The Thompson is a vehicle in Saints Row 2, Saints Row: The Third, Saints Row IV and Saints Row: Gat out of Hell.
Overview
The Thompson is the third fastest helicopter, but has unusual handling, but is useful for its sharp turning and quick maneuverability.
In Saints Row 2, the Thompson spawns at the Wardill Airport in the Airport District and is parked within the Airport Hangar crib. Sometimes it spawns on the helipad at the Stilwater Nuclear.
It is used in the checkpoint race in the Downtown District, and an unobtainable model of Thompson is inside the Stilwater Science Center. The Ronin use a unique unobtainable yellow/black Thompson in the mission "One Man's Junk..." to drop bombs on The Protagonist as they ride to the festival via Shark.
In Saints Row: The Third and Saints Row IV, it spawns on a helipad at Wesley Cutter Intl airport.
Another spawns parked on the stern of a cargo ship to the west of the Organ Blackmarket in Salander. As space is tight and the deck is at an angle, some care is required to fly it away. In Saints Row IV, it is parked in the northern pier.
Variants
Saints Row 2
- Beater
- 50% chance of spawning
- Rear Mods 1 (wire tail)
- Wheels 1 (forward slant)
- No Gas Tanks
- 25% chance of No Doors
- 100% Dirt
- Matte Classic 50's - 60's Body
- Trim 1 - Steel
- Trim 2 - Aluminum
- Trim 3 - Titanium
- Trim 4 - Abertawe Pewter
- 5% Tint
- Standard
- 40% chance of spawning
- Rear Mods 2 (standard tail)
- 75% chance of No Doors
- 25% chance of Wheels 1, otherwise Wheels 2
- 25% chance of Gas Tanks, otherwise None
- 25% Dirt
- 50% chance between Solid and Two Tone Matte Modern Body paint
- Same trim as Beater
- 5% Tint
- Bling
- 10% chance of spawning
- Rear Mods 2 (standard tail)
- 25% chance of No Doors
- 25% chance of Wheels 1, otherwise Wheels 2
- 75% chance of Gas Tanks, otherwise None
- No Dirt
- Random Tow Tone Modern Body paint
- Same trim as Beater
- 25% chance of Dark Yellow Tint, otherwise 40% Tint
Saints Row: The Third
- rough
- 50% chance of spawning
- Rear Mods 1 (wire tail)
- Wheels 1 (forward slant)
- Gas Tanks
- 50% chance of No Doors
- 75-100 Dirt
- Matte Modern Body
- Trim 1 - Steel
- Trim 2 - Aluminum
- Trim 3 - Titanium
- Trim 4 - Stainless Steel
- 20% Tint
- average
- 40% chance of spawning
- Rear Mods 2 (standard tail)
- Wheels 2 (backward slant)
- Doors
- 50% chance of Gas Tanks
- 0-50% Dirt
- 50% chance between Random Solid and Random Two Tone Modern Body paint
- Same trim as rough
- 20% Tint
- ultimate
- 10% chance of spawning
- Rear Mods 3 (standard shell)
- Wheels 2 (backward slant)
- Doors
- No Gas Tanks
- 50% chance between Random Solid and Random Two Tone Modern Body paint
- Same trim as rough
- 25% chance of Dark Yellow Tint, otherwise 40% Tint
Saints Row IV
- rough
- 50% chance of spawning
- Same options as Saints Row: The Third
- Trim 1 - Steel
- Trim 2 - Carbon Steel
- Trim 3 - Titanium
- Trim 4 - Black Titanium
- average
- 40% chance of spawning
- Same options as Saints Row: The Third, except
- 50% chance between Rear Mods 1 (standard tail panels) and 2 (standard tail)
- 75 chance of Random Modern Body paint
- 25 chance of Two Tone Random Modern and Gloss Jet Black Body paint
- Same trim as rough
- 20% Tint
- ultimate
- 10% chance of spawning
- Same options as Saints Row: The Third, except
- Chance between 2 paint schemes
- 50% - Random Modern paint
- 25% - Gloss Jet Black Body 1 and Random Modern Body 2
- 25% - Gloss Satin Bright White Body 1 and Random Modern Body 2
- Chance between 2 Trims
- 75%
- Trim 1 - Tabletop Gray Rubber
- Trim 2 - Tabletop Gray Rubber
- Trim 3 - Black Titanium
- Trim 4 - Tabletop Gray Rubber
- 40% Tint
- 25%
- Trim 1 - Tabletop Gray Rubber
- Trim 2 - Gray Dark Rubber
- Trim 3 - Black Rubber
- Trim 4 - Tabletop Gray Rubber
- 80% Tint
- 75%
Trivia
- There is no Cheat for this vehicle in any game.
- The Thompson is a Light Piston Helicopter resembling a Sikorsky S-300 and Bell 47.
- The name may be an oblique reference to the Gazelle helicopter - the Thomson's Gazelle is the most common type of gazelle in East Africa, and probably the best known worldwide.
- There is "sp_key" variant of Thompson in Saints Row IV, although it is never used in the game.