Joel Wallace's Crew

Joel Wallace's crew, also known as the Black Hat Gangsters, is a fictional band of criminals and con-artists, working together to rob, steal, kill, and survive as long as possible, having been established by notorious criminal Joel Wallace, a descendant of Sam and Jon Wallace, and their successor. The crew itself also serves as a successor to Jon Wallace's Gang. They operate out of the fictional city of Los Santos, San Andreas, U.S.A. and are a virtually unstoppable power across the West Coast, but a small majority of them moved operations to Vice City, Leonida, U.S.A. by 2025. They will serve as the primary protagonistic group of The Outlaw's Saga - Grand Theft Auto: Renegade and Grand Theft Auto: Renegade II.
== Overview ==
== Involvements ==
=== Founding ===
Joel's crew was founded around May of 2013 in Los Santos, San Andreas, U.S.A. when Joel was granted enough cash to purchase the services of SecuroServ, where using their services, he was able to establish a company known as Black Earth Co., enabling him to summon a gang of criminals. His first member was Patrick, his assistant, who stays behind the desk at the home office, the Maze Bank West building. Since then, recruits would keep popping up, and Joel befriended more like-minded criminals, some of which are temporary guns-for-hire, while others are more permanent, such as Lester Crest, a reliable friend and teammate, who kept setting up the crew with heists such as the Fleeca Bank Job, the Pacific Standard Bank Heist, the Doomsday Heist in 2017, and finally, the Diamond Casino Heist in 2019.
=== 2013 ===
=== Between mid 2013 to 2017 ===
Joel's crew underwent silence and hid out of sight for the next four years to avoid drawing anymore attention after the Pacific Standard Bank Heist, with Joel leaving Los Santos for a majority of the time. It was temporarily disbanded until Joel's return before 2017, when he re-established the crew.
=== The Arms Race of 2017 ===
=== Operation Doomsday, 2017 ===
=== Maisonette Los Santos Establishment, 2018 ===
=== The Duggan Conflict at the Diamond Casino, 2019 ===
=== The Diamond Casino Heist, 2019 ===
=== The Cayo Perico Heist of Columbia, 2021 ===
=== The Multi-Heist Robberies, 2021 ===
=== Establishing F. Clinton & Partner and the Dr. Dre Contract, 2021 ===
=== The Duggan Gasoline Scandal, 2022 ===
=== The Los Santos Drug Wars, 2022 - 2023 ===
=== The War on Merryweather, 2023 ===
=== The Multi-Vehicular Thefts, 2023 ===
=== The Cluckin' Bell Cartel War, 2024 ===
== Members ==
== Deaths ==
== Relationships ==
=== Allies ===
* The Families
* Madrazo Cartel
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=== Neutral ===
* International Affairs Agency - Joel's crew and the IAA had encounters with one another, but were mostly on good terms, with Agent 14, one of the agents of the IAA, enlisting the crew's help in lifting Rashkovsky out of Bolingbroke Penitentiary, and lifting a secret experiment out of Humane Labs & Society, and four years later, granting them the ability to become sanctioned gunrunners for the government. The IAA was also involved with Operation Doomsday in 2017, and despite some light tension between both sides, they both agreed to work together to stop Avon Hertz. The two sides parted on good terms after the IAA paid the crew for their help in saving the world. The crew did not meet the IAA much afterwards until five years later when they were called upon by Agent Bernard, or the ULP Contact, and sworn in as temporary IAA agents to investigate the Duggan Crime Family's involvement in the gasoline prices scandal, despite 2022 having had the hottest summer in southern San Andreas history. In the end, one member, Mason, was assassinated, the Duggans' plans were thwarted, and the crew fulfilled their duties as agents. As one final gesture of gratitude, they were relieved of their agent duties indefinitely and from there on out, the crew was left alone by the IAA permanently, or at least until they are called upon again to deal with worldly matters.
* Armenian Mob - The Armenian Mob mostly enters conflict with Joel's crew, especially against Joel. However, they typically do not interact unless one or the other enters territory they do not own. However, the two sides sometimes undergo business transactions, where the Armenian Mob may purchase contraband from Joel's crew, establishing a form of neutrality.
=== Enemies ===
* Los Santos Police Department
* Blaine County Police Department
* Federal Investigation Bureau
== Gallery ==
File:Black Hat Gangsters Emblem.png|The emblem for the Black Hat Gangsters.
File:Joel Wallace’s Crew.jpeg|The Black Hats Gang members from left to right - Lupe, Karim Denz, Paige Harris, Trevor Philips, Joel Wallace, Franklin Clinton, Lamar Davis, Karl Abolaji, & and an unnamed muscle 
File:Joel Wallace with phone.jpeg|Joel Wallace - the leader
== Trivia ==
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