James Petrov

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## General Description

James Petrov is a believer in organization and does not believe anything can be run without structure. This can be demonstrated with his strive to give input on who he thinks may be due for recognition to the higher-ups. His belief is that under strict supervision and surveillance, any task can be completed effectively with minimal setbacks. While working at SecuroServ, James has met many good friends and acquittances like Charles Allons, Davis Power, and Phantom Skull. James has been through a lot since joining SecuroServ but pushes on to ensure that the job gets done as efficiently as possible. As a Senior Supervisor at SecuroServ, James tends to help make decisions and suggestions in the company; as well as usually helping out various government agencies. While off duty, James can typically be found at Bean Machine, driving around in one of his cars, in his home in Paleto Bay, or hanging out with Davis Power.

## Background

James Frankovich Petrov was born on June 5, 1998 to mother Victoria and father Никита (Nikita) in Pillbox Hill Hospital in the city of Los Santos, San Andreas. During his childhood, James was a quiet yet intelligent kid. From ages 8-12 he exhibited a sense of leadership that his parents took note of, enrolling him into Junior ROTC once he entered high school. Taking honors classes as well as learning further leadership skills from JROTC, James began to feel overwhelmed with the stress of the expectations from his teachers, parents, and friends. All of this stress eventually led James to feel unmotivated in his Senior year in high school. After failing every class but JROTC in his first semester of Senior year, his parents decided to lower their expectations, and allowed him to enroll in regular classes his last semester. It was with this relief of stress that James found his love for military and security jobs, deciding to switch his promising career in neurosurgery to become a security guard for his local 24/7. Despite the boring task of sitting, waiting for trouble, James found a sense of content in this line of work. He had felt something he had never felt before in his life, relief. He embraced this feeling and decided to cancel his enrollment into Yale University to work for a local security company. When he was 22, his parents and the rest of his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in search of work because the chicken factory that most of the family worked at had been shut down due to money laundering. James was dragged there as well since he did not have a house and lived with his parents.

James began looking at security companies in Las Vegas to work at, he couldn't believe how many there were, all guarding multi-billion dollar casinos. He couldn't have been more thrilled to apply for a security company there. James's application was accepted by one of the most prestigious security companies in the state. However, the day before his first day at work, his cousin, Randy Petrov (now deceased), attempted to murder James in a dispute over a new jacket. James ultimately got the jacket but Randy had tried to smother him with his pillow at night, prompting James to leave that very night. James had nowhere else to go but Los Santos, his hometown. Once he arrived he tried to get his old job back, only to be hit with the news of the owner having a stroke and dissolving the company to pay for the medical bills. After all of the dust settled James realized that he had forgotten to get his parents' phone number; he tried all of the numbers he had remembered but couldn't reach them. James's father, being from the now non-existent Soviet Union, did not believe in new technology as he was certain that the government was spying on conversations over the phone. After 2 years of unemployment and doing odd jobs, the now 24 year old James heard of a fairly new security company in San Andreas, called SecuroServ. He put in an application and was accepted into the company. After several months of constant service, James was promoted to supervisor on February 1, 2023. Due to James's interest in firearms he decided to open his very own gun store by the name of Petrov's Pieces on April 2, 2023 and later opened his own firearms manufacturing plant on July 17, 2023 and his business has flourished since. His gun store now has an official contract with LSPD and the Thunderbolters. While building up his businesses he continued to serve SecuroServ and eventually became the 03, also known as the Head of Security on May 14, 2023.