Vertical Bird

Mission
Vertical Bird
	Carl Johnson heads off to meet Mike Toreno after listening to Madd Dogg's recording session with Kent Paul and Maccer; Carl Johnson heads off to meet Mike Toreno after listening to Madd Dogg's recording session with Kent Paul and Maccer
Game	GTA San Andreas
For	Mike Toreno
Target	Spy Ships
Location	Mulholland, Los Santos, San Andreas
Fail	Plane destroyed
Reward	$50,000; Hydra spawns at Verdant Meadows and other spawn locations
Unlocks	Home Coming
Unlocked by	A Home in the Hills
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Vertical Bird is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, given to protagonist Carl "CJ" Johnson by undercover government agent Michael "Mike" Toreno from celebrity rapper Madd Dogg's Crib in Mulholland, Los Santos, San Andreas.

Mission

Carl drops by the mansion, his "new" home, and listens to Madd Dogg while he's rapping after having recovered from a suicide attempt. All of a sudden, audio output across the mansion is cut off, and Toreno's voice is heard. He asks Carl to come out of the mansion for one last straw. He does so, and finds Toreno. He drives out Toreno's car to The Panopticon with Toreno, who informs him that this last job is to steal a military jet off an aircraft carrier, and to use the jet to destroy a flotilla of spy ships in Valle Ocultado, promising that this will mandate the release of Carl's incarcerated brother Sean "Sweet" Johnson from prison. Carl agrees and hops on a speedboat docked on the water with a knife and a Silenced 9mm in it.

Carl heads over to the Easter Basin Naval Station in Easter Basin, San Fierro, all while Toreno is guiding him, telling him to sneak inside the carrier. Carl then gets off the boat and swims inside the carrier, but now, Toreno cannot help him. Carl makes his way towards the flight deck, and disables the S.A.M. sites. Carl then kills the remaining soldiers and proceeds to steal a Hydra, just as Toreno asked him to do.

Toreno now reminds Carl that he has to head over to Tierra Robada and destroy four spy ships with the Hydra's missiles; however, military jets start to follow him in the air. He, however, successfully manages to destroy the enemy jets. He then proceeds to destroy the four spy ships moored out in the waters. Carl, infuriated, now asks Toreno what to do with the jet. Since Toreno doesn't want to deal with the jet, he leaves Carl in the lurch, prompting Carl to just land and park the jet at a hangar in Verdant Meadows nearby.

Script

(Carl, performing artist Maccer, record producer Kent Paul and rapper Madd Dogg are inside the recording studio in Madd Dogg's Crib.)

Maccer: Go on... Go on... Come on... Come on... Go on...

Paul: Will you please leave yourself alone!

Maccer: Oh, fuck!

Paul: Oh, you manky mongrel!

Maccer: Ooh, sorry geez.

Paul: You shouldn't be choking the gecko in the first place! Remember what happened at that gig in Hamburg?!

Maccer: That groupie loved it!

Paul: That wasn't a groupie, that was a roadie!

Maccer: But she had great tits.

Paul: (grabs Maccer by the collar and pushes him away) MAN tits! They were MAN TITS!

(The recording equipment stops working.)

CJ: Hey, what happened? Hey, where the sounds at?

Paul: I dunno, bruv, it all just went!

Maccer: You're fucking shite you are, P.

Paul: I can't be held responsible for dodgy gear, alright?

CJ: C'mon, keep it together, man - we can't fuck with his flow.

(A voice comes from a speaker from somewhere in the recording equipment.)

Toreno: Finally! I thought I'd never get through to you.

CJ: What the... Toreno? Is that you?

Paul: What's happenin' here?

CJ: Toreno?

Toreno: Listen; you gotta pull one last string for me, OK? Communists at the gate, Carl.

CJ: I'm tired of this, Toreno.

Toreno: I'm outside. Let's take a ride.

(The audio output is reinstated and Madd Dogg continues rapping.)

Maccer: Now I'm hearing things - fuck me!

CJ: Hey, I gotta get out of here. You got this? Hey, Dogg, I gotta go hit a marketing meeting, I'm gonna catch you later!

Paul: Right, mind how you go, sunshine. Yeah, sweet as... Come on. You having that, Maccer, you having that?

(Carl and Toreno are outside the mansion, walking towards his Washington.)

Toreno: Well, no invite to the housewarming, huh, kid?

CaJ: I knew you'd come anyway.

Toreno: Yeah, well, that's not important right now. I'll bring you up to speed on the way, get in.

CJ: How long's this going to take? I got my own shit to worry about.

Mike: Would you like to see your brother this week?

CJ: Yeah, what can I do?

Toreno: You just gotta steal a military jet off an amphibious assault ship and use it to destroy a flotilla of spy ships, nothing big.

CJ: Oh man, you shittin' me.

Toreno: Would I shit you, Carl? There's a boat. All the gear you'll need is on board. I'll keep you briefed as you go.

CJ: I ain't coming back from this one, am I?

Toreno: Yes you are, don't be ridic- here take this earpiece. Trust me, do as I say, you'll be home for a blow job and a bologna sandwich.

(On the earpiece, Toreno is instructing Carl after he sits in the speedboat.)

Toreno: OK Carl, the ship is moored in the Easter Basin Naval Base.

(Carl arrives outside the Easter Basin Naval Base, with Toreno speaking on the earpiece.)

Toreno: Sneak in the back without being seen. Once you're on the inside, I cannot help you.

CJ: Well, can you help me now?

Toreno: Oh, well, no. Actually, no.

(Carl makes his way inside the base and steals the aircraft.)

Toreno: Ya see? Ya see? What did I tell you? It was a snap!

Pilot: Stolen aircraft; prepare to be vaporized!

CJ: Did you hear that?

Toreno: 'Prepare to be vaporized' what a bunch of bullshit. Ignore them. They shoot at you and it's an international incident. You're not a British tank, so you should be fine.

CJ: For real?

Toreno: Yeah, well, probably. Now make your way to the flotilla and sink the fuckers!

(Carl destroys four invisibly manned spy ships in Valle Ocultado.)

Toreno: You see? Child's play!

CJ: FUCK YOU, TORENO!!! I never want to go through this again! I think I'm gonna hurl...

Toreno: Ooh, what a big whiner, you want some cheese with that wine? Hey, you were spectacular. You know what, I'm beginning to think my little Carl is a double agent. Oooh.

CJ: Shut up, Toreno. Where do you want this thing?

Toreno: What thing? I don't know what you're talking about - you stole it. Got nothing to do with me, I don't know what you're talking about. See ya 'round.

CJ: Toreno? TORENO! SHIT!

Rewards

Upon completing this mission, the player is rewarded with $50,000. The mission Home Coming is unlocked. Also, the Hydra is always available at the hangar in Verdant Meadows. Heavy weaponry will now spawn at Toreno's ranch, with usually more than double the normal ammunition.

Trivia

This is the only mission that takes place across each of the three major areas in the state of San Andreas. It starts at the edge of Los Santos over Madd Dogg's Crib in Mulholland, proceeds through the theft of the Hydra from the epicenter of the city of San Fierro in the Easter Basin Naval Station, and ends at the edge of Las Venturas with the landing of the Hydra at the Verdant Meadows Airstrip.
Usually, if the player enters the naval base, one will attain a 5-star wanted level, but this does not apply in this mission. No wanted level would be attained for entering the base.
There's a chance that the enemy Hydras will crash on the Kincaid Bridge and destroy themselves, requiring no effort from the player.
If the player destroys all the other planes on the ship, only one enemy jet will give chase; however, if the player doesn't destroy any, three jets will give chase; if only one is destroyed, two will give chase.
Occasionally, as can be seen on the official San Andreas website, a red mist can be seen coming from behind Toreno's Washington at the Panopticon.
The mission is programmed to take place at night and occur through stormy weather, although using the weather cheat can change this.
The default radio station in the Washington is WCTR but when Carl and Toreno enter Toreno's car, K Rose is playing. This is due to the fact that Mulholland is right on the border to Red County and occasionally rural cars and expensive cars cross over in this area.

Gallery

Mike Toreno brings Carl Johnson to the boat he will use to board the assault ship.
CJ quietly assassinates a soldier.
CJ takes out a soldier guarding the jets.
CJ flying the stolen jet.
CJ flies off while enemy jets break out in pursuit.
CJ shoots down a jet which crashes into the supporting girders of a bridge and explodes.
CJ takes out the spy ships.
Mission Passed screen.

Video Walkthrough

PC Version - GTASeriesVideos
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