Thomas Rhoads

Member of Team Pancakes, former Agency member, and Vigilant.

## History

### Pre-Campaign

Little is known of Thomas before Judgement Day. He tended to keep his secrets close. He was known to work for the Agency, likely in a high ranking role.

After Jday, Thomas at some point met and decided to travel with Essence Vigmar, Richard (Dick) Mortem, and H3x. The group found themselves stopped at a gang's road checkpoint. It was at that same checkpoint that they met Richard Solano and Cassidy Conrad. The group took out the gang that attempted to rob them, only to be ambushed by powerful undead. Through that fight, the individuals formed a temporary bound and decided to travel together. This group later became Team Pancakes.

Team Pancakes, after making a bit of a name for themselves, were approached by the infamous Junker Darius Hellstromme. In exchange for giving the group resources to deal with their own problems, Hellstromme tasked them with finding various artifacts and delivering them to him. These missions occasionally involved them being sent back in time to find these relics. They recovered a couple artifacts for him before Dick stole a relic called the Abyssal Maw and ran off with it, angering their boss.

### Arc 8: Redwater

While in Junkyard, H3x recieved a call for aid from Dick, spurring the rest of the team to move in on his location. Thomas went with the others in H3x's van to the town of Redwater. There, they found the New Wells Six, Redwater civilians, and Dick caught in the center of a black hat raid. They lent their own firepower to the battle, carving a path for the NW6 to escape.

Later, while Addie spoke with Dick in Redwater's ruins, Thomas called for his people to disable Dick with force, due to his potentially dangerous nature. A flashbang was thrown to disorient him, catching Addie in the crossfire, and he was then pelted with rubber bullets. The NW6 immediately reacted—Addie stepping in front of Dick, Gregg running onto the scene with her sword, and Atom targeting H3x and his armor with his metal manipulation, floating him in the air. Thomas came out of the vehicle, wearing his armor. He spoke with the three, and all agreed to lower their weapons and calm tensions. Addie vouched for Dick's aid in their conflict, and believed he wouldn't attempt escape. Thomas stood down, and was quickly confronted by Cassidy and Richard, who cussed him out for excessive force.

After arriving back in Junkyard, Team Pancakes hosted a meeting with the NW6 to discuss Hellstromme. When Addie asked his opinion on the situation, he told her they needed to be pragmatic solution to take on the horsemen, and Hellstromme was the closest they had. At Addie's chastising, he admitted they weren't working with as much knowledge on the man and his operations as he'd like. He told her he'd set up a meeting for answers. Addie then told him she'd be taking the Bell of Saint Michael to Simon, not allowing him to hand it over to Hellstromme. Thomas, barely holding his rage, agreed to let her group take it. He let them take the box as well, though deemed the matter unfinished.

### Arc 10: The Summit

In late June, Team Pancakes was tasked with escorting the Library delegation in their attempt to make contact with the moorlock people that inhabited Junkyard's underground. On June 22nd, the delegation was attacked by unknown enemies, hit hard by fireballs, modified acid-spitting moorlocks, and a strange bear-like looking creature. The party got separated in the attack. Cassidy and Thomas had taken shelter with moorlock civilians, protecting them from their attackers.

On the day of the Summit, June 25th, Cassidy and Thomas had tried to find the source of the attacks, cutting through the modified moorlocks. Despite their efforts, they got pushed into the labs and tunnels beneath the church-base of their enemy, the moorlock's turncoat chief, Papa Bracken. They were forced to fight the creatures that resided in the tunnels. Both received heavy injuries, and as they took shelter in one of the side rooms, Thomas collapsed. Cassidy kept watch, trying to defend the both of them when Addie arrived. She healed the two and led them out of the underground, carrying Thomas.

In the Aftermath, Team Pancakes moved in separate directions. Thomas retired from the team and took to training new Templars and Vanguard in Boise.

### Arc 11: Damocles

In late July of 2096, Simon announced new standards for Templar training, and ordered all Templars back to Boise for retraining. Thomas aided Steele Greene in regulated the training regime.