders (see files CR1-2, VH1-6, along with MH1, AH1, and TD1), Timothy Lawrence, and Doctor Richard Snyder.
ASSESSMENT: Handsome Jack's crimes against his own daughter have gouged deep wounds. Angel did take the initiative to negotiate with Hyperion, however, and she was the first to recognise the necessity for the current treaty. Her usefulness as a hacker should not be underestimated, but her ability in battle is also surprisingly good. Though physically frail, she is accurate with weapons, and her newly-discovered electrical projection abilities put any opponent at a disadvantage. And her ability to hack almost any computer system instinctively means that she can potentially be one of Hyperion's greatest assets…or its greatest threats, should she take umbrage.
FILE 1 ANNOTATIONS:
1. This is the date of birth of Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (it should have a 'the' at the beginning, I know, but that's how the original story was titled). Given Snyder's problems with the Sci-Zone, well, it seemed appropriate.
2. I will be expanding upon this in Welcome to the Jungle, but given how a lot of characters on Elpis have Aussie accents in the Pre-Sequel, I felt that Snyder and his family had ties there.
3. 'CR' stands for 'Crimson Raiders', with 1 being Roland, 2 being Lilith, 3 being Mordecai, and 4 being Brick. 'VH' stands for the current Vault Hunters. 'MH1' stands for 'Moxxi Hodunk', 'AH1' stands for 'Alistair Hammerlock', and 'TD1' stands for 'Tina Doe', or Tiny Tina.
4. This being the birthdate of Britanni Johnson, the live-action footage model for Angel.