GTA: San AndreasSan Fierro
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Mission 49 of 105Story missionOptional
Zero's rival Berkley is sending radio-controlled aircraft loaded with explosives at Zero's transmitters, and Zero's answer is to sit Carl behind a mounted minigun on the roof. The transmitters have to survive a timer; at least one has to be standing when it runs out.
It has a reputation, and the reputation is earned. The gun is fixed, the targets are small and fast, and the mission gives no ground for a bad first minute — its own page calls it one of the hardest missions in the series.
The minigun is manually aimed and the controls are worth being comfortable with before the first wave rather than during it. Holding the fire button down continuously and steering the stream is more effective than trying to place individual bursts.
The Barons are moving and the rounds are not instant, so the aim goes ahead of the aircraft rather than onto it. This is the single technique the mission is built around.
Incoming aircraft show as red blips before they are visible, and the ones bearing on a transmitter matter more than the ones circling. Prioritising by threat rather than by distance is what keeps a transmitter alive to the end of the timer.
Who this mission brings together, and the ground it covers.
Playable
Home in Los Santos after five years in Liberty City for his mother's funeral, and stopped by the same two police officers who drove him out. Rebuilding the family's standing turns into rebuilding most of the state's.
All 105 missions · 7 as giver
Gives the job
A San Fierro model-shop owner conducting a long-running feud by remote-controlled aircraft, and the closest thing Carl has to a technician.
7 of 105 missions · 3 as giver
