Thomas Jones

Thomas Jones is a supporting character in Serious Sam 4.
Known for his calm and collected demeanor, Jones is a valued member of the Alien Artifact Acquisition team in the Earth Defense Force. He and his friends are tasked with a dangerous mission to find the legendary Holy Grail and use it to turn the losing war with Mental around.
He is voiced by Byron Marc Newsome.
==Appearance==
Jones is a middle-aged black man with a shaved head and a stubble beard. He wears black sunglasses and a green camo suit with a black bulletproof vest.
==Personality==
Of all the eccentric members of the AAA team, Jones is by far the most reserved and cool-headed. He enjoys the art of making one-liners as much as the rest of the team, but prefers not to yell around like a madman when fighting Mental's many servants. In an audio recording Jones states that he joined the EDF not to fight for his country or any specific ideology, but simply because he likes people. Not any specific people, but ordinary people you pass by on the streets, because any one life is worth fighting for.
==Biography==
===Background===
Thomas was born in Beaumont, Texas and lived most of his life as a cook working in several restaurants along the gulf of Mexico. When humanity accidentally awakened the ancient alien overlord Mental, Jones was the first member of his family to enlist in the war effort to protect the human colonies in the distant stars, even taking part in the Battle of Alpha Centauri where General Ugh-Zan IV was supposedly destroyed.
Despite humanity's best efforts the colonies soon fell to Mental's overwhelming military might, so Jones moved to the Earth Defense Force and met his best friend Dwayne Rodriguez. Both of them were later handpicked to join the Alien Artifact Acquisition team by General Brand.
===Serious Sam 4===
All of humanity's colonies on distant stars were gone and Earth was under siege by the Horde, led by the sadistic Lord Achriman. General Brand sent Jones and the AAA team to Rome, Italy to rescue Eastern Orthodox priest Mikhail Obruchev, who could help them find the whereabout of the legendary Holy Grail. The EDF was convinced that the Holy Grail is actually an alien artifact capable off healing all wounds, which would make it a great asset 
in the war against Mental. While in a convoy driving through Rome, with Jones mounted on a machine gun, the AAA team exchanged some banter about before getting attacked and separated by Octanian Raiders.
Jones and Rodriguez went to secure their extraction point while Sam Stone and rookie Kenny got Father Mikhail, regrouping while Jones and Rodriguez were in the middle of a firefight with some of Mental's goons. Rodriguez threw some confusing insults at them, which elicited surprise from Jones before he just decided to go with it. While waiting for Hellfire and Carter to arrive with their escape vehicle the team got into another firefight, ending with them killing a big flying metal snake, with Jones and Rodriguez apparently having killed a giant snake before. Afterwards the team made their escape from Rome and met with General Brand and Quinn to discuss their next move.
The team needed to get Father Mikhail to the Vatican library somehow, but trying to get deeper into the city with the Octanians controlling the airspace above Rome would be suicidal. Some arguing ensued, but they eventually agreed on using the HAARP satellite to trigger the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. To do this the AAA team needed to set up eight satellite beacons throughout Pompeji so Jones, Sam, Rodriguez and Kenny split up for each to plant two beacons while Hellfire waited to extract them. Things went fairly well and the team exchanged some lighthearted banter, but they started to get concerned when Jones suddenly stopped responding, since he was comparatively quiet but not outright silent. Sam went looking for him and found him and the last beacon in the clutches of a Khnum.
Upon sighting Sam the Khnum immediately bit off Jones' upper torso, killing him instantly and swallowing the beacon. Enraged, Sam severely injured the Khnum and fumed that he'll now have to tell Jones' brother about his death. At the very least Sam will be able to assure him that he was able to avenge Thomas, cutting open its stomach and driving the beacon through its skull. A broadcast by the communications network Radio Free Earth told people about the loss of a great soldier later on, playing a recording that Jones had made in the case of his death. Jones encouraged people to fight for each other rather than a country or ideology, because in the end that's all the should be important.
===Serious Sam 3: BFE===
Thomas is long dead by the time of Serious Sam 3: BFE, but his older brother accompanied Sam on his mission to rescue Doctor Stein from a museum in Kairo, Egypt. Unfortunately said mission was also the last mission of the Jones brothers, as Thomas' brother died shortly after their helicopter was intercepted by Mental's troops.
==Gallery==
Jones Splash.jpg|Jones' introductory splash screen.
Jones NETRICSA.jpg|Jones' NETRICSA file.
Hellfire and Jones Poster.jpg|Motivational EDF posters featuring Hellfire and Jones.
Jones surprised.jpg|Jones surprised at Rodriguez' lengthy rant.
Jones' death.jpg|Jones' death, eaten by a Khnum.
==Trivia==
*Prior to the release of Serious Sam 4 fans believed Thomas to be the same Jones from Serious Sam 3: BFE, before his abrupt death in the first third of the game revealed him to be a separate character and the latter's brother.
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