From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe

Tommi Gunn
Player: @Ironik
Origin:	Technology/Natural
Archetype:	Blaster
Security Level:	50
Personal Data
Real Name:	Tommi Gunn
Known Aliases:	None
Species:	Human
Age:	28
Height:	5'9"
Weight:	127
Eye Color:	Blue
Hair Color:	Red
Biographical Data
Nationality:	American of Irish descent
Occupation:	Licensed Hero; former FBI agent
Place of Birth:	Boston, MA, USA
Base of Operations:	Paragon City, RI, USA
Marital Status:	Single, never married
Known Relatives:	George "Machine" Gunn (father); Talia Gunn (mother, deceased)
Known Powers
None
Known Abilities
Expert with all forms of firearms, member of the FBI "Quarter Inch Club"
Equipment
Sniper Rifle w/grenade launcher and flamethrower; M1911 handgun; Longbow-modified Tommy Gun (signature weapon)
No additional information available

Basic Information

Ex-FBI Agent

Tommi Gunn is a superb markswoman, expert with nearly every firearm imaginable. Her prodigious natural ability has been honed by thousands of hours of practice with firearms; everything from pellet guns to automatic rifles, potato guns to sniper rifles.

Tommi was one of the youngest agents ever inducted into the FBI. She immediately demonstrated her shooting prowess by entering the FBI's famed "Quarter Inch Club." (Membership to this exclusive club is based solely on merit: by placing three rifle shots within a circle no larger than a quarter of an inch from 200 yards away. Bearing in mind that the bullets themselves are nearly a quarter inch in diameter, meaning any member of this elite club can essentially place shot after shot in the same tiny hole.)^[1]

History

Tommi was born to George and Talia Gunn (née McCool) of Boston, Massachusetts. Her early childhood in Beantown was generally happy, despite her father being away on business much of the time.

Age 10

On Tommi's tenth birthday, her father was away on business yet again. Tommi knew her mother was unhappy about where he was but wasn't old enough to understand why. All she knew was that they had been trapped in the house for weeks and the tension was unbearable. Tommi was allowed to play in her fenced backyard while her mother watched, but wasn't permitted to visit her neighborhood friends. She was told there was an illness going around, but she didn't really believe it. However, as an only child, Tommi was self-reliant and could make her own fun.

What Tommi remembers most from the days leading up to her birthday was her mother's depression, exacerbated by her crying jags when she talked to Tommi's father on the phone, and the rancid smell of the cigarettes her mother chain-smoked. On her actual birthday her mother flew into a hurried tizzy, throwing clothes haphazardly into suitcases, yelling at Tommi to pack her things so they could visit Talia's sister in New Hampshire.

On the road north, Talia's driving was erratic. She nervously switched topics, one moment telling Tommi about the wonderful birthday party her aunt had in store for her, the next cursing her husband and his job. Just as they were leaving the Boston city limits, a car swerved across the highway in front of a semi-tractor trailer, causing it to jack knife. All Tommi recalls is her mother's scream melding with the screeching of tires, then the smell of melting rubber and a sickly-sweet scent that she later learned was human flesh burning. Her mother's.

She woke up in the hospital to see the bandaged face of one of her father's business associates, Charles Graziano. He had been sent to watch over Tommi and Talia, and got caught in the accident. His mangled face required more than 500 stitches. As soon as she was conscious, Graziano grabbed her and made a beeline for the exit, leaving numerous shouting hospital employees in his wake.

Tommi's next clear memory is waking up in a brownstone walk-up in Paragon City, Rhode Island, with her father watching over her.

Age 16

By the time Tommi entered Paragon City University, she knew what her father did for a living. He was an enforcer for The Family.

Originally a horse race fixer for Whitey Bulger after he took over the Winter Hill Gang, Gunn's aptitude for violence and flair with assault rifles secured him a promotion to collector. However, unlike Bulger's crew, George Gunn still had close ties with members of the Italian mafia when the Irish gangs and Italian mob worked together during Prohibition. When the Irish Mob Wars of the 1970s escalated to the point where entire families were being wiped out, Gunn responded positively to overtures from the burgeoning mafia organized crime collective begun in Paragon City. The Family, as the collective became known, was less about ethnic ties and more about business. Someone with the skills of George "Machine" Gunn was very good for business.

Tommi couldn't reconcile her Catholic upbringing with her father's line of work, and she never forgave him for his role in her mother's death. Tommi was afraid to make friends for fear of what might happen to them, and she lost herself in schoolwork and athletics. This was only broken up by fights with her father. Their five-year battle resulted in her filing for legal emancipation when she turned 15. It was granted on the grounds that she inform on her father. The FBI long had suspicions about Machine Gunn's job but couldn't gather sufficient evidence to convict him. The information Tommi provided resulted in George's arrest and conviction, and she was free and clear from her father's life.

So she thought.

As it happened, Charles Graziano was also implicated. Unlike George, he had no love for -- nor loyalty to -- Tommi. While she took the entrance exams for PCU, Graziano, known as "Zip Gun" because of the homemade weapon he'd used to murder rivals as a minor, plotted to kill her. Her stellar grades, keen intelligence and extracurricular pursuits ensured her early entry to PCU. Graziano's plan was simple: keep her from ever setting foot on campus by putting a bullet between her eyes.

The FBI agent who facilitated her emancipation had been relieved of duty because of the deal he made with her. While he was being investigated, he visited Tommi to convince himself that he had done the right thing despite not following the letter of the law. As he approached the apartment building, he glimpsed Graziano breaking in. In the brief firefight that followed, Graziano mortally wounded the agent and was about to turn his gun on Tommi when the vigilante Switch Blade arrived.^[2]

Tommi's "Sweet 16" was spent holding a dying FBI agent, answering police questions, thanking the hero who'd intervened and vowing to do the right thing to atone for the guilt she felt for all of this.

Age 23

Only US citizens between the ages of 23 and 37 may join the FBI. Three days after her 23rd birthday, Tommi Gunn was sworn in as an FBI special agent.

Recently

By 25 she was instrumental in taking down a major faction of The Family. At 27, her connections with her father resulted in her ouster from the Bureau. It was a political move designed to make it appear as if the FBI were cleaning house, severing all ties with any employee who might have even a hint of controversy attached to them. Finding no sympathy with the Federal Bureau of Super-powered Affairs, she decided to go freelance. As a private investigator, she's been doing brisk business; Tommi recently received her hero license, which gives her much greater reach and flexibility than she ever had as a G-Woman.

Footnotes

1. ↑ The Quarter Inch Club is real. And very cool.
2. ↑ http://www.virtueverse.net/wiki/Switch_Blade