Raymond Romanov

Raymond Romanov is a character role-played by Ray__C.

Description
Raymond Romanov was born in Russia on Valentine's Day in 1994. He has gray hair and usually wears black clothing, along with a helmet or a mask. Raymond is very intelligent. He completed a degree in the medical field while also completing flight school and obtaining his pilot's license. He is known for his great flying and was the "best pilot in his nation". He uses Rayven-1 as his call sign for radio communications with air traffic personnel. Raymond has a younger cousin, Raycardo Flick, who was born in the USA.

Raymond is known for his charms and his friendly nature work very well to disguise his criminal life. He is the founder and leader of R.U.S.T and very valuable member of Cleanbois and Pegasus Concierge. He has a stellar reputation in the criminal world, allowing him to establish a very reliable network to reach for information, resources, and jobs that aid with his criminal endeavours. His constant motivation to progress in criminal activity has earned him the affectionate title of "The Grinder" of Cleanbois. He is also one of the founders of Betta Life Pharmaceuticals, a company he sold to Cerberus for $10 Million on February 16, 2023.

Raymond is known to have an awful fashion sense until his ex-girlfriend Kitty Dream helped him refine his closet. He is also known for hitting on every woman he comes into contact with. However, he has adjusted to the city very well and has become an incredibly feared criminal who is willing to do anything to succeed. Show/Hide Ray's Outfits

Career
 AirX Flight School  Raymond was hired as one of the workers at AirX Flight School within his first few days. He was currently one of their flight instructors and skydiving instructors. He was fired on May 1, 2021 after he was caught using airplanes for a bank robbery. Hayes Auto Body Repairs Raymond is hired as a mechanic at Hayes Auto Body Repairs by Shane Powers. He doesn't work there regularly if at all and typically only uses his employment to fix his own vehicles when there isn't any workers around to help him. Pegasus Concierge Raymond is hired into Pegasus Concierge "unofficially" by Nino Chavez after proving himself in multiple occasions. He is mainly involved in laundering money for Nino and Pegasus.
 * -|Businesses=  Betta Life Pharmaceuticals  Raymond is one of the founders and ex-owner of Betta Life Pharmaceuticals. It is the first and only pharmaceutical company and pharmacy in Los Santos. The business was officially approved and took off on May 1, 2021. As of August 25, 2021, the main building, located on South Mo Milton Drive and Eclipse Boulevard, West Vinewood, was approved and the company is undergoing a reconstruction phase lead by both Kitty Dream and Raymond. Due to legal reasons, Kitty Dream was appointed to be the 'face' of the company since March 10th, 2022. However, Raymond remained as the owner of the company off the books until it was sold to Cerberus for $10 Million on February 16th, 2023. Picture1.jpg Front of the Betta Life building in production
 * -|Jobs=
 * -|Former Jobs=  Rooster's Rest  During Raymond's first few days he was hired by Humberto Antonio Donato Pecorino, aka Donnie, to the Rooster's Rest and has made many friends there. About 2 week since his arrival, his loyalty was rewarded by a promotion and was given keys to Rooster's by Lang Buddha. He gave up his job at the Rooster's after his big breakthrough in the criminal world with the Cleanbois. However, Raymond is one of the VIPs at the Rooster's because of his affiliation with Lang.  Rooster's Ranch  Raymond's 'clean' criminal record, at the time, and his reputation were the main reasons for Lang Buddha to hire him into the business as security. His job was to assist in ensuring safety during production and transportation of weed. He was removed from the roster after he decided to focus on a life of crime.   Viking Logistics  Raymond was a manager of Viking Logistics. He was hired through his relationship with Leah Winthers. He was removed from the company due to inactivity.   Bahama Mamas West  Raymond was hired as a manager of Bahama Mamas West. He passed the interview phase led by Carmella Corset (COO), Lana Valentine (COO), Thomas Dwayne (Majority-owner) and Lars Haverford, aka Bjorn, with flying colours. He was fired due to inactivity.   Nu Chem Industries  Raymond was the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for Nu Chem Industries.

Cleanbois
With Raymond 's uprising in the criminal world, he was subsequently invited to more jobs with a crew, mostly include Lang Buddha', Tony Corleone, Nino Chavez' and Humberto Antonio Donato Pecorino at that time. As Raymond 's connections to information and resources continue to grow, there is without a doubt that his value to the crew continues to grow too. Following their successful vault heist on May 27, 2021, Raymond was recruited into the Cleanbois, together with Yuno Sykk. The current crew now is made of individuals with different complementary skills, which includes Raymond (The Grinder), Lang (The Planner), Tony (The Driver), Yuno (The Hacker/Cheat Code) and Mickey (The Planner). This highly successful crew can be considered as one of the best heist crews to ever exist. As of writing, the crew has successfully pull off the Lower Vault heist. Their heisting journey as a crew reached it's climax when the Clean 8, the expanded heist crew, completed Diamond Casino and Resort heist. After almost 100 attempts they reached their goal.

Apart from all their achievements, the members are all very fond of each other and has a very familial dynamic. Everyone sees each other as "FEMLY" and their relationship is based on absolute trust, with a deep understanding of one another. They often share light-hearted banter and tender chatter, the group displays a synergy that other crews struggle to find. This bond of theirs is demonstrated over and over again when Raymond would put his life on the line whenever he can to save any member of the crew. They even spend time with each other doing things outside their line of work, including the "' Cleanbois '  FEMLY Friday Games Nights" and their recent trips to "Las Venturas" (or Las Vegas).  

 Momentous Dates With The Cleanbois 
 * -|General=
 * -|Heists=
 * -|Saves=

R.U.S.T
On January 10, 2022, Raymond Romanov approached La Flare Davis, Seano "Chemist" Blackthorne and Derek Thomson about the potential of forming a crew, aka "Degen Crew", for the late hours during the AU tsunami. Tane "Kiwi" Mahuta and Wren Draider were also invited into the new crew. As the crew continued to grow, it was renamed to R.U.S.T, which is an acronym for Ray's Unfortunate Street Team. The crew would go on to do many jobs together, but not limited to robberies, boosting vehicles and trafficking drugs. From there on, they found a new sense of brotherhood in each other. Fast forward to today, and R.U.S.T is now a well-established gang in Los Santos with more members than ever before, led by Raymond himself.

Team RayCers (NPA)
Team RayCers is a team of individuals put together by Raymond for the National Paintball Association (NPA). The team's first major tournament was on August 7, 2021 but Raymond failed to make it and the team did not do very well as the team was completed with some last-minute substitutes. They were defeated by Team The Guild in the first round of the NPA third tournament.

On the NPA fourth tournament (August 20, 2021),  Raymond arrived late unintentionally. However, he had asked for help from Nancy Drew, the NPA CEO, prior the tournament event to re-adjust their team schedule so he can catch up with the rest of his team members. With Nancy's help, Team RayCers had been scheduled into the last queue of the tournament versus the previous tournament winner, Team 10-13A led by Sam Baas.

The latest list of members in the Team RayCers as in August 20, 2021 consists of: Main:
 * Raymond Romanov (Leader)
 * Jesse Reed
 * Bryan "Chap" Chapman
 * Adam "AP" Peterson

Backups:
 * Gage Draider
 * T.J. Mack
 * Octavio "Goofy" Stenberg

 Tournament History 

Trivia

 * Although Jay Que is the one that started the Cars 3 reference, it is Raymond who spread it across the whole city.
 * During his early days, Raymond has an addiction of stashing Akumas across the city.
 * Police pursuit bike interceptors were almost named after him due to his well-known Akuma-stashing addiction.
 * Raymond owns a Lamborghini Aventador, a car bought from the Tuner Shop.
 * Raymond is known as "The Ladies Man" or "The Wives Collector" among his friends as he is always seen flirting with women while successfully acquiring their phone number during their first encounter.
 * When confronted with his trigger-happy tendencies towards cops, Raymond admitted that shooting people "makes [him] feel alive."
 * Raymond is known as "The Grinder" of the Cleanbois as he's always awake on "degen" hours while other members are asleep.
 * Raymond has an insane record of rolling very high cock check D12 rolls, only time ever rolling low was against Ai Musori, aka Egg, where he rolled two 1s in a row.
 * Raymond is known for his very bad fashion sense.
 * Raymond has a growing problem of adopting children, starting with La Flare Davis, but the problem didn't arise until recently.
 * Raymond has a kink for blonde cops.
 * Mickey S lost his right eye after Raymond shot and ocean dumped him.

The Book of Ray

 * "You understaaaand me?"
 * "It is... what it is..."
 * "You motha-fuckah!"
 * "If blood is what you want, then blood is what you'll get!"
 * "Ahh that's unfortunate."
 * "Don't EVER point a gun at me motherfucker!!"
 * "WICKED!!"
 * "If you ever want a bike, you know what to do? You just stop, right? And you say, like "I want a bike!" and what you do is you walk into a bush and you're like "Ray, is your bike in here?" And yes, Ray's bike is in every bush."
 * "What happens when I send it here?"
 * "That might be what they call karma."
 * "I've done 100 [Insert illegal activity]"
 * "I'm not fucking leaving you."
 * Raymond after ocean dumping his AK: "Rest in peace my friend."
 * "Just because there's a ring, doesn't mean you can't do the thing."
 * "Just because there is a goalkeeper, doesn't mean you can't score."
 * "Always carry condoms on you wherever you go, it's very important to be safe in life."
 * "I'm smiling through the pain."
 * "Make it so they can't walk, you break their legs, you break their arms you break everything about them!"
 * "All you need is Lamborghini and life is easy"- Raymond when asked about dating

Songs
Raymond by Paff

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