Hyperion



Hyperion provides New-U Station services and is one of the chief weapons manufacturers on Pandora. They manufacture SMGs, combat rifles, repeater pistols, rocket launchers, shotguns, and sniper rifles. Hyperion weapons are made of dark pink, red or black metal of a sort and have greater accuracy and damage when compared to guns of similar level.

In Borderlands, weapons produced by this manufacturer are harder to find than most others, with only Atlas guns being harder to find. In Borderlands 2, Hyperion guns are much more common.

Involvement
In Borderlands, Hyperion maintains a Claptrap manufacturing plant in the Dividing Faults. This location forms a pivotal plot point in the fourth DLC, Claptrap's New Robot Revolution when the Interplanetary Ninja Assassin Claptrap uses it to 'claptrap' many of Pandora's inhabitants and wildlife to further the cause of the robot revolution.

The Hyperion Vice President, Mr. Blake then arrives on the planet to personally take charge of a counter-insurgency operation, accompanied by a group of soldiers.

The opening of the Vault and the appearance of Eridium gained the attention of an Hyperion employee named Handsome Jack. Using manipulation and blackmail, Jack becomes the President of Hyperion. He then declares himself Dictator of Pandora, intending to rule over the populace with an iron fist to eliminate "bandits", whilst also gathering Eridium to charge the Vault key he stole from Patricia Tannis to unlock another Vault containing a powerful creature known as the Warrior, in order to secure his rule over the planet.

Products
A list of items produced by Hyperion.

Weapons:
 * Combat Rifle - The Sentinel
 * Repeater Pistol - Lady Finger
 * Repeater Pistol - Athena's Wisdom (The Secret Armory of General Knoxx only.)
 * Submachine Gun - The Spy

Weapons:
 * Combat Rifle - Destroyer
 * Machine Pistol - Reaper
 * Repeater Pistol - Invader (pistol)
 * Rocket Launcher - Nidhogg
 * Shotgun - Butcher
 * Sniper Rifle - Invader (sniper rifle)
 * Submachine Gun - Bitch

Class Mods:
 * Berserker - Warmonger
 * Hunter - Assassin, Sniper, Sharpshooter (Loyalty)
 * Siren - Plaguebearer, Tormentor, Specter

Grenade Mods:
 * Longbow - Explosive, Corrosive, Incendiary, Shock

Shields:
 * Fire Resistance - Thermal, Asbestic, Endothermic

Weapons:
 * Repeater Pistol - Nemesis

Weapon Tiers

 * Hyperion Valde = Level 13 - 21
 * Hyperion Melior = Level 22 - 30
 * Hyperion Ultra = Level 31 - 39
 * Hyperion Magnus = Level 40 - 47
 * Hyperion Optimus = Level 48+

Quotes

 * "Hyperion asks, 'What good is a gun that doesn't shoot where you point?' Get a gun that's as accurate as you are!" - Marcus Kincaid
 * "Hyperion: If it ain't accurate, don't bother!" - Marcus Kincaid (This is an extremely rare quote)
 * "Enemies only die when you hit them... So get your Hyperion today" - Marcus Kincaid (this is an extremely rare quote)

Hyperion have a corporate theme in Borderlands 2, with the theme of their weapon names being business buzzwords. The weapons having a sharp, angular appearance with their magazines inserted into the top of the weapon. The Hyperion weapon gimmick is "reverse recoil;" weapons start out with severe sway, but sustained fire causes them to increase in stability instead of decreasing.

The Hyperion corporation and its CEO, a manipulative, charismatic sociopath named Handsome Jack, are the main antagonist in the game's plotline. Hyperion has extensive interests all across Pandora, and has set up huge facilities to mass-produce loaders and harvest valuable Eridium ore.

Some scoped Hyperion weapons in Borderlands 2 (excluding sniper rifles) seem to have large, bulky scopes, with an unnecessarily long-range zoom (especially seen on shotguns).

Products
The following are items made by Hyperion.

Weapons:
 * Pistols
 * Apparatus
 * Impact
 * Leverage
 * Synergy
 * Vision
 * SMGs
 * Backburner
 * Presence
 * Projectile Convergence
 * Storm
 * Transmurdera
 * Weisenheimer
 * Wellness
 * Shotguns
 * Crowdsourcing
 * Development
 * Face Time
 * Projectile Diversification
 * Thinking
 * Sniper Rifles
 * Competition
 * Policy
 * Transaction

Weapons:
 * Pistol - Dart, Spiker
 * SMG - Plasma Caster
 * Shotgun - Splatgun
 * Sniper Rifle - Hybridfication

Weapons:
 * Pistol - Fibber, Lady Fist
 * SMG - Bane, Commerce, Yellow Jacket
 * Shotgun - Heart Breaker, Shotgun 1340, Slow Hand
 * Sniper Rifle - Fremington's Edge, Morningstar

Weapons:
 * Pistol - Logan's Gun
 * SMG - Bitch
 * Shotgun - Conference Call
 * Sniper Rifle - Invader, Longbow

Weapons:
 * SMG - Actualizer
 * Shotgun - Interfacer

Weapons:
 * Shotgun - Butcher

Class Mods:
 * Legendary Mechromancer
 * Cat
 * Specialist
 * Shot
 * Killer
 * Roboteer
 * Legendary Cat
 * Legendary Killer
 * Legendary Roboteer

Grenade Mods:
 * Singularity Grenade
 * Quasar
 * Nasty Surprise

Shields:
 * The Bee

Prefixes
Weapons

Gun Appearance by Quality

 * White: Faded White and Yellow
 * Green: Yellow with White Details
 * Blue: Green with a Yellow stripe
 * Purple: Black and Gold with a Red Stripe



Other rarity-specific visual changes:
 * Purple-grade Hyperion weapons all have golden clips.
 * Hyperion SMGs are reloaded slightly differently depending on reload speed:
 * The ammo-feeding mechanism on slower reloading (>2.5s) SMGs pops out, allowing clips to be replaced, where it then lowers back down.
 * The ammo-feeding mechanism on faster reloading (≤2.5s) SMGs pops out much farther; the gun is then physically tilted up to drop the used clip.
 * Purple-grade Hyperion weapons with a "Diamond" prefix have a unique skin. They are mostly made of a cyan colored material, with other parts made of a reflective pink material.

Quotes

 * "Digi-structing your future." - motto

Trivia

 * Hyperion manufactures New-U Stations, Catch-A-Ride stations, Claptraps and the 4N631 satellite seen at the end of the game.
 * Hyperion also manages the custom and immigration services of Pandora, as seen in T-Bone Junction.
 * In ancient Greek mythology, Hyperion was the Titan of Light.
 * All Hyperion legendary weapons have violent names such as the Destroyer, Invader, Reaper, etc.
 * In Borderlands 2, advertisements for Hyperion weapons can be heard playing from radios. They claim that Hyperion weapons are "the most accurate in the six galaxies."

Products
The following are items made by Hyperion.

Weapons:
 * Pistols
 * SMGs
 * Shotguns
 * Sniper Rifles
 * Lasers

Weapons:
 * Pistol - Globber
 * SMG - Black Snake
 * Shotgun - Bullpup
 * Sniper Rifle - Fremington's Edge
 * Laser - Mining Laser

Weapons:
 * Pistol - Logan's Gun
 * SMG - Fatale
 * Shotgun - Viral Marketer
 * Sniper Rifle - Invader
 * Laser - Excalibastard

Class Mods:
 * Celestial Enforcer
 * Eridian Vanquisher

Grenade Mods:
 * Singularity Grenade
 * Quasar
 * Nasty Surprise

Oz Kits:
 * Support Relay
 * 3DD1.E

Shields:
 * Bulwark

Usage


In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, there are two distinct sets of Hyperion weapons, "old Hyperion" and "new Hyperion", as a result of Hyperion undergoing a "transitional phase" during the events of the game:

"What with the Dahl attack and Jack's impending rise, Hyperion is going through what a sweating PR shill might say is 'a transitional phase.' Look for different styles of Hyperion weapons built during this period. —Loading screen tip"

The two weapon sets share the same pool of weapon parts from various manufacturers, but have almost entirely different weapon titles and prefixes. For example, a new Hyperion pistol named "Earnest Synergy" will have the same Vladof twin barrel and accuracy-enhancing laser accessory as the old Hyperion pistol named "Trustworthy Expeditious". Occasionally, a new Hyperion weapon may have old Hyperion naming or vice versa; the material (see below) is what distinguishes old- and new-style weapons.

New Hyperion weapons are essentially unchanged from those in Borderlands 2, except for the addition of laser weapons and the replacement of with.

Old Hyperion weapons use materials similar to those used in the original Borderlands, with a primary reddish color and a white horizontal stripe. This reddish color darkens towards crimson with increasing rarity, although -rarity weapons are predominantly black carbon fiber with red accents. Both styles have the have the characteristic Hyperion "reverse recoil"; however, old Hyperion weapons have higher damage output at the cost of significantly lower accuracy and fire rate. (Lasers are an exception to this rule.)

Quotes

 * "When you mean business, you mean Hyperion." —Radio advertisements