Nicolas Mason Snr is the father of Nicolas Mason Jr., father-in-law of Lisa Mason and grandfather to Nicolas and Lisa's daughter, Rebecca Mason. In addition, Mason Snr was once a member of an eight men that a previous President of the United States (assumed to be Ronald Reagan due to the burial location he gives) had created so that the team themselves could travel the world and enforce justice and law, all without reporting to the chain of command. Mason Snr was given the position of team leader and trained the other seven operatives.