Rhys Strongfork

Rhys Strongfork was a Hyperion employee who opened the Vault of the Traveller, eventually becoming CEO of a revived Atlas Corporation.

Biography
Rhys Strongfork spent began his career at Hyperion, working for them for many years. During this time he idolized Handsome Jack, and after his death, put in the effort to get a promotion in the company. Unfortunately for him, his boss, Henderson, who Rhys had been sucking up to for three years, was thrown into space by Hugo Vasquez, leaving him in charge. During this confrontation, Vasquez became distracted by a call with August. Rhys overheard talk of a Vault Key, and used his Echo-Eye to hack into his computer to learn the details of the arrangement. After ending the call, Vasquez demoted Rhys to Assistant Vice Janitor.

After leaving the Vault of the Traveller, Rhys rebuilt the Atlas Corportation. Under his management, Atlas created new weapon technology, including homing bullets. Zer0 was hired during this time as Rhys' top agent.

Rhys tasked Zer0 with finding an elusive 'her', but his spies failed in this mission.

With these new technological developments, the Maliwan Corporation lead by Katagawa Jr. looked to take over Atlas and steal these designs. This sparked a corporate war between the companies on Promethea.

At some point during this conflict, Rhys recruited a barista called Lorelei to help lead Atlas troops in the Promethean city of Meridian.