James Thomas

## Description:

James Thomas is a retired Business Owner who is now seeking Notoriety by performing jobs normal people wouldn't dare touch, he isn't looking for money nor friends, he is just after the fame and thrill of it all. After a job he may perform 2-3 more jobs until he calls it quits, as he loves to live life in the fast lane and doesn't care what it costs at the end of the day. He normally rides a Motorcycle (Bati) or drives in his Ford F-150, he is always prepared for what is to come.

### Appearance:

James Thomas has a Average build for his age, he is normally seen wearing the same glasses (Aviators), he usually wears a Suit unless he has a job in which he changes into more Casual looking clothes, he always either wears a hat and gloves unless circumstances arise that makes him change his outfit.

### Personality:

James Thomas doesn't like people coming up to try and socialize with him, if he wants to talk to you he will do it himself, He will be calm if you are calm.

## Early Life:

James Thomas grew up in the City of Las Santos and has been here ever since, occasionally taking trips out of LS to Liberty City for business reasons. His Father always took him to Baseball Games and Car Shows, his Father (Fin Thomas) was a Business man himself he had invested most of the families money into the Stock Market in the early 90's although his Wife (Hannah Thomas) wasn't too thrilled about it as it was money they were saving for quite a while, his Stock betting eventually worked out for the family though and they moved into a nice house in Vinewood Hills. His Mother (Hannah Thomas) has always been their for him no matter at what point of his life he was in, whenever he needed someone to talk to he could always go to her, she would take him to the Park in her spare time and prepare Lunch and Dinner for him. When Thomas was 12 he started saving his money so that he could eventually do the same thing that his Father did and eventually start a company, when he turned 18 in 2008 he started a company called Hammer INC, which was a Private Security firm from al the money had saved up, after he had earned some money from his clients he would always invest it back into the stock market, in 2012 he invested into a Crypto-Currency called Bitcoin where he made most of his money and still has money invested into Bitcoin to this day. Both of his Parents died of Natural causes, his Father in 2010 and his Mother in 2013.

### Hammer INC:

Hammer Inc. was a Company started by James Thomas in early 2008, this company was solely based around Private Security / Protection, his business started popping off in 2009 when he had upwards of 200 employees and about 40-50 clients based in the San Andreas region, he had a business partner who was his Co-Founder named Matthew Young who had passed away in 2015, James Thomas resigned from the Company in 2013 after his mothers death and gave it to his Co-Founder Matthew although James still owned most of the stock within the Company. After Matthew passed away the Board voted in a new CEO named Adam Wright, Adam wasn't like your Typical CEO he would waste all of his money the moment he got it and that eventually lead to the Companies downfall in 2018 where it declared bankruptcy and eventually merged into another company after the Board voted upon it.

### Stock Market:

James would invest in companies like Microsoft, Apple, Sony, and other Penny Stocks / Oil companies after a few years of that not working out for him he eventually found a Crypto-Currency called Bitcoin in 2012, in which he invested a Thousand dollars and decided to let sit their for a few years, and to his surprise it rose like he never thought it would from 2015-2021, he will occasionally invest / withdraw money from the Currency if he needs it or just wants to add to his portfolio.

## Retired Life:

After James retired he went 2-3 years peacefully until he got bored of just sitting around in his house and he decided he wanted to make his life more interesting and that is when he decided to get into the life of crime, he started robbing houses in 2017 and committing petty theft all the way up to 2021 where he would get probably one of the biggest jobs of his life that would ensure his rise in notoriety.

### Cyber Bar:

James was sitting at the Legion Square just drinking his Cola when he saw 2 individuals rushing out of the bar with what looked to be Liquor and Money in their arms, one of the guys got away on a bike whilst the other guy was beaten off his ATV by one of the Bar Managers but she got hit by the ATV and was laying on the ground, James knowing what he had to do ran over their and checked out the situation the guy on the ground was robbing the place they had said and the female got hit by the ATV while he was trying to get away, they had tried to call the cops but they weren't responding so James having no other options had to carry him to the MRPD and Zip-Tie him to the front lobby with a note, when he arrived back at the Cyber Bar he had seen that the women was still laying their, although he was unsure if the guy could have escaped or not he got one of the other females their to go back with him and when they arrived they saw that he was gone but when they exited the MRPD they saw a cop arriving so they flagged him down and brought him back to the Cyber Bar to assist their friend who was lying on the pavement after being hit by the ATV, once the Cop dealt with that they were all questioned and the suspect was eventually found outside the police academy, James eventually went back to see if everything was ok but he was held at gunpoint and was told to face away so he did, once he was brought inside the cells he was fingerprinted and interrogated but they realized they had the wrong guy, the suspect who was found by the officer had said that James was involved with the robbery and that is why he was held at gunpoint.

### The Job:

James was approached by an individual on the side of the road and was asked if he wanted to make some money by taking a few people for him and delivering them back to him, he was with his friend at the time so they thought it over and then another guy approached and asked what we were doing so we talked and asked if we should include him as he obviously looked experienced and trustable. When they were attempting to tell him what they were doing 2 Undercover Officers arrived looking for someone so James took off on foot thinking they were after him, he ran and ran with either an Officer or a FBI agent chasing him with a Helicopter over head, he eventually got out of their line of site and took cover in a broke down van in an alley, after he had gotten away he used his phone to call for the same 2 guys to come and pick him up. After they had gotten back together they had decided that they wanted to rob a bank (The Fleeca Bank) so they decided they had to take some cops out of the picture so they had planned to kill 2 cops and then proceed to rob the Fleeca Bank, so the Middle Tax Bracket guy who we had just met had made the call so that we would be all good to kill the 2 cops, so we had made a fake 911 call about a domestic dispute and once an officer arrived he had a feeling that it was a setup so he didn't approach the gate so we had to change plans fast so we decided to get back into the car and drive back by and end him their. After we had gotten away we the murder we had gotten stopped by another officer who asked for our ID and the Driver (The Guy we just met) has decided to pull out his gun and shoot him so me and the other guy also did, after that we got out of the car and grabbed his body gam and toolbelt / vest so that their would be nothing linking us back to the situation. Once we finished the 2 cops we were ready for the Robbery so we went to the Fleeca Bank and I had walked in before everyone else without a mask / weapon and acted casually, and then my 2 other friends came in and aimed their guns at the people in the front and took out the Cameras, they proceeded to take the Manager into the back to open the vault but before they did that he had pushed the silent alarm so SWAT started to arrive on scene, so me pretending to be the hostage went to the front door and grabbed the radio for the "Hostage Takers" and they demanded safe passage away, while the officers were moving their vehicles my 2 friends wanted to run out the front to their vehicle so they could get away unexpectedly so they did, James attempted to go with them but they sped off to quickly so I got left with the cops, but James played off the Hostage story and went to the MRPD and got interviewed and released, he has yet to receive word from his colleagues on whether or not they made it out but he will find them eventually so that he can get his cut.

### Ace:

James was walking around Sandy Shores when he saw an Abandoned Golden Retriever sitting near some bushes, so he walked up to the dog and immediately knew he was coming home with him so he petted the dog and got him to follow him back home, once they got back to James house he had given him a bath and left to get him a collar, some treats, some toys, and food for him. Later that night he was deciding on names he thought of Hero at first but thought Never Mind, and then he looked at a Label that said Ace and he thought that was the perfect name for his dog, so he fed his dog, gave him water, and the rest of his toys and put his dog bed out, whilst James laid in bed that night he was feeling very happy about the decision he made and now has a new member of his Family.