[ When the Warrior had been defeated, and Handsome Jack finally given his just reward, the Vault Hunters had made a startling discovery. When Lilith made contact with the Key to the Warrior's Vault to destroy it, she instead unlocked a map of Vaults scattered all over the galaxy.
The planets had been too numerous to count, and the Vault Hunters too bone-weary from their ordeal to give it much thought aside from silently agreeing with Lilith's remark of "No rest for the wicked." The discovery was placed on the back burner in favor of rest and recovery.
Maya never did get a chance to go back and catalog all the planets with Vaults. If she had, a certain little blue and green planet might have stuck in her mind. It might have rang a bell when the man she was entering into a relationship with told her he was from there.
She might have remembered there was a Vault on the planet Earth.
Though, remembering probably wouldn't have stopped a road construction crew from blowing a hole in a mountain somewhere in the Canadian Rockies and unearthing raw Eridium. It wouldn't have stopped the news from somehow spreading through the reaches of the galaxy to Pandora and beyond. And it most certainly would not have stopped the Dahl Corporation, with money on their mind and little else, from sending one of their biggest mining ships straight to the planet, and parking it over the blast site in the most menacing way they possibly could.
Earth's governments had panicked, and with SHIELD still reeling from practically being dismantled from the inside out (thanks to a long term infiltration effort by Hydra) there was no one around exactly skilled in dealing with menacing spaceships full of Vault Hunters.
But news travels fast, and when the Nova Corps found out that Dahl was just hanging out over the Canadian wilderness, they decided it was time to put an end to that BS. The Dahl Corp was used to the largely lawless Pandora, and didn't take kindly to the Nova Corps breathing down their neck. They withdrew their ship- not completely, just to an to orbit around the planet- but not before dispatching some of their troops and workers to the forest below. They were still going to stake their claim.
Fortunately, at least for the Nova Corps, a so-called Guardian of the Galaxy, and native of the planet Earth, happens to be dating a Vault Hunter. And his employers happen to know that. And it was with little ceremony that they pointed an accusatory finger at Peter Quill and his team and said in so many words, "Deal with this."
Their response, of course, had been "Fucking how?"
Minimize the damage. Clear out the rabble. Unlock the Vault. Do it before more whack-jobs from Pandora catch wind of this. "No" is not an option. In the meantime, they would be having a very long conversation with Dahl's CEO.
It was a job that had each and every one of them side-eyeing Peter. A native of Earth, yes, but it was a place he hadn't been back to in over twenty years. They all doubted that this was how he wanted to make his return.
The Milano is making its final approach, and there's a weird anxiousness in the air. Maya is hovering close to Peter, and is asking for probably the millionth time, ] Are you ready for this?
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The planets had been too numerous to count, and the Vault Hunters too bone-weary from their ordeal to give it much thought aside from silently agreeing with Lilith's remark of "No rest for the wicked." The discovery was placed on the back burner in favor of rest and recovery.
Maya never did get a chance to go back and catalog all the planets with Vaults. If she had, a certain little blue and green planet might have stuck in her mind. It might have rang a bell when the man she was entering into a relationship with told her he was from there.
She might have remembered there was a Vault on the planet Earth.
Though, remembering probably wouldn't have stopped a road construction crew from blowing a hole in a mountain somewhere in the Canadian Rockies and unearthing raw Eridium. It wouldn't have stopped the news from somehow spreading through the reaches of the galaxy to Pandora and beyond. And it most certainly would not have stopped the Dahl Corporation, with money on their mind and little else, from sending one of their biggest mining ships straight to the planet, and parking it over the blast site in the most menacing way they possibly could.
Earth's governments had panicked, and with SHIELD still reeling from practically being dismantled from the inside out (thanks to a long term infiltration effort by Hydra) there was no one around exactly skilled in dealing with menacing spaceships full of Vault Hunters.
But news travels fast, and when the Nova Corps found out that Dahl was just hanging out over the Canadian wilderness, they decided it was time to put an end to that BS. The Dahl Corp was used to the largely lawless Pandora, and didn't take kindly to the Nova Corps breathing down their neck. They withdrew their ship- not completely, just to an to orbit around the planet- but not before dispatching some of their troops and workers to the forest below. They were still going to stake their claim.
Fortunately, at least for the Nova Corps, a so-called Guardian of the Galaxy, and native of the planet Earth, happens to be dating a Vault Hunter. And his employers happen to know that. And it was with little ceremony that they pointed an accusatory finger at Peter Quill and his team and said in so many words, "Deal with this."
Their response, of course, had been "Fucking how?"
Minimize the damage. Clear out the rabble. Unlock the Vault. Do it before more whack-jobs from Pandora catch wind of this. "No" is not an option. In the meantime, they would be having a very long conversation with Dahl's CEO.
It was a job that had each and every one of them side-eyeing Peter. A native of Earth, yes, but it was a place he hadn't been back to in over twenty years. They all doubted that this was how he wanted to make his return.
The Milano is making its final approach, and there's a weird anxiousness in the air. Maya is hovering close to Peter, and is asking for probably the millionth time, ] Are you ready for this?