Joey Hunt

Background/History

Joey Hunt
Biography
Full Name	Joey Hunt
Alias(es)	El Calvo
Gender	Male
Nationality / Ethnicity	American (New England)
Date of Birth / Age	1983
Place of Birth	New England, United States
Status	Alive
Related to	Jane Jones
Affiliations
Associated Characters	Jack Donovan Hector Sánchez Alexa Morrison Edward McHaggis Billy McBardigael Giuseppe Marcano
Faction(s)	Hunt Corp The Big Three FIB J.J. Holdings (formerly)
Role in Faction	Member of Big Three FIB Field Operative
Faction Status	Operating
Timeline
First Appearance	The First Biker War
Last Appearance	N/A
Key Arcs	First Biker War
Miscellaneous
Writer	Qocean

Joey Hunt, born as Patrick Jones, was born in 1983 in New England, United States, to English immigrant parents. His mother was a dancer, known for her grace, discipline, and demanding standards for herself, while his father worked as a street seller and took various odd jobs, often spending long periods away from home in order to support the family. Patrick was raised Catholic, although religion remained a relatively private and ordinary part of his upbringing rather than a defining influence on his later life.

Growing up poor in a comparatively wealthy school district frequently made Patrick a target for bullying. His family could rarely afford fashionable clothing, while his slight accent, influenced by his parents' English background, further distinguished him from many of his classmates.

Despite this, Patrick was rarely passive when confronted. He developed a reputation for being stubborn, resilient, and willing to defend himself when pushed far enough. As his martial arts training progressed, this occasionally resulted in considerably more violent retaliation. On one occasion, after repeated harassment from several classmates, Patrick attacked the boys responsible, breaking the arms of some of them before forcing their heads into school toilets. The incident resulted in detention and Patrick being sent home.

Rather than reprimanding him for the violence itself, Patrick's father expressed pride that his son had finally stood up for himself, telling him that he had never been prouder of him. The reaction left an impression on Patrick, reinforcing an early belief that allowing others to intimidate or humiliate him was worse than accepting the consequences of fighting back.

Academically, Patrick performed well. He maintained solid grades and displayed an early aptitude for economics, numbers, and structured thinking. Outside of schoolwork, however, he also readily embraced the social freedoms of his youth. He enjoyed parties, socializing, and attention from girls, developing a reputation as naturally charming and warm toward those he liked. He frequently remembered small personal details and gestures, a trait that remained characteristic of him into adulthood.

Despite his academic ability, the family's financial circumstances severely limited his immediate prospects after finishing school. Attending higher education directly after graduation was not considered financially realistic.

Patrick instead increasingly redirected his energy toward discipline and physical training. Martial arts had become an outlet relatively early in his life, serving partly as a practical response to the bullying he experienced and partly as an escape from his circumstances. With little money available for organized sports or private instruction, he trained wherever opportunities presented themselves, including inexpensive gyms, community centers, and borrowed training spaces.

Joining the Military

At eighteen, after graduating from high school in 2001, Patrick's father encouraged him to join him in the street-selling business. Patrick refused. He wanted stability, independence, and a path that could take him beyond the circumstances in which he had grown up. Instead, he enlisted in the United States Navy.

Patrick did not enlist alone. A year earlier, while training at one of the rundown boxing gyms he regularly attended, he had met Joe Marcus, a young man one year his senior who had recently moved from Davis, Los Santos, to New England. Joe had grown up around the Families and the gang culture that surrounded much of Davis, but had deliberately left Los Santos alone in an attempt to build a more stable life for himself. Like Patrick, he was physically disciplined, ambitious, and determined not to be defined by the environment in which he had been raised.

The two quickly became close friends. Their friendship was built through long hours of training, shared ambitions, and a mutual desire to make something more of themselves. When Patrick decided to enlist in the Navy, Joe joined him.

Patrick adapted quickly to military life. Already physically fit from years of boxing and martial arts training, he performed exceptionally well during basic training and became known among his superiors for his discipline, endurance, and willingness to push himself beyond what was required. Several instructors regarded him as an example for other recruits, particularly because of his ability to remain composed while under pressure.

During his training, Patrick also befriended David Santangelo, a fellow serviceman originally from Liberty City. The two developed a close friendship relatively quickly and remained in regular contact throughout their service. Their friendship existed largely separately from Patrick's relationship with Joe, as David and Joe were never particularly close.

In 2003, David welcomed a daughter, Emily Santangelo. Having also been raised Catholic, David asked Patrick to serve as Emily's godfather. Patrick accepted, viewing the request as a significant gesture of trust and friendship. Although military service frequently kept the two men apart, Patrick remained conscious of the responsibility and personal significance attached to the role.

After completing his initial Navy training, Patrick was assigned to a vessel under the command of Captain Gerwin Cash, a recently promoted United States Navy captain. Following the September 11 attacks, Cash's ship had sailed from San Andreas toward the East Coast before later being deployed toward the Mediterranean as part of the broader American military effort connected to the wars in the Middle East.

Time in the Navy

Following the September 11 attacks, Cash's ship had sailed from San Andreas toward the East Coast before later being deployed toward the Mediterranean as part of the broader American military effort connected to the wars in the Middle East.

Patrick joined Cash's crew and was subsequently deployed to the Mediterranean, where the vessel provided support for operations connected to the Iraq War. During the deployment, Patrick repeatedly distinguished himself through his discipline, reliability, and performance under stressful conditions. His conduct attracted the attention of Captain Cash, who came to regard him as someone capable of substantially more than ordinary naval service.

Cash eventually encouraged Patrick to volunteer for the United States Navy SEALs, believing that Patrick's physical ability, composure, and determination would make him well suited for special operations. The recommendation stayed with Patrick. Motivated by Cash's confidence in him and by a growing desire to contribute more directly to the war effort, he volunteered for SEAL training.

Joining the Navy SEALs

Patrick joined Cash's crew and was subsequently deployed to the Mediterranean, where the vessel provided support for operations connected to the Iraq War. During the deployment, Patrick repeatedly distinguished himself through his discipline, reliability, and performance under stressful conditions. His conduct attracted the attention of Captain Cash, who came to regard him as someone capable of substantially more than ordinary naval service.

Cash eventually encouraged Patrick to volunteer for the United States Navy SEALs, believing that Patrick's physical ability, composure, and determination would make him well suited for special operations. The recommendation stayed with Patrick. Motivated by Cash's confidence in him and by a growing desire to contribute more directly to the war effort, he volunteered for SEAL training.

Patrick successfully completed the selection process, including Hell Week, and qualified as a Navy SEAL. His previous physical training gave him a strong foundation, although the demands of the program pushed him considerably beyond anything he had experienced before.

Joe chose a different path and remained within the conventional Navy rather than attempting SEAL selection. Despite their careers beginning to diverge, the two remained close friends.

As a SEAL, Patrick spent the remainder of the decade participating in high-risk operations in several parts of the world. Much of his work remained classified, and he rarely discussed the details of his deployments even after returning to civilian life. The years of special operations further developed his patience, situational awareness, and tendency to approach dangerous situations through preparation rather than impulse.

By 2011, Patrick had spent approximately a decade in military service. That year, he was assigned alongside his team to the operation targeting Osama bin Laden. The mission became one of the most significant operations of Patrick's military career and marked the culmination of years spent in special operations.

Following the successful operation, Patrick decided that he had seen enough war. Although still physically capable of continuing his career, he had grown increasingly drawn toward the possibility of returning to civilian life rather than spending further years moving between deployments. He received an honorable discharge from the United States Navy and was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration, in recognition of his service.

Returning to Civilian Life

After completing his degree in Business Analytics, Patrick relocated to Liberty City, where he accepted a position with Liberty City Bank as a senior client risk and security advisor. The role combined his analytical education with aspects of his military experience, placing him in charge of matters involving high-value clients, fraud prevention, risk assessment, and personal security concerns. Within the bank, Patrick also developed a reputation as someone senior staff could rely upon whenever a client, transaction, or situation appeared unusual.

His move to Liberty City also brought him physically closer to David Santangelo, who had returned to the city and lived in the same general neighborhood. Their friendship had survived the years of military service and Patrick's subsequent education, and the two began seeing one another more regularly outside of work. Patrick also remained involved in the life of David's daughter, Emily, whose godfather he had become several years earlier. It was through David that Patrick met Eleanor Wright. David introduced the two during a small gathering at his home, believing that their personalities would suit one another. Patrick had initially attended simply to spend time with David and his family, while Eleanor had been invited through David's wider social circle. The introduction was casual, but Patrick and Eleanor quickly found themselves spending much of the evening speaking to one another.

Patrick was drawn to Eleanor's confidence and warmth, while Eleanor found his reserved manner and dry sense of humor appealing. What began as an easy conversation developed into continued contact after the gathering. David, having noticed the connection between them almost immediately, encouraged Patrick to pursue it rather than retreat into his work as he often did.

Their relationship developed gradually. They began meeting for dinner, drinks, and walks through Liberty City, with Patrick finding himself increasingly comfortable around her. Eleanor provided a sense of normality that had been largely absent from his life since leaving the Navy, while Patrick offered her a combination of attentiveness, stability, and quiet confidence. Within a year, Patrick and Eleanor married. Not long afterward, they welcomed their daughter, Jane Jones.

For a period, Patrick's life became remarkably ordinary. After years defined by poverty, military deployments, violence, and constant movement, he had established a successful career, a comfortable home, and a family of his own. He remained close to David and lived within the same broader neighborhood, allowing their families to remain part of one another's lives. Patrick proved to be an attentive and affectionate husband and father. He was deeply devoted to Jane and took an active role in raising her, frequently arranging his work around time with his family whenever possible. The stability of civilian life suited him more than he had expected.

The Hunt of the Cartel

In 2017, Patrick's life changed permanently when his closest friend, Joe Marcus, was murdered in a back alley in Vice City, Leonida. The killing was believed to have been carried out by members of the Sánchez Cartel, the largest drug cartel operating out of Mexico and an organization with considerable influence throughout the region.

The news devastated Patrick. Joe had been one of the few people who had known him before the Navy, before his military career, and before the comfortable civilian life he had eventually built for himself. When Joe's remains were released, Patrick attended his burial and helped lay his longtime friend to rest. No arrests followed, and despite several indications pointing toward cartel involvement, the Vice City Police Department ultimately treated the killing as an ordinary homicide. The identities of the suspected perpetrators were never publicly disclosed, and the investigation appeared to make little meaningful progress. Patrick became increasingly suspicious of the circumstances surrounding the case and privately questioned whether members of the VCPD had been bribed or otherwise pressured into abandoning the investigation.

Unsatisfied with the official response, Patrick decided to travel to Vice City shortly after Joe's burial. Eleanor strongly objected to the decision, while David Santangelo also urged him not to involve himself personally. Patrick ignored both of them. Joe's death had awakened something in him that had remained largely dormant since leaving the military. What initially began as grief developed into anger, and the anger gradually became a desire for revenge. Patrick spent time in Vice City attempting to reconstruct the circumstances surrounding Joe's murder before eventually returning to Liberty City. He returned home physically unharmed, but Eleanor immediately noticed that something about him had changed.

He became distant and increasingly consumed by the investigation. Much of his free time was spent examining the Sánchez Cartel's operations, its connections in Leonida, known associates, businesses, financial interests, and suspected laundering networks. Using his experience in financial risk analysis alongside knowledge gained during his military career, Patrick gradually began building a detailed picture of the cartel's regional organization. During this period, he also began learning Spanish, believing that understanding the language would allow him to better interpret intercepted conversations, documents, and information connected to the organization.

His investigation increasingly consumed his personal life. Late nights became common, conversations with Eleanor became shorter, and Patrick withdrew from much of the family life he had once valued. Eleanor repeatedly pleaded with him to stop, reminding him that their daughter Jane was still only three years old and needed her father present. Patrick refused. He believed that the people responsible for Joe's death would never face justice through official channels and gradually convinced himself that he was the only person capable of holding them responsible.

The Hunt in Vice City

Eventually, Patrick returned to Vice City. Shortly after arriving, he shaved his head completely, abandoning the appearance he had maintained throughout much of his civilian life. He then began targeting individuals connected to the Sánchez Cartel. Patrick relied heavily on patience and surveillance rather than open confrontation. Cartel members began disappearing or being found dead across the region, while smaller operations tied to the organization were disrupted. At first, the attacks appeared isolated. Over time, however, a pattern became increasingly difficult for the cartel to ignore. During one of his operations, Patrick located a senior regional figure responsible for overseeing Sánchez Cartel activity in Vice City. Patrick captured and interrogated the man in an attempt to learn who had authorized Joe's murder and where the order had originated.

The interrogation ultimately pointed Patrick toward Mexico. Despite having obtained the information he wanted, Patrick did not release the man. Instead, he executed him with a shotgun before leaving the scene. The killing marked an important change in Patrick's campaign. His actions were no longer solely directed toward identifying Joe's killers. Increasingly, he had begun treating the Sánchez Cartel itself as his enemy.

Patrick continued moving between Liberty City and Vice City over the following period, attempting unsuccessfully to maintain some resemblance of his former family life while continuing his private war against the cartel. By 2019, Eleanor had reached her limit. After Patrick returned home from another extended absence, she informed him that she wanted a divorce. She told him that the man she had married had disappeared piece by piece since Joe's death and that she no longer believed Patrick was capable of abandoning his obsession. The confrontation developed into a heated argument, but Eleanor's decision remained unchanged. Their divorce was finalized soon afterward. Eleanor received full custody of Jane and relocated with their daughter to San Fierro. The loss of his family devastated Patrick, but by then his grief and anger toward the Sánchez Cartel had overwhelmed most of his remaining restraint. Rather than interpreting the collapse of his marriage as a reason to stop, he increasingly saw it as proof that there was nothing left preventing him from finishing what he had started.

Moving to Vice City and the Hunt in Mexico

Patrick sold his home in Liberty City. The decision surprised David, who had seen increasingly little of him during the previous two years. David attempted to speak with him before he left, but Patrick offered little explanation beyond telling him that he was moving to Vice City to finish what he described as getting justice for Joe. David was deeply concerned by what his friend had become but understood that convincing Patrick otherwise had become nearly impossible. Their final conversations before Patrick's departure were strained, although David continued attempting to support him where he could. Patrick permanently relocated to Vice City and soon expanded his campaign beyond Leonida.

Believing that destroying the cartel's regional operations would never be enough, he traveled into Mexico and began targeting the Sánchez Cartel closer to its homeland. Over the following year, he attacked infrastructure, disrupted financial operations, destroyed valuable assets, and killed several individuals considered important to the organization. Among his intended targets was Hector Sánchez, a senior cartel figure living near Guadalajara.

Patrick prepared an explosive attack intended to kill Hector near his residence. However, shortly before the explosion, he realized that instead of Hector himself, members of Hector's family, including his wife and children were entering the vehicle. Patrick hesitated and perhaps for the first time since beginning his campaign, he was confronted directly with the difference between attacking cartel members and killing people who had played no part in Joe's death. The realization came too late and the vehicle exploded, killing those inside.

The incident disturbed Patrick considerably. He had already killed numerous people during his campaign, but this was different. For the first time, innocent people had died directly because of an attack he had planned. Whatever justification he had constructed around avenging Joe became substantially harder to maintain. Patrick fled Mexico and returned to Vice City. By then, the Sánchez Cartel had spent months attempting to identify the individual responsible for its mounting losses. The attacks had cost the organization tens of millions of dollars in destroyed assets, interrupted operations, lost personnel, and compromised infrastructure. Investigators within the organization had gradually assembled a partial profile of their unknown enemy. They did not know his real identity, but survivors and witnesses repeatedly described the same bald man appearing around several incidents. Within cartel circles, he became known simply as "El Calvo" — the Bald Man.

The Attack on El Calvo

Approximately a week after Patrick returned to Vice City in 2019, the cartel finally located the house where they believed El Calvo was staying. Fourteen armed cartel members surrounded the property and launched an assault. Patrick was caught by surprise but reacted with the instincts developed during his military career. A violent firefight followed inside and around the house, during which Patrick killed the attacking gunmen. The victory offered only a brief reprieve. Patrick soon became aware that additional cartel members were approaching the property. Wounded, outnumbered, and realizing that remaining at the house would almost certainly result in his death, he abandoned the building.

Before disappearing, Patrick set the house on fire. By the time cartel reinforcements arrived, much of the property had been engulfed in flames. Several bodies from the earlier firefight had been badly burned, while the destruction made reconstructing exactly what had happened difficult. Among the remains was one body that cartel members believed matched the approximate build of the man they had been hunting. Personal effects associated with Patrick were also recovered from the ruined property. With no surviving witnesses able to clearly explain what had happened inside the house, the cartel concluded that El Calvo had been killed during the fighting and subsequently consumed by the fire. Patrick did nothing to challenge that conclusion. Instead, he disappeared completely.

For the first time since beginning his campaign, there were no further attacks, no sightings, and no financial disruptions attributed to El Calvo. The sudden silence reinforced the cartel's belief that its unknown enemy had finally died. The Sánchez Cartel closed its internal hunt and Patrick Jones effectively disappeared with him.

There remained one major exception. Hector Sánchez never fully accepted the conclusion and the attack against his family had made El Calvo intensely personal to him, and he remained suspicious of how conveniently the mysterious attacker had apparently died without leaving behind a body that could be conclusively identified. While much of the cartel considered El Calvo dead, Hector continued to believe that somewhere, the bald man who had devastated their operations was still alive.

The Birth of Joey Hunt

Following his disappearance in 2019, Patrick remained in hiding throughout Leonida. For several weeks, he avoided staying anywhere for long. He moved largely on foot and kept away from places where identification might be required, sleeping in abandoned factories, neglected warehouses, cheap motels, and isolated buildings on the outskirts of populated areas. He carried little with him and avoided unnecessary contact with other people.

The isolation gave Patrick time to fully understand the position he had placed himself in. His marriage was over, his daughter was living across the country, his former home had been sold, and the Sánchez Cartel believed him dead only because of the confusion surrounding the Vice City fire. Patrick knew that assumption could collapse the moment somebody connected the surviving pieces of his old identity. More importantly, he remained convinced that Hector Sánchez had not abandoned the search for El Calvo. For the first time since Joe's murder, Patrick had no immediate target and no clear objective. The campaign that had consumed several years of his life had left him effectively homeless, legally vulnerable, and unable to safely return to the people he still cared about.

Several weeks into hiding, Patrick took shelter inside an abandoned warehouse in Leonida. One day, he heard a vehicle approaching outside. Believing that the cartel had finally found him, Patrick drew his pistol and positioned himself inside the building. Instead of armed cartel members, however, he was approached by Jack Donovan, an agent working with the Federal Investigation Bureau. Jack was attached to a task force focused on large-scale narcotics trafficking and transnational criminal organizations. Through the FIB's investigations into the Sánchez Cartel, he had heard repeated reports concerning El Calvo and the extraordinary damage one unidentified individual had caused to cartel operations in both Leonida and Mexico.

Unlike the cartel, Jack had managed to connect enough information to determine who El Calvo actually was. He made it clear almost immediately that he had not come to arrest Patrick. Jack instead explained that Patrick's situation was unsustainable. The fact that the FIB had managed to locate him meant that the Sánchez Cartel could eventually do the same. Patrick could continue moving between abandoned buildings and temporary shelters, but sooner or later he would make a mistake, be recognized, or encounter someone willing to sell information about him.

Jack offered him an alternative: The FIB could make Patrick Jones disappear permanently. Under Jack's arrangement, Patrick would receive a new identity, documentation, financial support, and protection sufficient to prevent the Sánchez Cartel from easily tracing him. In return, Patrick would work under Jack as a covert operative against criminal organizations operating throughout the United States and abroad.

The work would frequently exist in areas where conventional law enforcement could not easily operate. Patrick would infiltrate criminal organizations, gather intelligence, disrupt financial networks, identify key figures, and, when necessary, operate in legal and operational grey areas that could never be publicly associated with the Bureau. Jack made no attempt to present the arrangement as charity. Patrick's military background, financial expertise, ability to operate independently, and campaign against the Sánchez Cartel made him exceptionally useful. Jack had effectively spent considerable time tracking him down because he believed those skills could be redirected toward targets of greater interest to the FIB.

He also made the alternative clear: If Patrick refused, he could continue running. Jack believed the cartel would eventually find him, and when they did, Patrick would almost certainly be killed. Patrick understood that he had few realistic options remaining and accepted.

Jack transported him to an FIB safehouse, where the process of erasing what remained of Patrick Jones began. New identification was prepared, records were altered, and a new personal history was constructed around him. The surname Hunt was assigned to him as part of the identity created by the FIB. Jack allowed Patrick to choose his own first name and Patrick chose Joey. The name was deliberately derived from Joe, the friend whose murder had begun the chain of events that destroyed Patrick's former life. To Patrick, it served as a private memorial to the man he had failed to save and whose death he had spent years trying to avenge.

At thirty-six years old, Patrick Jones ceased to exist in any meaningful public sense and was dead in all public records: Joey Hunt was born.

Over the following years, Joey operated under Jack's direction in a series of covert assignments targeting organized crime, narcotics networks, financial operations, and other criminal organizations. His work frequently relied on the same skills that had defined both his military career and his campaign against the Sánchez Cartel: surveillance, infiltration, financial analysis, controlled violence, and the ability to disappear when an operation was finished. The difference was that Joey was no longer acting alone and for the first time since Joe's death, someone else was choosing the targets.

The Founding of J.J. Holdings

By the time Joey turned forty—born in 1983—Joey did not have a formal FIB assignment in Los Santos. However, ongoing work in the surrounding region frequently brought him close enough to operate on the city’s edges.

Jim was a quiet, but respected cowboy from Texas, a man whose reputation was growing in the underworld. The two recognized something familiar in one another—discipline, restraint, and a shared sense of loss. Jim had lost his wife, and though he rarely spoke of it, her death drove everything he built and wanted to figure out what happened.

Together, and partly as a means for Joey to establish a legitimate side income independent of the FIB, they founded J.J. Holdings, Jim & Joey Holdings. The company began as a discreet investment platform designed to launder and manage underworld revenue. One of their first major acquisitions was The Palace nightclub, which became the backbone of Jim’s social influence and money-laundering operations. Jack Donovan turned a blind-eye and covered this action by Joey in the records as "growing a real social status".

Jim served as the public face of the company (CEO)—charismatic, visible, and well-connected. Joey remained in the background (COO). He managed the numbers, structured shell acquisitions, negotiated capital movement, and maintained strict oversight of every major account. No one knew who Joey really was or where he came from, not even Jim.

At one point, Jim asked Joey to take on a more active role—a field leader, an enforcer, a protector, as Jim knew of his past in the airforce. Joey refused. He told Jim he had already done enough killing. Control, structure, and anonymity were all he wanted now.

Joey's departure of J.J. Holdings

J.J. Holdings was built around a small inner circle, with Jim as its head and Joey as a permanent board member. In the early days, the balance worked. That balance began to shift when Jim helped form what became known as the Big Four—an alliance with three other prominent criminal figures: Alexa Morrison, Billy McBardigael, and Edward McHaggis. Together, they tackled city-wide problems and coordinated major decisions. In practice, however, the alliance granted Jim greater influence over the criminal direction of the city.

As the months passed, Joey’s voice—and the voices of other independent board members—began to matter less. Jim grew increasingly reliant on the perspectives of the Big Four, whose philosophy was aggressively anti-competition: dominance through consolidation, exclusion, and control. Their outlook rejected balance in favor of a Big Four–only ecosystem, and it appealed to Jim’s increasingly emotional, opportunity-driven, and optimistic approach to growth. Quietly, Jim began replacing outspoken or cautious figures within J.J. Holdings with individuals who supported rapid expansion and loyalty over restraint. What had once been a business-first syndicate slowly became entangled in political maneuvering, ego, and mounting instability.

Joey pushed back. He valued restraint, structure, and long-term sustainability. Jim insisted Joey trust the process. The breaking point came during the First Paleto Crisis. Jim, Edward, and Tony—Billy’s replacement—made the decision to torture Damian Morrison. Joey vehemently opposed it. He viewed Damian not as an enemy, but as a valuable strategic ally whose removal would destabilize more than it solved. When Jim proceeded without meaningful consultation, Joey understood the balance was gone.

After careful consideration, Joey resigned his position and walked away from J.J. Holdings without ceremony. The company did not slow. Jim remained a dominant force in San Andreas, expanding the empire they had built together. But those who understood the organization knew the truth: Joey’s departure removed the logic and restraint that once kept it stable. Jim stood alone at the helm—one of the most insulated and influential figures in the underworld. And while Jim made the public moves, it had been Joey Hunt’s mind—quiet, disciplined, and unforgiving—that once kept everything from falling apart. Joey's departure however, didn't make a large impact on the company, which would still continue to grow, but without the sharp business-focused mind of Joey.

Joey's Interlude

In the two years following his departure from J.J. Holdings, Joey Hunt returned fully to covert work under the supervision of Jack Donovan. He carried out multiple assignments for the FIB that never appeared in official records. These operations focused primarily on intelligence gathering, financial disruption, and the quiet destabilization of criminal networks. Joey operated with discipline and restraint, relying on routine, structure, and anonymity. The arrangement offered him protection and a degree of legitimacy, but it also reinforced the reality that his life remained controlled by others.

One such assignment brought Joey to Guatemala. His task was to observe and collect intelligence on narcotics shipments entering the Pacific corridor. While conducting surveillance near coastal transit routes, he observed a transaction that stood out even by cartel standards: African men being exchanged as commodities for drugs. The exchange was overseen by a man Joey would later identify as Hans Naumann. Joey did not intervene. The incident was documented, reported, and treated as a secondary detail within a larger operation. Nonetheless, it left a lasting impression.

After returning to the United States, Joey made a personal decision unrelated to his obligations to the FIB. He purchased a modest home in a quiet suburban neighborhood in San Fierro. The house was located directly across the street from where his ex-wife lived with her new husband and Joey’s daughter. Outwardly, Joey appeared to be nothing more than a polite and reserved neighbor.

Eleanor did not see coincidence. To her, the man across the street was unsettling. She instructed her husband and daughter to avoid him entirely. Patrick Jones, in her mind, was dead, and Joey Hunt was an unwelcome reminder of a life she had closed.

Despite her objections, Joey maintained limited and discreet contact with his daughter. These interactions were brief and carefully timed—short conversations, handwritten notes, and small sums of money intended for school and basic needs. Eleanor noticed the changes and grew increasingly suspicious, though she lacked proof.

Joey’s daughter was around ten years old at the time. Over time, she began to recognize patterns adults ignored: the resemblance, the quiet attention, the consistent presence. While searching through stored belongings, she found a photograph of her biological father, Patrick Jones. The similarity was unmistakable. She did not confront Joey, nor did she inform her mother. The realization remained private.

Tensions eventually surfaced openly. At a nearby gas station, Eleanor’s husband confronted Joey, accusing him of watching the family and refusing to leave them alone. Joey attempted to disengage. When the confrontation became physical, he responded with controlled force—ending the encounter quickly and without unnecessary escalation. No further confrontations followed.

From that point forward, Joey kept his distance. He continued to observe the house across the street, applying the same vigilance he once reserved for operational targets. The threat he guarded against was not violence, but absence. Living so close to his daughter underscored what he had lost and could never openly reclaim, making restraint more difficult than any assignment Jack Donovan could give him.

Events of the GTA RP

Return to Los Santos

Jack Donovan’s position within the FIB had begun to weaken. The Bureau’s board was dissatisfied with recent results and questioned the continued protection of Joey as an asset. Jack was given an unspoken ultimatum: deliver something significant, or lose both his leverage and his career.

He framed the assignment as his last and most ambitious case. Success would secure his standing and close Joey’s file permanently. Failure would end the arrangement altogether. The objective was clear: infiltrate the criminal underworld of Los Santos and dismantle it from within. Jack knew Joey had history in the city and prior involvement in questionable business dealings. Familiarity, in his view, was an asset.

Joey’s cover was an auto repair shop in Strawberry—close enough to street-level crime to attract attention without raising suspicion. From there, Jack directed his focus toward a newly formed motorcycle club, Black Shuck MC, believed to function as a connective layer within the underworld. Jack suspected the club had ties to Edward McBane—also known as Edward McHaggis—and possibly to Alexa Morrison, though no evidence had ever been sufficient to act. Joey accepted the assignment without objection, seeing this as a chance to finish being tied to the FIB.

Getting in contact with Black Shuck MC

When Joey Hunt established his auto repair shop in Strawberry, he understood that visibility would invite friction. That friction came sooner than expected.

Before any violence occurred, Joey made a point of establishing light, harmless contact with Black Shuck MC. He did not rush the approach. Instead, he played the part of a struggling but capable mechanic—asking around for spare parts, favors, and basic assistance. On more than one occasion, he approached club associates for something as mundane as spark plugs, explaining supply issues and offering fair payment. The interactions were brief, practical, and deliberately unremarkable. They served their purpose: Joey became familiar, non-threatening, and known. They did suspect his increased contact, but shrugged it off.

One night, the shop was attacked by local gang members. Joey later claimed he had fought them off on his own. The story held. In reality, the incident had been staged—carefully planned to create the appearance of vulnerability while reinforcing the image of someone capable of defending himself. It served its purpose.

Rather than pursue retaliation alone, Joey escalated in a way that felt natural. He reached out to Black Shuck MC. Arthur and Tyler Nelson brought him to their clubhouse. Tyler led the conversation, methodical and probing, while Arthur remained openly skeptical. Joey presented himself as a former Navy SEAL who had defended his business and was now looking to resolve the situation properly. Arthur doubted the story. Tyler, however, saw value in assisting a fellow businessman who appeared competent, familiar, and discreet.

Joey asked Black Shuck MC to handle the gang responsible for the attack. They agreed. The retaliation against the Rancho gang was swift and decisive. With the matter concluded, contact information was exchanged. Joey remained present, useful, and unassuming.

Once a little bit of trust existed, Joey introduced a far larger proposition: the robbery of the Union Depository.

The proposal was met with immediate skepticism. For Black Shuck MC, the jump from handling local street matters to robbing a major federal bank was a radical escalation. Arthur and others questioned the exposure, the consequences, and Joey’s intentions. Despite the doubts, the club was under financial pressure and in need of cash. Joey understood the hesitation. He pointed to his conduct in the neighborhood and the way he had handled himself during the earlier conflict as proof of reliability. He made his position clear—he needed significant capital to establish a larger operation, and he was prepared to share the reward. A portion of the proceeds would go directly to the club.

Camera footage with Arthur, Tyler and Joey in the elevator going to the vault

This choice directly conflicted with Jack Donovan’s instructions. Jack had explicitly ordered Joey to keep a low profile and avoid actions that would draw national attention. Joey chose to proceed regardless.

Preparation took weeks. Joey handled the planning, logistics, and contingencies, involving Black Shuck MC only where necessary. When the robbery was executed, it succeeded. Approximately $15,000,000 was taken. Joey retained $10,000,000, with the remainder distributed among the club.

The heist attracted national attention. With capital secured, Black Shuck MC expanded rapidly. Cocaine storage and counterfeit-cash operations were established at former business locations once controlled by Edward, consolidating their presence at the Los Santos docks. Despite this growth, Joey noted unresolved tensions—particularly with another biker gang, calling themselves the Alamo Hellraisers.

The Founding of the Big Three

The success of the operation had earned him credibility within Black Shuck MC, but it had also created a level of attention he considered dangerous. He avoided unnecessary contact, limited movement, and allowed the aftermath to settle before taking any further steps.

When the immediate pressure eased, Joey began converting the proceeds into something durable. Using the ten million dollars he had retained from the robbery, he moved quickly to establish a legitimate foundation for a larger operation. His first acquisition was deliberate: the old venue of The Palace, the former crown jewel of Jim’s business empire. The location, layout, and financial model were already proven. Joey renovated and reopened it as a new nightclub, preserving many structural and operational similarities to the original design. The goal was not innovation, but stability. The model had worked once. It would work again.

With the business established, Joey altered his personal circumstances as well. He relocated to a residence in Vinewood Hills and adopted a more visibly affluent lifestyle.

Jack Donovan noticed and summoned Joey for a private meeting and confronted him directly. He accused Joey of abandoning the agreed plan and ignoring explicit instructions to remain inconspicuous. Joey argued that the nightclub and expanded presence gave him deeper access to the criminal ecosystem Jack wanted mapped and dismantled. From Joey’s perspective, it was progress. Jack disagreed and warned Joey that every step further into public influence made the arrangement harder to protect. Covering financial irregularities was one thing. Explaining investment flows tied to major crimes—and concealing the deaths of law enforcement officers—was another. Jack made it clear that if Joey continued escalating, there would come a point where the Bureau could no longer shield him. Joey acknowledged the warning and told Jack to trust in him.

Meeting Giuseppe Marcano

Meeting with Giuseppe Marcano

Shortly after reopening the former Palace as his own nightclub, Joey noticed the venue drawing attention beyond its intended clientele. Among the visitors was Giuseppe Marcano, a prominent Italian mobster with long-standing influence in organized crime.

One evening, Marcano arrived with Arthur and requested a private meeting in Joey’s office. There, he spoke openly about the rise and collapse of the old Big Four and argued that Los Santos now required a new alliance to restore stability and limit destructive competition. In his view, cooperation mattered more than expansion. Arthur and Joey later agreed the proposal had merit. Marcano’s condition, however, was explicit: any new alliance would fail without the inclusion of Alexa Morrison. Joey regarded the meeting as both opportunity and warning.

The Kortz Center Meeting

A few days after Giuseppe Marcano’s visit, Arthur contacted Alexa Morrison and requested a meeting at the Kortz Center. Unbeknownst to her, Arthur also brought Joey along.

Joey’s presence was unannounced and immediately unsettled Alexa. She confronted Arthur over bringing an unknown third party into what was meant to be a private discussion. Arthur explained that Tyler had been killed by the Hellraisers and that he needed her assistance to dismantle their leadership. He disclosed only limited details about the Union Depository heist, enough to establish credibility but not enough to expose Joey’s role fully.

Alexa revealed she maintained a non‑aggression pact with the Hellraisers and was reluctant to violate it. Joey intervened briefly, reminding her of Arthur’s financial value and the leverage he now represented. After careful consideration, Alexa agreed to assist—on the condition that she remained cautious of Joey and his intentions.

Arthur then informed her of Giuseppe Marcano’s proposal and of Billy’s return from retirement. Alexa, aware that she would eventually require strong partners for her own long‑term plans, agreed in principle to the formation of a new alliance, but only after the Hellraisers were neutralized. The following morning, Arthur, Alexa, Billy, and Joey met again in Alexa’s office at Maze Bank Tower. The first matter was operational: the elimination of Aiden, the de facto leader of the Hellraisers. Arthur insisted on carrying out the act himself.

The second discussion concerned the structure of the new alliance. Billy demanded trust and personal loyalty. Alexa demanded an end to scheming and internal betrayal. All present agreed. After the meeting, Alexa requested a private conversation with Joey. She questioned his background and motives directly. His answers were deliberately vague, particularly regarding his claimed service with the Navy SEALs. Alexa remained unconvinced, but allowed him to leave without interference. In the days that followed, Alexa and Arthur quietly finalized the plan to trap and eliminate the Hellraiser leadership.