Tommy Melarky

Tommy Melarky is a character played by adzno.
==General Information==
Tommy Melarky is a Trooper Corporal for the San Andreas Highway Patrol, Badge #5-H-41.
Category:Characters
==Background Information==
Tommy Daniel Melarky was born in Ohio City, Ohio in 1995 and raised by his Father, Frank Melarky. Tommy's upbringing was not that of a rich nor necessarily poor family, time of financial struggles came and went but Tommy was far to young to understand at the time. He had good grades, some friends, but mostly kept to himself.
In High School, Tommy's father welcomed in Tommy's cousin, Aaron. Aaron's parents had both lived on the opposite side of the law, causing Aaron's upbringing to be considered a little rough. When Aaron's parents left the picture, he was left to live with Tommy and Frank. Tommy and Aaron were close, taking similar classes in school and generally stayed by each others side. Aaron took the mantle of an Older Brother to Tommy, fending off bullies and off-handed comments towards Tommy, getting into a handful of fights.
In their senior year, Aaron found a new group of friends who were less than desirable. After school they would run about town, drawing graffiti on buildings and shoplifting on occasion. Tommy, feeling a sense of abandonment, buried his head in his school work and looking forward to life after grade school.
One night, Aaron and his friends had gotten into a bad car crash in a stolen vehicle. One of Aaron's friends died. Aaron was taken into Police Custody after attempting to flee on foot. His injuries did not let him make it far. Aaron was 18 at this point and was charged with the theft of the vehicle, and when he returned home, Frank kicked him from the house. Aaron left to the City of Los Santos after hearing of this new land of opportunity and clear sunny skies.
Tommy felt the turmoil within him. He knew that there was good in Aaron and that he wasn't at fault, surely. So Tommy moved to seek out Aaron, to find his "Older Brother" once again and rekindle his relationship. When Tommy arrived in San Andreas, he discovered that Aaron had passed away a few weeks prior. It was here that Tommy decided to dedicate his life to preventing other people from falling to a similar fate generated by a life of crime.
== History ==
=== Rise of The Tumbler ===
Tommy and Chet Tumbles crossed paths after Chet got bored and vandalized all the police departments, sending Tommy hot on his trail. Tommy attempted to trick Chet by disguising his voice, but Chet tricked him into admitting he was a cop on their second call. Tommy would end up issuing a warrant that would eventually result in a long winded foot chase with the police, though Tommy was not participate in it, but Chet demanded several times to have him be. Chet would later antagonize Tommy a month later, declaring that Tommy was his nemesis. 
During his war against Grapeseed, Chet Tumbles was found breaking into a car by Harold StockHerd Well and a chase would begin. After a short drive, Chet called for a time out and asked Harold if Tommy could be added to the pursuit. Harold personally requested Tommy join, causing Tommy to drive straight to Grapeseed. Harold and the officers involved in the chase parked with Chet in a gas station, pretending to still be involved chasing him. Once Tommy approached, the pursuit began in earnest, with Tommy being the primary pursuit officer for majority of the chase. As he approached the docks, Chet initiated Operation Seaweed, pulling out a scuba tank and jumping into the Alamo Sea. Undeterred, Tommy jump in after and the first know underwater chase in department history began. The chase lasted several minutes until Tommy began drowning. Chet, concerned about the status of his nemesis, called Harold who informed him that Tommy was drowning and to go back in and save him. Chet would then swim back across the Alamo Sea and assist in the rescue of time, who was taken to the hospital. The doctors at the hospitals tried several minutes to revive Tommy, but were unsuccessful. As a last ditch effort, Chet hopped upon the table, giving a dramatic speech comparing Tommy and himself to Batman and the Riddler, and then gave him the kiss of life. Astonishingly, Tommy survive and proceeded to vomit from the smell of a homeless man who just swam in an freshwater lake. Chet would leave the hospital and be captured by the police, who, under the order of Harold, would be thrown into the ocean and issued only two small fines due to his heroics saving Tommy's life.
=== The Fall of Tommy Melarky ===
Tommy was temporarily banished to the Evidence Viewer Dimension by accessing the secret functions on his MDW, until he managed to escape after hot wiring an AURORAS. He was emotionally traumatized by this experience.
On April 28th 2024, Tommy was instructed by Harold to collect evidence and suffered a mental breakdown from PTSD, later to be Diagnosed as a "Repressed Memory PTSD Episode", triggered by going to the Lighthouse for an extended period of time and becoming injured later in his shift.
On May 5th, 2024, Tommy was asked by Finn Lay if her boyfriend, Wade Williams, was under an active warrant. Upon initial review of his profile, Tommy did not see any active warrant, but upon further review he discovered an active warrant for not only him, but also Smitty Smith, Sunny Smith, and herself, in order to collect their DNA for the ongoing murder investigation of Steve Geico. Tommy confronted Finn about this and asked her if she would take the DNA test to exonerate herself, which she refused to do. Finny told Tommy that they should not communicate further in order to protect himself and his career. Tommy, refusing to let himself lose a friend, confronted Finn while off duty and again asked her to take the test, which she again refused before leaving once more. Tommy attempted to contact a senior officer to report what happened but was unable to due to the time of night.
On May 6-8th, 2024, Tommy engaged in a deeply personal crusade to obtain the DNA evidence on the warrant to exonerate Finn Lay of any wrong doing, believing she was innocent. He managed to obtain the DNA of everyone except Finn Lay, reducing the possible suspects down to Finn and Dean DeLuca. On May 8th, an anonymous number began communicating with Tommy in a cryptic fashion, which Tommy responded to. Via deduction, Tommy determined that the number was a burner phone from Finn Lay telling him that she didn't hold a grudge for him doing his job. During the course of the night, Tommy would pull over Finn's car being driven by her boyfriend, and herself in the passenger seat. Tommy, once again, chose to not execute the warrant to collect her DNA. After being deeply conflicted for the past several days, consulting Nixon, McNamara, and Casanova, Tommy finally approached Veronica Wilson to explain the situation. Veronica understood the issue and assured Tommy that she would take over the collection of Finn's DNA from him and he hadn't do anything wrong. She also informed him that the investigation lacked enough evidence to convict anyone and this would only close the case.
On May 9th, Finn would call Tommy and ask to meet in person. After a long and difficult talk about the investigation and their friendship, Finn would provide her DNA to Tommy, though she indirectly admitted to committing the murder. Tommy explained that her DNA wouldn't be nearly enough to convict her, and would merely close the case at best. The DNA would not link Finn to being on the murder scene. The testimony of Dean Deluca and the lack of DNA would result in Finn being dropped as a suspect from the case.
On May 22nd, Doctor Hayabusa's deceased husband's grave was desecrated with an unknown corpse. Tommy was called in to assist in the investigation and quested the Doctor and the Mayor about the situation. Doctor Hayabusa would relay the entire history of her interaction with a serial killer that tormented her for the past decade, with the entire story taking almost an hour to give. After the statement, Tommy was shaken up and began to perform his nightly patrol. Throughout the course of the night he would continue working on the investigation, before eventually ending duty and meeting up with Finn Lay again. After a long and deep conversation, Tommy and Finn would spend the evening together having an affair. 
The next day Tommy would continue his investigation into the killer while constantly thinking about what he did the night before, spending three hours before even heading out on patrol. He would eventually talk to his nephew, Doctor Oscar Pepper, about divorcing Ellie, though leaving out the affair; his primary concern was the loneliness he was feeling throughout the city and the risk of losing the only people he considered family in the city. Oscar would tell him to talk to Doctor Hayabusa about his marriage, which Tommy would do. Quimbley laid Tommy's concerns to rest, informing him that no matter what happened, he'd still be considered part of the family, and explaining how she went through a similar situation before and that she understood what he was going through.
Ellie Melarky soon returned to the city permanently, and both she and Tommy confessed to the various mistakes that they had made in the past months; Ellie not having been touring and instead dealing with her depression and Tommy having an emotional fling with Finn Lay. They forgave one another and were legally married in the state. Finn and Tommy would meet each other afterwards, with both agreeing to end their fling for different reasons, though on not so good terms.
==Momentous Dates within the Government==
===Police===
Rank 	Insignia	Note 	Date
Officer 	 	Hired to the LSPD; Badge #2-J-41 	March 6th, 2024
Senior Officer 	 	Promoted to Senior Officer 	April 24th, 2024
Patrolman 	 	Transferred to the SAHP; Badge #2-H-41 	June 4th, 2024
Senior Patrolman	 	Promoted to Senior Patrolman 	July 17th, 2024
Senior Patrolman	 	Callsign Restructure; Badge #4-H-41 	July 27th, 2024
Senior Trooper 	 	Rank Renamed from Senior Patrolman to Senior Trooper as the SAHP rank titles switched to Trooper	August 9th, 2024
Trooper Corporal	 	Promoted to Trooper Corporal; Badge #5-H-41 	September 5th, 2024
== Relationships ==
=== Chet Tumbles - Nemesis ===
Tommy and Chet have a villainous, yet non-violent relationship. Chet appears to harass and favor Tommy as he is the only person in the PD that actually is willing to pursue him and engage in his high jinxes. Despite their antagonistic relationship, never bears ill will towards each other, with Chet giving up the possibility of escape to help in the rescue of Melarky from drowning. Chet compared their relationship to Batman and the Riddler.
== Abilities ==
=== Expert Driver ===
Tommy is one of the best drivers in the city. He has been seen multiple times out doing other officers, frequently keeping up with a Buffalo while driving a Scout, and being the last unit in a pursuit after other officers have crashed, allowing them the rest of them to recover and catch up. Lily Pond noted his expert driving skills during his second application to the SPEED force, stating that his time trial was only slow due to his bad luck with locals and edge clipping, and that his true skills were quite obvious. When he was accepted into the force, Lily called him personally to congratulate him.
=== Master Marksman ===
As a sharpshooter, Tommy is one of the best marksmen in the entire Police Department. Time and time again he has been noted to shoot targets with unnerving accuracy, routinely hitting them in the head and dropping them in a single shot. Sergeant Nixon noted that during a situation where he, Tommy, Pat Downes, and another officer were arresting a suspect, the suspect drew a gun and every officer besides Tommy froze, while Tommy fired a single shot to the head and dropped the suspect. Once during a car pursuit, Tommy fired his gun while driving the car, head shotting both the driver and two passengers out of their fleeing car. Additionally, Tommy was involved in a stand off with Mike Block and Lily Pond, where he climbed to a neighboring building, and proceeded to headshot Mike twice. When it was noted that he was still alive, Tommy fired out three more shots, with scoring another two headshots. He performed this shot at a lower elevation, from more than 30 yards away, while Mike was partially in cover, using a standard police side arm.
=== Expert Reaction Speed ===
Tommy's reaction time and situation awareness are often what allows him to survive firefights with others. In the situation noted above, Tommy was the first to draw his firearm and the only one to draw it prior to the suspect drawing his. He was also the only one to fire his gun, defusing the hostage situation before it could even begin, and neutralizing the suspect before they could even level their gun at the hostage. Nixon noted Tommy's expert reaction time in the situation was the only reason that it didn't escalate into a full shoot out and that he was the only one that knew how to react in such a situation.
=== Expert Situational Awareness ===
As described prior, Tommy's ability to read the situation allows him to remain in control of most situations. This also extends to his policing skills, allowing him to communicate well with even members of the Southside, defusing many situations before they escalate. In combat situations, he can routinely predict a suspect's movement, allowing him to perform his signature headshot to them. During a conversation about what the city was like before the bombing, Tommy attributed this skill as something he cultivated due to the immense danger from gangs in the city. When the city was attacked by pirates, Tommy was one of the few officers to not panic or freak out during the warzone like conflict, which he compared to a routine day of patrol before the bombing, a fact that terrified Patrick Downes.
=== Social Camouflage ===
For some strange reason, most people struggle to notice Tommy, even if he's actively attempting to communicate with people. It does not seem that Tommy has control over this ability, as he is constantly frustrated by this happening and often causes him to be the butt of jokes. During a trial, a judge even noted that they barely noticed Tommy until he spoke up, despite being one of two arresting officers. Frank Jenkins would then state calling no one to the stand, and the judge believed he was once again calling Tommy to take the stand. Tommy has stated that he thinks this ability was why he struggled to get noticed at work. Even Tommy's family and friends seem to susceptible to this ability, with Tyler and Quimbley sometimes not noticing him. Interestingly, Pat Downes has never failed to notice Tommy's presence, and has actually tracked Tommy down while he was attempting to hide from everyone else. 
==Trivia==
*Tommy Melarky was a member of the EMS and various Police Departments before the bombs fell.
*Killed Jesus Sin on Easter 2024
==Quotes==
* "I'm cursed with shooting people in the head." - Tommy
==Gallery==