Victims Of Vault Hunters

Victims of Vault Hunters is an optional mission in Sir Hammerlock vs. the Son of Crawmerax. Six assassins from each of the Vault Hunters' pasts have been gathered by Sparky Flynt to kill them, but others seem to be looking out for said Vault Hunters.

Objectives

 * Receive instructions
 * Find Sparky's assassins
 * Search Privilege Pavilion
 * Defeat Sergeant Jarter
 * Search Sanctum of the Sacred Insect
 * Defeat Grill Holloway
 * Collect witch doctor mask
 * Place mask on altar
 * Search Wam Bam Resort
 * Defeat Mordo Sophis
 * Search Retirement Cottages
 * Defeat Blendo
 * Defeat Clements
 * Defeat ?1!?
 * Find Sparky
 * Defeat Sparky
 * Return to Hammerlock

Strategy
As Sir Hammerlock prepares to give the Vault Hunters a new task, an ECHO from Sparky Flynt (the son of Captain Flynt) cuts in and demands that the Vault Hunters face the members of his assassination and support group, Victims of Vault Hunters. All the members seek vengeance against the Vault Hunters for various personal incidents.

The first assassin is Sergeant Jarter, who served with Axton in the Dahl army. There is a small canyon in Privilege Pavilion that leads to a rock wall. Investige the wall to find a bomb, which blows up the wall and reveals Jarter... or what's left of him. Investigate the remains: as it turns out, Jarter got blown up with a remote bomb.

The second assassin is Grill Holloway, uncle of Marcie Holloway (whom Gaige and Deathtrap accidently killed). He hides behind a door that only moves when a witch doctor's mask is placed before a totem altar. Simply search the nearby huts for a Witch Doctor and kill one, then take the mask and place it on the altar. Inside lies the splattered corpse of Grill, whose transport apparantly malfunctioned and sent him to the ground... hard.

Cross through the underwater tunnel back to Wam Bam Resort to meet the third assassin Mordo Sophis, who seeks revenge on Maya for her murdering of his Brother Stephen Sophis. Climb the resort and enter the waterwheel area, then immediately turn left to find a switch that turns on a steam piston. Use this piston to reach a ladder leading to a patio where Mordo sits unmoving. Someone poisoned his beer, saving the Vault Hunters the trouble yet again.

Proceed to the southernmost part of the island where the Retirement Cottages are. Sparky now introduces Blendo, the last surviving Bandit of the Chung clan that Salvador singlehandedly wiped out ("That was a fun weekend!", according to Sal). Go to the cottage at the southmost point and open the door to see Blendo hanging from a tree.

At this point, Sparky's hopes for victory have been dashed, but he reluctantly introduces Samuels, a Hyperion scientist who wants Krieg. Simply follow the map to a glowing door and enter to see Samuels impaled with needles. After Sparky's rant, search the house for a switch and activate it to open a passage where Zer0's assassin lays impaled.

Sparky is now fed up with all the incompetence and demands that he fight you himself. Follow the passage util you reach Sparky Flynt's Clubhouse, where he will immediately attack. Outside of high health, he packs little punch and will quickly die to concentrated fire. Once defeated, Hammerlock will call to tell you that ECHO messages have been sent to each of the Vault Hunters. Simply meet Hammerlock at the place where you first found him on Wam Bam Island to turn in and receive your message.

Axton's message
Axton: (reading) Staff Sergeant: Axton: first one's free. Now you're on your own. Regards, Sarah. (to himself) Hunh. She still wants me.

Gaige's message
Gaige: (reading) Dear Gaige: Dad here. Hope Pandora's fun. Heard Marcie's dad sent some mercenaries your way, so I sabotaged their transport and -- (sniffs to herself) oh my god, you're the best dad ever!

Maya's message
Maya: (reading) Dear Siren: Though I find your physical attractiveness confusingly repulsive, I feel you will have an important part to play in the coming days. Knowing this, I elected to poison the Siren hunters through various means I shan't go into detail about. Suffice to say, they involved a beer bottle and a straw made of anthrax, sincerely a friend. (to herself) Huh. I'm attractive?

Salvador's message
Salvador: (reading) Hola Nieto, I saw some bounty hunters were coming for you, so I hired the resort staff to take care of them. Sincerely, Abuela. (to himself) I LOVE YOU, ABUELA!

Krieg's message
Kireg: (reading) SALUTATIONS PSYCHOMAN I'M SORRY AS A SLICE WOUND SINCERELY SAMMY

Zer0's message
Zer0: (reading) To Zer0: 0ne. (to himself) Well, that's irritatingly cryptic.

Completion

 * Though Vault Hunters may not be saints, they're still not as dickish as Pandora's villains.

Turn In: Sir Hammerlock

Trivia

 * It it highly likely that the one who killed Mordo Sophis was Patricia Tannis, based on how the letter to Maya speaks highly of Sirens and mentions being disgusted at the thought of physical beauty.
 * "Sammy" may be referring to Dr. Samuels, who is mentioned in the mission Doctor's Orders as one of the researchers in the Wildlife Exploitation Preserve who experimented with infusing Eridium into humans. From the nature of the letter, it seems that "Sammy" may have become the victim of her own research.
 * Stephen and Mordo Sophis appear to be named after the Marvel Comics characters Dr. Stephen Strange and Baron Mordo, both of whom have held the title of "Sorcerer Supreme" in the comics.