Tommy the Die-Hard and the Losers

- Tommy in *John Mason: Bullets And Thorns* epilogue.

* Tommy
* Jerry
* Mickey

**Tommy the Die-hard and the Losers** is three-man mercenary group informally employed by Mason Mercenary Office. **Tommy** is the de facto leader and is accompanied by **Mickey** and **Jerry**. The trio serve more as comic relief to the story; while they are mercenaries with mediocre skills, however, their loyalty to their client remains positive.

Tommy, Mickey, and Jerry wear uniforms identical to the soldiers of Steel Lane. Instead of the standard blue color scheme, the trio wear red to distinguish themselves from typical soldiers. Tommy also has a thunder design pattern on the right side of his Quattroporte which other Shieldmen do not have.

## Collection Profile

*Tommy the Die-hard is a Defender who always accompanies Suppressor Jerry, and Rifleman Mickey.*

*These three are typical mercenaries who likes to brag about themselves. United we stand and divided we fall? That's definitely NOT their motto. They are just mercenaries with mediocre skills who like to hop the bars together. They always exaggerate their achievements to increase their worth, but they are a tiny bit better than others in the sense that they have never betrayed their clients.*

## Equipment

Tommy, Jerry and Mickey use the same equipment as Steel Lane's Shieldman, Rifleman, and Suppressor units respectively.

## Personality

* Tommy
* Mickey
* Jerry

Tommy is the Shieldman of the three, and can be considered the leader of the group. He is usually the spokesperson when it comes to taking on job offers for their clients while his two fellow stooges follow up based on his actions. He also enjoys exaggerating or even outright falsifying his achievements to increase his worth, such as claiming his trusty shield had blocked thirty Corrupted Objects during his time in Afghanistan or his Quattroporte saving him from a Level 4 C.O. (implied by his exclusive equipment). He also claims himself to be a rival of John Mason because of this (despite their level of differences in combat). Tommy can be described as self-assertive as he immediately takes charge when the three are placed in any position. However, taking the role as leader, he isn't as intelligent as he claims. In dire situations when Jerry and Mickey are panicking, Tommy is usually led to a stump when he is asked how they should proceed. He also has a habit of not reading an entire fine print of information on contracts when taking on jobs. This was shown when Mason having a bounty on his head and was accompanied with six heavily armed counters, Tommy took on the job partially knowing that Mason was his main target. Despite Tommy's sort of nature and his mediocre skills, his survival abilities were proven to be better than any other mercenary and his loyalty remains absolute to the point where he would never abandon the main force despite the odds against him. Ever since the Replacer incident, Tommy and his fellow men practically employ themselves under Mason Mercenary Office regardless of John's disapproval with them.

Mickey is the Suppressor of the three and his attitude is no different from both Tommy and Jerry. Like Tommy, Mickey also enjoys amplifying his stories such as claiming his shotgun is powerful enough to strike down fifty corrupted objects alone, and he managed to reach the corruption core. He also mocks Tommy and Jerry's stories to claim how more combatant he is compared to the other two. An example is shown when saying Jerry always "keeps his gun on full auto" when shooting corrupt objects. When driven to a point of disaster, he panics and states he made no claims of his achievements. Overall, Mickey is just as shameless than the typical mercenary. Though not as much as Tommy, Mickey also has a sense of wanting to take role as leader of their group and even stated their company name was "Mickey's Gang of Twilight" when they employed themselves under Mason Mercenary Office.

Mickey has also named his shotgun "Grand Turismo."
Jerry is a Rifleman of the group and follows up with the other two mercenaries. His stories claim that he has killed 40 corrupted objects using exactly 40 bullets. He follows the motto of "One Shot. One Kill" because wasting bullets is a huge peeve of his. Jerry is implied to be a bit smarter (but not intelligent) than Tommy as he was the one out of the three who read the full information on John's bounty before taking on the mission. Like Mickey, he also has the sense of wanting to take in command and names his group "Jerry and the Raiders". His status as a Rifleman also assumes he may be the least armored out of the group due to the light equipment Riflemen wear. This could also reference the stats of the actual Rifleman unit. Several facts of this is shown in the story as Jerry is usually the one who suffers the most damage out of the three like having his back set on fire or being shot down by Replacer Soldiers. Despite his casualties, his survivability is much better than the average Steel Lane soldier and has even pulled through deadly situations that any low mercenary could not have.

## Trivia

* There is an error between Jerry and Mickey's information in Tommy's profile which describes Jerry as the "Suppressor" and Mickey as the "Rifleman", when it's actually the other way around.
* Jerry and Mickey can enter special missions that restrict Ranger or Striker units due to Tommy, the core unit, being classified as a Defender. However, they cannot be used vice versa if Defender units are restricted.
* Although Tommy's passive skill states that both Jerry and Mickey share the same stats as him, this is only applied with Tommy's skill table and the equipment he wears. Jerry uses Rifleman stats and Mickey uses Suppressor's.
* Tommy's profile information uses the soldier setup and defines him in a group of 3 instead of one, This is possibly due to Jerry and Mickey not being standalone units and the trio are usually seen together in most cases,
* Advanced Shieldman, Rifleman, and Suppressors in the Northern Union use the same battle sprites as Tommy, Jerry, and Mickey respectively.