Thomas Southerland is a member of Bridges and currently the head of the distribution of the Distribution Center South of Lake Knot City.
Story[]
Like most of the Bridges personnel, Thomas Southerland was probably one of the members that Amelie choose for the first westward expedition and, just like the others, he was a fervent supporter of the reconstructionism promoted by Bridges. He was eventually appointed as the Head of Distribution for the distro center south of Lake Knot City.
At some point, Sam delivers to the distributions center the prototype of autonomous delivery bots for testing, and finally connecting the facility to the Chiral Network. While optimistic at the beginning on the use of the delivery bots, Thomas is also skeptical on leaving everything on the bots, citing the drone syndrome of the world pre-stranding, preferring to keep people involved on some degree.
When the Timefall Farm is connected to the chiral network, Thomas asks Sam to bring a batch of beer, which he speculated they used the timefall to speed up the process, back to the Distro Center, and leaving some Timefall Porter in Sam's private room after the delivery. Continuing to worry for Sam, Thomas suggested him to take a break and to jump in the "The Crater Digestive Bath", an hot spring northeast of the Junk Dealer.
At some point Thomas become so exited for the delivery bots that he becoming to have feeling for them, be happy when they turn for a delivery, know they every scratch, every patch of peeling paint and shed tears when he lost one.
Miscellanea[]
Mails[]
- The Bots Are Here... But Is That for the Best?
- [Order] Bring Me My Timefall Porter!
- Chop Chop, Sam! People Get Tired of Waiting!
- Take a Dip in Some Hot Springs!
- [Order] Delivery for a Prepper
- Kick Back with Some Timefall Porter!
- You're an Inspiration
- Is It Weird to Have Feelings for Bots?
- You Did It, Sam! You Beat the MULEs!
Notes[]
- He is modeled after Edgar Wright, an English filmmaker and another of Hideo Kojima's movie director friends.
- Based on the clothes he wears, Thomas appears to be part of the Bridges General Staff, despite his role as the station's head of distribution.