Oscar Thomas

Gunnery Sergeant Oscar Thomas is a character in BlastGen. He is a SAS soldier who also serves in the United States Marines.

Early life
Prior to the events of BlastGen, Thomas was a lieutenant in the SAS. His lethal skillset and exceptional marksmanship gave him the role of a scout sniper. Later, he was given command of a platoon of SAS recruits, which he trained to be skilled marksmen like himself.

Kilo Force One
Thomas joined the United States Marine Corps at an unspecified time. He later on gained the rank of Gunnery Sergeant. He later joined the Marine unit Kilo Force One and later on gained command of the squad. A fellow SAS soldier under his command, Sergeant Benjamin Kraft was assigned as second in command, much to Emerson's dismay.

Desert Recon
Thomas and the squad were sent to the Syrian desert when a Marine Recon team reported both Czech and Russian activity alike on their position. There, they met up with Staff Sergeant Vaughn, who was waiting for them with intel. The team saw the Czech terrorist leader Tomas Svoboda striking a deal with Russian forces. As Kraft was about to get a shot on him, Thomas spotted a nearby barracks with Czech militiamen occupying it. He then ordered the team to attack the barracks directly, but he then spotted a lookout. Thomas ordered Kraft to fire on the lookout with a Stinger. However, the lookout spotted the group and shot Kraft in the arm with a sniper rifle, causing him to fall to the ground, Thomas then orders Michael Hicks to take Kraft's Stinger and fire on the lookout. He successfully hit the tower the lookout was in, and it collapsed, with the lookout being impaled by a piece of debris. Believing he was dead, Thomas and the team proceeded to attack the barracks, killing most of the militiamen inside of it. After killing the last militiaman, Thomas saw that he was holding a dossier. He read it and realized the dossier was on Tomas Svoboda, and radioed McCoy about the discovery. McCoy congratulated him on the find, and told him to hold onto it.

Emerson and Arnett spotted a few American prisoners a while into the attack, and rushed to their aid. On their way out of the barracks, Hicks is shot by the lookout Thomas believed was killed. Kraft then shoots the lookout in the head with a sniper rifle, killing him. Thomas rushes to Hicks's aid, and tries to stop his bleeding. As Emerson and Arnett are escorting the POWs, they stumble upon a wounded Hicks. Emerson demanded Thomas to explain to them what happened. He told Emerson that Hicks was shot by the same lookout he thought was dead. Emerson then calls in immediate MEDEVAC, while Thomas pushes on Hicks's wound to stop most of the bleeding. The helicopter eventually arrives with a medic rushing to Hicks's aid and putting him on a stretcher. Thomas and the rest of the team are then flown out of Syria.

McCoy's true intentions
After the mission, the team was congratulated by McCoy on the success, with Thomas handing McCoy the dossier. However, after he does, McCoy executes Emerson. Arnett scolds McCoy for the action, with McCoy showing him Emerson's GRU dossier, calling him a traitor. The two have a heated argument, while Thomas escorts Kraft into another room, and briefs him for an unsanctioned joint operation with the SAS and UKSF.

Final Fight
Thomas and Kraft, along with a squad of SAS and UKSF operators, launch a raid on Svoboda's terrorist compound in Prague. The team pushed through armored enemies and machine gunners and eventually cornered Svododa in his office. Thomas orders Svoboda to put his hands behind his back. However, instead of doing so, Svododa quickly picks up a Desert Eagle but Kraft kills him before he could fire it. Thomas then photographs Svoboda's corpse and sends it to McCoy. He congratulates Thomas on the achievement, but was bewildered that he went rogue, with Thomas telling McCoy that he wanted to kill Svoboda to be a war hero.

Aftermath
Thomas continued his work as a USMC and SAS operator, eventually leading up to the events in BlastGen II. Although never seen, he is seen in the reveal trailer for the game, and is also seen in concept art for the Campaign. He was largely replaced by Kraft, who appears in the British portion of the campaign.

Trivia

 * Despite being a Gunnery Sergeant, his name is displayed as 'Sgt. Thomas'.
 * His blood type is O+ according to the patch on his left arm.
 * Thomas has what appears to be a Webley revolver in his holster. However when he switches to his sidearm, it turns into a Five-seven.
 * He and Kraft are the few foreign members of Kilo Force One, the other being Arnett, who is Canadian.