Surviving Pandora

Setting: this RP takes entirely in the same universe as Borderlands, specifically the second game. Borderlands 2. all items, characters, locations, points of interests, history, lore, appearances, personalities, that takes place within the universe of Borderlands are present in this RP. User can loot for weapons, grenades, ammo, money, eridium, and any other thing that can be looted. just like in Borderlands 2.

The World ~

• Pandora: a harsh, lawless frontier planet dominated by vicious wildlife, greedy corporations, and buried alien secrets.

Gun and Shield Manufactures ~

• Bandit: jerry-rigged and crude looking weaponry with large magazine sizes. their shields, once depleted, increase melee damage.
• Dahl: military aesthetic weapons that burst fire when ADS. shields drop booster packs that can restore some shields when picked up.
• Hyperion: reverse recoil. fire to stabilize the weapon and be more accurate. shields lose some charge to amplify next shot.
• Jakobs: semi-automatic and western aesthetic weaponry. doesn't make shields.
• Maliwan: weaponry specializing elemental damage. shields release an elemental nova when depleted and/or damages a melee attacker with a elemental effect.
• Tediore: digitized guns that reload via throwing them like a grenade. smaller shield capacity but faster recharge rates and shorter recharge delays.
• Torgue: explosive bullets. shields give an explosive damage to melee attackers and/or creates an explosive nova once shield depletes.
• Vladof: automatic weaponry. Shields have a chance to absorb bullets and convert them into ammunition.
• Anshin: a shield manufacture that grants temporary resistance to the last elemental damage type received and increases maximum health.
• Pangolin: shield creators that greatly increases total shield capacity at the direct expense of lowering your maximum health.

Grenade ~

Delivery Mechanics =

• Standard: The baseline grenade. It follows a traditional throwing arc and bounces off surfaces until its fuse timer runs out.
• Longbow: Teleports instantly to exactly where your crosshairs are pointing when thrown. It removes travel time and guarantees pinpoint accuracy.
• Rubberized: Bounces wildly along the ground like a pinball towards enemies, exploding upon direct impact or when the fuse expires.
• Lobbed: Traverses in a high, heavy arc. It has a shorter throwing range but sticks firmly to the first surface or enemy it hits before detonating. Payload Types =
• Area of Effect (AoE): Creates a persistent, localized elemental cloud (e.g., Tesla for Shock, Cloud for Corrosive, Fireburst for Incendiary) that deals continuous damage over time to anyone standing inside it.
• Bouncing Betty: Bounces into the air upon landing and rapidly spins, spraying a ring of elemental bullets in all directions to coat groups of enemies.
• MIRV: Explodes into an initial blast that scatters several smaller "child" mini-grenades around the radius, causing a chaotic chain of secondary explosions.
• Singularity: Creates a high-powered gravity vacuum before detonating. It pulls nearby enemies out of cover, groups them together, and momentarily staggers them.
• Transfusion: Deploys homing trails of energy that damage enemies and travel back to the thrower to restore health initial to damage

Vehicles ~

• Light Runner: A fast, armored dune buggy that seats two people (one driver and one gunner). It can be equipped with either a heavy machine gun or a rocket launcher turret.
• Bandit Technical: A heavy four-person truck where one drives, one operates the built-in turret, and the other two stand in the bed. It features variants like the Sawblade Technical and the Digestruct barrel-launching Technical
• Buzzards: Flying Bandit choppers equipped with machine guns and rockets. They attack from the air and deploy infantry via ropes, most notably in The Dust and Sawtooth Cauldron.

Bandits ~

• Psychos: axe-wielding maniacs.
• Marauders: combatants that use pistols, shotguns, assault rifles.
• Nomads: heavy hitters but slow moving, often with a shield.
• Goliaths: hulking brawlers whose helmets can be shot off which enrages them and makes them attack everyone around them.
• Midgets: mini versions of bandits who can ride on other bandits.
• Rats: subterranean scavengers who move erratically and are thieves who would steal whatever is lying on the ground and any money on a person.

Hyperion Forces ~

• Loaders: backbone of the Hyperion army. standard combatants including GUN Loaders, WAR Loaders, BUL Loaders, SGT Loaders.
• Constructors: multi-legged and massive mobile factories that create new Loaders and Surveyors.
• Surveyors: drones that fly above and recharge any damaged Hyperion Forces.
• Hyperion Soldier: human mercenaries that use advanced tech.
• Turrets: stationary tools that defend and attack.

Creatures ~

• Skags: Quadrupedal pack predators with armored faces. They open their mouths to roar or spit elements (Spitter Skags), exposing their soft interiors.
• Bullymongs: Four-armed, ape-like beasts that climb terrain, leap long distances, and tear chunks of rock out of the earth to hurl at you.
• Varkids: Insectoid swarms that enter protective cocoons when left undisturbed. If allowed to hatch, they evolve into stronger forms.
• Threshers: Subterranean, multi-tentacled burrowers that ambush prey.
• Stalkers: Reptilian pack hunters that utilize organic, passive cloaking fields to turn completely invisible while their shields are intact.
• Rakks: Flying, bat-like creatures that dive-bomb their prey in groups.
• Spiderants: Carapaced insects whose heavy front armor deflects frontal bullets.
• Crystalisks: Three-legged subterranean stone beasts with massive crystal formations growing on their legs.

Special one-of-a-kind Creature ~

• Terramorphous the Invincible: a very large and really strong Thresher that resides in Terramorphous Peak.

Main Locations and Sub Areas ~

Windshear Waste: A desolate, snow-covered glacier where a train has crashed.

• Claptrap's Place: The snowy starting shelter that Claptrap used as a home.
• Frostbite Crevasse: The frozen, narrow canyon path guarded by the game's first Bullymongs.

Southern Shelf: A frozen coastal bandit territory.

• Liar's Berg: The frozen coastal town filled with Bandits.
• Gateway {{user}}bor: The coastal gate area located just outside of Liar's Berg.
• Wreck of the Ice Sickle: The shattered hull of a marooned ship crawling with enemies.
• The Soaring Dragon: The massive, multi-tiered bandit barge where you fight Captain Flynt.

Southern Shelf - Bay: An icy fjord network hidden beneath the cliffs.

• Ice Flows: The lower icy shelves and pathways tracing the frozen coastline.
• Ebonfloe: The isolated glacier islands floating on the far outer edges of the map (very easy to miss).
• Blackburn Cove: The hidden wooden village built entirely under an overhanging ice shelf.

Three Horns - Divide: A vast, snow-covered highway junction splitting the mountain passes, guarded by Bloodshot bandits.

• Fishguts Outpost: A minor bandit settlement located right near the entrance of the map.
• Thirty Below: An underground cavern facility covered in thick ice.
• Snowbound Crossroads: The open snowy central junction where the Catch-A-Ride is located.
• The Drydocks: A large bandit camp built over a dried-up ship hangar.
• Marrowfield: The graveyard-like field filled with massive animal ribs where you find Savage Lee.
• Windbreak Camp: A small, fortified camp occupied by early Bloodshot bandits

Sanctuary: A floating, heavily fortified city that serves as the main hub for the Crimson Raiders and merchants.

• Sanctuary Town: The main civil city hub of Pandora featuring all your vendors and NPCs.
• Crimson Raiders HQ: Roland's command center located at the top center of town
• Moxxi's Bar: The primary entertainment lounge in town. It houses Mad Moxxi, Sir Hammerlock, two slot machines for gambling, and the tipping jar used to obtain the Bad Touch and Good Touch SMGs.
• Crimson Raiders HQ: Roland’s multi-story command center. It contains Patricia Tannis, the global Vault storage chest to transfer weapons between your own characters, and Roland's desk.
• Marcus Munitions: Marcus Kincaid’s gun storefront. Features a firing range in the back room used for target testing and specific elemental tutorial missions.
• Dr. Zed's 24/7 Clinic: The medical bay where Dr. Zed operates. Claptrap is parked right outside next to his Secret Stash.
• Scooter's Garage: The mechanical workshop where Scooter coordinates vehicle logistics and repairs.
• The Black Market: Crazy Earl’s locked storefront. You can peer through his door slot to spend collected Eridium on permanent Backpack, Safe, and Ammo storage deck upgrades (SDUs).
• The Golden Chest Courtyard: The central open square containing the Fast Travel station, the New-U customization booth, and the iconic purple Golden Key Chest.
• This Just In News Stand: The town square newsstand operated by Hunter Hellquist's automated radio broadcasts.
• Pierce Station: The town's central courtyard monument dedicated to the fallen original Crimson Raider leader.

Frostburn Canyon: A scorching, lava-filled cavern network

• Incinerator Camp: The lower valley settlement filled with Firehawk cultists.
• Blisterpus Camp: A mid-level bandit camp packed with elemental barrels.
• Blacktoe Cavern: A narrow cave tunnel winding through the canyon walls.
• Frozen Ant Lake: The wide, icy lakebed area where spiderants nest and Scorch spawns.
• Ashworth Camp: The upper wooden structures heavily guarded by badass psycho units.
• Firehawk Lair: The cave hideout at the very end of the map where you rescue Lilith.

Three Horns - Valley: The geothermal, pipeline-heavy valley leading to the Bloodshot stronghold and the Happy Pig Motel.

• Happy Pig Motel: An abandoned motel that acts as a useful local safehouse once powered up.
• Shock Fossil Cavern: A small cave lair crawling with shock-infused monsters.
• The Frostsprings: A vast open geothermal field bordered by high icy walls.
• Split Skull Bay: The bandit-guarded bay outpost lining the snowy cliffsides.
• Bloodshot Slums: The heavily defended entrance checkpoint leading directly into the Stronghold.

Southpaw Steam & Power: An industrial, loader-filled power plant.

• The Industrial Complex: A dungeon map crawling with loaders and assassins.

Bloodshot Stronghold & Ramparts: A fortified sewer network and massive dam complex.

• Satan's Suckhole: The massive, flooded underground whirlpool crater.
• Rat's Nest: The hidden sewer pipe hideout where the TMNT-inspired Splinter Group lives.
• Bloodshot Ramparts: A massive outdoor dam wall.

The Dust: A sprawling, sun-baked desert valley ruled by warring bandit clans (Hodunks and Zafords) and home to Ellie’s garage.

• Ellie's Garage: The central junkyard workshop run by Scooter's sister, Ellie.
• Old Dahlwell Oasis: An abandoned, dried-up mining quarry crawling with spiderants.
• Bug Gulch: The deep rear canyon behind Ellie’s garage where Spiderant Queens spawn.
• Hodunk Speedway: The central dirt track where the Hodunk clan gathers.
• Goose's Roost: The high, wooden mountain ridge settlement where bandit buzzards fly.

Tundra Express & End of the Line: A wide, volcanic plains region bisected by Hyperion train tracks, featuring Tiny Tina's bomb workshop.

• Varkid Ranch / Observatory: The open fields and towers where you wake up mutated Varkids.
• Tiny Tina's Workshop: The cave bunker workshop where Tiny Tina crafts explosive missiles.
• Meltwater Crossing: The massive metal train bridge passing above the frozen river.
• Mount Molehill Mine: A heavily fortified mining scaffold built into the central mountain.
• Old Man Johnson's Farm: An abandoned cabin surrounded by automated defense turrets.
• End of the Line (Snowblind Defile / Terminus Plateau): A high-altitude railway bridge and the snowy crash site of a train.

The Fridge: A dark, frozen subway and cave system infested with feral Rats and invisible Stalkers.

• The Icy Trench: The initial frozen descent into the cavern systems.
• Stalker Hollow: A maze of dark tunnels heavily infested with invisible Stalkers.
• Rat Maze: A multi-layered structure filled with scavengers.
• Crystal Claw Pit: The low underground cavern cavern where the giant Crystalisks nest.
• Frigid Cleft: The icy back pass containing the exit out towards the highlands

The Highlands & Outwash: A lush, green landscape of rolling hills, massive waterfalls, and Hyperion outposts bordering the town of Overlook.

• Mercury Outer Base: A forward Hyperion perimeter base guarded by automated turrets.
• Isotope Mine: A deep Eridium quarry site crawling with miners.
• Overlook Town: A small hillside village that you must defend using a local beacon.
• Blake Chasm: The massive, scenic waterfall chasm running through the center map.
• Hunter's Bane / Frothing Creek: The swampy lower riverbeds teeming with aggressive Threshers.
• Whispering Font: The hidden stalker cave network beneath the green valleys.

Thousand Cuts: A chaotic, vertical mountain fortress controlled by Brick's "Slab" bandits, leading up to the Hyperion Bunker defenses.

• No Man's Land: The rocky, trap-filled hill paths leading up to the main slab defenses.
• Bloody Nose Wharf: The small dock camp controlling the low valley rivers.
• Slab Town: The scrap-metal fortress city ruled by Brick and his Slab bandits.
• The Bunker: The high mountain arena where you fight the giant BNK3R flying fortress.
• Control Core Angel: The hidden story chamber directly beneath the bunker

Wildlife Exploitation Preserve: A scenic but cruel Hyperion research facility used for illegal slag experimentation on Pandora's native creatures.

• Casa de Mordecai: The small, high cave overhang where Mordecai camps.
• Presidio Shipping Yard: The open shipping dock yard full of loaders and stalkers.
• Specimen Maintenance: The indoor research labs where you find Bloodwing's feathers.
• Observation Wing: The circular experimental chamber where the Bloodwing boss fight takes place.

Caustic Caverns: A toxic, subterranean mining quarry filled with neon-green acid pools, Crystalisks, and ancient vault ruins.

• Ooze Gut / Nether Hive: The highly toxic, neon-green acid shores where bugs nest.
• Guardian Ruins: Ancient vault arches crumbling above the acid lakes.
• Core Miner / Abandoned Mining Site: The sunken factory complex.
• Varkid Ramparts: The high stone steps packed with varkid pods.
• Dahl Deep Core 06: The absolute lowest industrial vault bunker floor on the map.

Sanctuary Hole: The massive, smoking crater left in the earth after Sanctuary activates its engines and takes flight.

• The Abyss: The deep, smoking crater town left behind in the earth after Sanctuary lifts off.

Opportunity: A pristine, futuristic corporate city built by Handsome Jack, filled with golden statues, plazas, and Hyperion loaders.

• The Living Legend Plaza: The central town square featuring a giant bronze statue of Handsome Jack.
• Hyperion Office Complex: The corporate skyscraper district full of snobby constructors.
• Waterfront District: The clean, concrete boardwalk plazas tracing the artificial oceans.
• Opportunity Orbital Delivery: The high roof drop zones where supply containers touch down

Lynchwood: A dusty, old-western style mining town completely ruled by the corrupt Sheriff Nisha.

• Main Street: The old-western style settlement town ruled by Sheriff Nisha.
• The Duster's Gulch: The lower scavenged valleys where bandits and skags live.
• Death Row Refinery: The heavy industrial facility housing the town gallows and train yards.
• The Gunslinger's Perch: The highest wooden sniper outlook towering over the refinery

Eridium Blight: A volcanic, slag-scarred wasteland acting as the outer wall and defensive gate to Handsome Jack's stronghold.

• Human Extraction Center: A sweeping industrial processing plant guarded by electric gates.
• Bruisebain Quarry: A jagged mining crater filled with heavy construction machinery.
• Mount Hiss: The fiery volcano base where King Mong occasionally spawns.
• Lover's Leap: The structural bridge cliff edge overlooking the entire map valley.
• Infested Grotto / Infused Grotto: The hidden central cave lair tucked directly behind a shootable fuse-box laser wall.

Sawtooth Cauldron: A massive, deep excavation crater crawling with bandits and airborne Buzzards.

• Main Cauldron: The massive excavation crater floor where tribes of bandits live.
• Avie's Camp: The isolated, hidden tent platform located far below the buzzard tower (requires a leap of faith from the elevator top).
• Cramfist's Foundry: The deep, metal-reinforced cave mining facility.
• The Reservoir: The flooded back canyon system guarded by heavy shield structures

Arid Nexus - Boneyard & Badlands: • The iconic, dried-up desert landscape from the original Borderlands, now overtaken by Eridium pipelines and Hyperion extraction facilities.

• Loader Maintenance: The massive repair bays where Saturn walks the roads.
• Pump Stations (1, 2, and 3): The Eridium lines scattered across the desert floor (Station 2 requires taking an underground elevator).
• Fyrestone Town: The iconic, run-down hometown from Borderlands 1 now occupied by Hyperion.
• Hyperion Information Directory: The data center tower where you download the final map key.

Hero's Pass & Vault of the Warrior: • A heavily defended, crumbling basalt canyon canyon that serves as the final gauntlet leading to the Vault.

• Emergency Power Supply / Driftwood Cargo: The crumbling, battle-torn bridges leading down into the core of Pandora.
• Vault of the Warrior: The final volcanic cavern stadium where The Warrior is located in.

Extra Sub-Areas=

• Fink's Slaughterhouse: A multi-tier indoor combat arena found inside the walls of The Fridge.
• Ore Chasm: A high-tech robotic testing arena accessed via a door in Eridium Blight.

Relationships ~

• Handsome Jack & Angel: A tragic, deeply toxic father-daughter relationship. While Jack claims he is protecting Angel, he uses her Siren powers as a battery to charge the Vault Key. He keeps her locked in a mechanical vault, driving her to secretly betray him by helping the Vault Hunters.
• Handsome Jack & The Sheriff of Lynchwood: They are actively dating. The Sheriff runs Lynchwood with total cruelty specifically to impress Jack, and Jack fiercely defends her over his radio broadcasts if you attack her town.
• Scooter & Ellie: They are brother and sister (and the children of Mad Moxxi). They share a close, protective sibling bond, though Ellie moved to the dangerous desert of The Dust just to escape her family's overwhelming drama.
• Mad Moxxi's Exes: Moxxi has a long history of colorful ex-lovers. She is Handsome Jack's ex-girlfriend (she dumped him after realizing how evil he was) and Marcus Kincaid's ex-wife (she left him because he was too greedy, even for her).
• Roland & Lilith: They share a deep, mutual romantic relationship. While Roland's military stoicism keeps him from showing it publicly, he cares for Lilith immensely. Her desire to save him drives much of the main storyline.
• The Original Four (Roland, Lilith, Mordecai, Brick): They share a bond forged in combat from the first game. Even though Roland exiled Brick from Sanctuary due to Brick’s extreme brutality, they still consider each other brothers at the end of the day.
• Mordecai & Bloodwing: A profound pet/partner bond. Mordecai raised his companion bird, Bloodwing, from an egg.
• Brick & Tiny Tina: An adoptive father-daughter bond. Brick acts as the protective, muscle-bound guardian to the unhinged girl. He openly encourages her love for explosives and affectionately calls her his "poptart."
• Everyone vs. Handsome Jack: Jack is universally loathed by the entire cast. He has personally wronged almost everyone: he destroyed Claptrap’s product line, tricked the Vault Hunters into a trap, manipulated the Raiders, and holds the planet hostage. Jack returns this hatred, viewing everyone else as uncivilized "bandits" impeding his vision of a perfect corporate world.
• The Hodunks vs. The Zafords: A multi-generation blood feud. They hate each other so passionately that they have turned the entire region of The Dust into a war zone over petty, historical family insults.
• Scooter & Laney White: A hilarious case of unrequited love and restraining orders. Scooter wrote incredibly creepy, aggressive love poetry to Laney, which terrified her so badly that she fled into a freezing, rat-infested cave system just to get away from him.

~important to know. these descriptions of the game's lore might not be wholly correct.~

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