It's when Zarpedon states she always loved her daughter and has regrets missing her grow but her mission was for the good of the universe and instructs her daughter to live and lock and load that the Tear-Jerker moment comes to completion. Zarpedon explains that by the time her daughter receives the ECHO, her and most of her troops will be dead and that she needs to flee Elpis immediately. You've just delivered a post-mortem message from Colonel Tungsteena Zarpedon to her daughter, Britannia, who she has been estranged from. The sidequest "Don't Shoot the Messenger": After comedically receiving an ECHO and instructions from several people, you finally deliver an ECHO recorder to a woman in Concordia and the side quest goes from a light-hearted side quest to the mother of all Mood Whiplash moments.Love him or hate him, Claptrap never had the option of rebelling and did nothing but help Jack, but that didn't protect him. Even if we already knew it was going to happen, that image of Jack trying to destroy Claptrap, ripping out his stair-climbing wheel and shooting him.
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Knowing the full extent of the situation kind of makes an already tragic backstory even worse. After realising what she'd done, she apparently 'got a little stabby', which is the most we hear about how it affected her. His next ECHO has him calling them out on ordering a hit on the village Jess lives in (knowing full well she lives there) and how Athena wasn't even aware she was killing her sister because she was ordered to use only thermal goggles during the operation. He then implores his superiors not to 'screw her over'. He talks about Athena and how she seems nice enough and he learns about how Athena was planning to meet up with her sister (Jess) and escape Pandora together. The ECHO logs detailing Athena's backstory, as recorded by General Knoxx.As the subtitle says 'If only Elpis had more time.'Ĭlaptrap: From one artificial intelligence to another, I appreciate your respect and OH GOD YOU'RE SO WONDERFUL, CAN WE GET ROBOT MARRIED? What makes it worse is that both Athena and Gladstone agree with this course of action, albeit reluctantly.He quickly gets over whatever feelings of conflict he may have had as the fight goes on, reverting to his usual tone and is more impressed by Felicity's combat abilities than he feels guilty. Sadly, even Jack's seeming remorse feels hollow.Since this is during Jack's Start of Darkness, he still has enough sanity that he sounds genuinely apologetic. Jack even seems to consider the idea of copying her instead, but since it would take days, Jack says they can't afford to wait. The future looked so bright, and then she ends up being forced into a Constructor body, has her memory wiped, and has to be effectively killed. He honestly regretted everything wrong he'd done. Made worse when you listen to the Merriff's recordings. The lesson Jack learns is that if you show mercy to anyone, you will inevitably be betrayed. This is the moment that will define Jack for years to come. Jack had actually said he was willing to let him go, and yet the betrayal that followed is. The Merriff's betrayal, and subsequent back shooting.Its the one point in the story where Springs optimistic persona falters. The quest largely comedic all round with the exception of what she says before we get the second ECHO. The side-quest Tales from Elpis is about the Vault Hunters fetching and hearing about Janey Springs old entertainingly bad ECHO childrens stories.This may be where she got her love of killing people from, and given that most bandits are terrible people, she got her Jerkass attitude from her mother. What's worse is that she was born in bandit country-definitely not a pleasant place to live.Which is why she murdered Brick's dog before Borderlands 2. She also got a phobia of puppies from said experience.
An abusive mother, a cowardly father, a dog she loved so dearly turned against her by the very same monster who's been haunting her entire life.no wonder she's such a sadist. It demonstrates his choices quite clearly.