Pepe Johnson

Pepe Johnson is a character that is portrayed by BlackSanta/Saddam Hussein that is most known for being the former head mechanic for Pepe's Automotive Repair & Used Car, and Mosley's Auto.

## Early Life

Pepe Johnson was born in El Salvador on April 20th 1986. He came to Los Santos after hearing a mechanic shop was for sale, and held that occupation for about 5 months. There are rumors of Pepe leading the Grove Street Families before starting his mechanic career.

## Early Mechanic Career

### **Phase One: The Era of Alec Taylor**

The mechanic shop under Pepe's leadership can be separated into three phases. The first phase was during the days of the nostalgic golden era of Diamond City, and the beginning of Pepe's career. Some of his first employees were Logan, Rocco Astarita(better known as Trooper), and Alec Taylor(better known as Mother Trump). In the beginning all the mechanics had was a shop on the beach and a garage for their cars. Soon Pepe and his mechanics were relocated to Mosley's Auto. Mosley's was a dream come true for the mechanics. Under the administration of Alec as head supervisor the shop flourished with countless customers every day. Logan and Rocco would bounce between 2nd and 3rd in command. At one point the Vagos involvement in the shop bothered Rocco to the point of him leaving, however he came back to the shop about a week later. Alec was the one who started selling cars to make the shop more money and from that point on the shop would sell cars as a side business. Alec Taylor's influence could not be understated, he was more of a second boss than second in command. Every employee loved him. Alec's close friend was struggling to lead EMS and Alec had to help him manage. Soon it took up all his time and he left the mechanics. The shop would never be the same without him and a certain light was lost after he left. So ends the first phase, which lasted about 2 months from when Alec Taylor was hired, to when he left.

### **Phase Two: The Era of Rocco Astarita**

After the departure of Alec Taylor/Mother Trump and his switch to EMS full time, the mechanics were not as they once were. Despite having a healthy workforce the will to put 100% effort into the job was not there and the energy was not the same. This was mostly the fault of Pepe and his lack of effort and presence at the shop after Alec left. Rocco had been at the shop almost as long as Alec Taylor and had the confidence and know-how to be second in command. Rocco was effectively running the shop at this point. Rocco introduced effective disciplinary measures to keep the shop in good order and held fun events that drew in business and good PR to the shop. The end of phase two started when the shop's top car salesman Anthony Jones(better known as drxbble) quit his job, Leaving Willy Pete as the head salesman. While that alone was not enough for the shop to crumble it started a series of events that would see the shop at its lowest point so far. Jones soon came back to the shop and he expected his old head salesman position back. Rocco told him he had to work for the position back and after a bribe of which the amount has only been rumored about, Jones had returned to being a supervisor. Tensions between Anthony Jones and Rocco had come to an all time high when personal grievances between the two pushed Jones to steal around 2 million dollars from the mechanic shop, and over 1 million dollars worth of cars. Jones was caught due to an investigation by Trooper and Willy Pete. Jones of course was promptly fired and had his assets seized by the shop. The drama and pressure got to Rocco which caused him to step down as a head mechanic, and stepped away from the shop in its entirety. Willy Pete's drastic actions and opinions on how Jones should be disciplined got him deported which eluded Pepe for the days following the incident. Phase two lasted about 4 weeks from when Trump left the shop, to when Trooper left the shop.

### **Phase Three: The Dark Ages**

Phase three was the last chapter in Pepe's career as a mechanic. It started with just two active mechanics. Pepe Johnson, and Dustin Collins. Pepe realized if he continued to neglect the mechanic shop it would crumble to the ground for good. Pepe started to hire employees himself, train them, and show a better presence and care for the shop after Trooper left. Pepe hired Lucas Cuffaralo who for a couple weeks was head salesman, and Dan Johnson who was 2nd in command as salesman. A few days after Trooper left and Pepe started building up the shop again Willy Pete came back from his deportation. Prior to Willy coming back Pepe was not very familiar with Willy's role at the shop nor with Willy himself. Pepe thought Willy left the shop after the situation with Trooper and Jones so he didn't trust Willy with a head position in the shop. It took a couple days convincing for Pepe to allow Willy into a supervisory position, but Pepe needed someone with experience and professionalism to assist him. Soon Lucas left the shop which left Willy as the head salesman, and a supervisor. Pepe's mechanics got a new mechanic shop to use down at the docks which some employees liked, some employees disliked. Dustin Collins got promoted to supervisor and his main job was to view applications and hire employees, as well as the title of head roadside mechanic. Willy Pete would assume the overall 2nd in command role and bring great financial success to the shop. Willy Pete, Dustin Collins, and head salesman Dan Johnson started getting dangerously close to the Chamberlain Gang Family and started dealing in illegal business such as illegal gun running, drug running, and breaking criminals out of prison. Pepe knew of what they were doing, and didn't like it. However Pepe didn't involve himself and mostly ignored that aspect of the shop in the interest of keeping good relations with his high command and for the financial success of the shop. Somewhere along the line of Willy being 2nd in command Pepe was accused of stealing money from the mechanic shop for personal use. There has never been proof of this and it is assumed Pepe never stole from the funds. Willy Pete had been 2nd in command for almost 2 months and had become tired of Pepe having the title of head mechanic while letting Willy do all the hard work. At that point Willy became loved by the employees and had already started 2 strikes/protests in which the government had to step in and disperse them. Pepe would have tried to work with Willy and work out a deal to appease his high command but they only talked amongst themselves and had already came up with what they were going to do and had justified it to themselves. Resolution had became far out of reach at that point and Pepe could not win back the favor of his employees. Dustin Collins had one of the leaders, nicknamed "dreads", steal 7 million dollars from the shop and the high command quit the shop, taking every employee they could convince to go with them. Willy Pete and his followers acted immature and toxic towards the city which got them all deported sometime after the rebellion against Pepe. Pepe had enough of being the mechanic boss and didn't want to start mechanics from scratch for the 3rd time. Thus ends the third phase, beginning when Trooper left mechanics and ending when Pepe himself quit.

## San Andreas State Trooper Career

After a brief stint working as an EMS, Pepe decided joining the San Andreas State Troopers was more fitting for him. He had accrued a bit of a record while working as a mechanic, including felony charges. He needed to see a judge to get his record cleared. After doing so, he spoke with Matt Smith about becoming a trainee. Smith had surprisingly high hopes for Pepe, he had some experience as a Federal Agent Trainee after all. Pepe's training went by quickly, he had been in the city for quite some time and knew a lot of cops so he had a handle on how to conduct himself. After Pepe completed his training he did quite good as an LEO, receiving praise from other officers for his performance. While Pepe might have been a decent cop when he was actually in the city, for the most part he wasn't. This lead to his termination from the SAST after about a month of employment.

## Return to the Mechanic Shop

Pepe had long since quit his former occupation as a mechanic when he heard of a new shop opening up on the east side of the city. He contacted the owner at the time, Brian Spilner, and after some deliberation Pepe once again secured a job at the mechanic shop. Pepe quickly worked his way up the chain of command, seeing as the roster was fairly empty at the time, as well as Pepe's prior experience. While Spilner was by name the head of the mechanic shop, after a short while Pepe was effectively single-handedly managing the shop. With exception to a handful of semi-active employees, Pepe was the only active mechanic since being hired by Spilner. He started hiring new mechanics with the most notable initial hires being Gage Scott, Logan Ramsey, and Rob Bell. All three of them did very well and with time Pepe promoted them all to the leader role. Some weeks after the initial hires Cletus McFetus and Camdon Willis had become significant employees of the shop. For a long time everyone treated each other well and a great friendship had formed between the upper management. This began to change as differences between Gage Scott and Pepe grew to be problematic. By this time Logan, Gage, Cletus, and Camdon had all become supervisors and were the same rank as Pepe, at least on paper. The supervisors continued to look up to Pepe as he had the most experience, however Pepe actually wished they would treat him as an equal. In case of disaster Pepe didn't want the blame to be placed solely on him. While there weren't exactly any disasters, Pepe still bit the dust in the end. Clearly Pepe hadn't learned from his past mistakes and overworked himself to the point of not wanting to fly in. He took a vacation from the city for about a week, and when he came back he was removed from the mechanic shop. He inquired about his termination and figured out Gage Scott had complained to Spilner about his absence. It was of no choice to the other supervisors to fire Pepe, and they were just as surprised as he was. This would conclude Pepe's second term of employment at the mechanic shop, ending some time around April 2021.

## Interim Hobbies

After Pepe was fired from the mechanic shop, he didn't really feel like he had anywhere else to go. He had worked as an EMS and state trooper before, and Pepe felt it would be somewhat awkward to return to those jobs as a fallback. Pepe defaulted to aimlessly walking around just talking to people here and there but he didn't have any occupation to make money, he relied on his business to provide income. At this point Pepe flew in the city infrequently and without any real goal in mind of what he wanted to do. This went on for a while. By the time ***~~2.0~~*** rolled around, there were new opportunities all over the city. One of those opportunities came in the form of a small domestic dealership in sandy shores. Anderson's Auto was hiring and Pepe weaseled his way into paying income tax once again. He worked there only for a month or so before taking yet another vacation from the city. Pepe was out for over a month.

### **Career Reflection**

Pepe began his career as a simple worker under Ace Bennet and took over his job as head mechanic after he left the city. Pepe would go on to create a legacy and standard of how mechanics should be ran. People have their skepticisms about how Pepe ran his shop, but no matter the faults of Pepe he would always rebuild the mechanics to a respectable business, often surpassing EMS and even the police force at times in terms of active employees. Pepe sometimes feels unappreciated for the work he put in but keeps his mouth shut due to the undisclosed, apparently very large, buyout of his shop. Pepe ran the mechanic shop for most of the city's existence and was well known for being the mechanic boss. After Pepe concluded his career as a mechanic he wanted a job that he felt gave him purpose and importance within the city, perhaps selfishly. Given Pepe's experience on the streets and his military service he was accepted by head of the Federal Investigation Bureau, Aldric Marshal Picard, to join the agency. Pepe had a briefly entered as an FIB Agent Trainee but was unable to complete the department's training. Pepe worked shortly as an EMS, and then found himself in the state troopers for around month.

## Personal Life

#### Political Views

Pepe started his life in politics by serving as a congressman for the 2nd district of Diamond City. Pepe is currently serving as a member of the Orange Party of San Andreas, and has served in congress and helped implement policies to dissolve congress. Pepe is now a member of the cabinet in James Baker's regime over Diamond City.

#### Personality

Pepe's personality is easygoing and he likes to have a good laugh with other people. Pepe's however is not afraid to put his foot down and get his way when he feels he needs something done.

#### Hobbies & Trivia

Pepe was the Pit Crew Chief in the Casino 50 Race, for the controversial meth head taxi driver Big Bill. They would go on to win 5th place in the race due to other competitors racing unfairly and ramming Big Bill's car near the end of the race.