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== Description == | == Description == | ||
The police helicopter appears only after the player attains a three-star [[Wanted Level|wanted level]], initially hovering just over the player. Due to its airborne capabilities, the police helicopter is able to reach | The police helicopter appears only after the player attains a three-star [[Wanted Level|wanted level]], initially hovering just over the player. Due to its airborne capabilities, the police helicopter is able to reach places where conventional police forces can't (i.e. rooftops and off-road locales). However, the helicopter will retreat as soon as the player enters a enclosure which the helicopter cannot reach (such as a building interior or tunnel). Despite its availability in the game, the helicopter cannot be commandeered by the player in the same way as the [[Police Maverick]] in later games. | ||
The helicopter is defined as a large helicopter, with a body design similar to a [[wp:Bell 212|Bell 212]] and bearing a blue-and-white [[Liberty City Police Department|LCPD]] livery similarly adopted for the game's police road vehicles early in game development. The helicopter comes equipped with a gunner or turret, which fires bullets from its underside, a search light that is commonly used at night, and a loudspeaker used by occupants on board to (hilariously) address the player. According to a [[Police Helicopters To Help Fight Crime|in-universe news report]], the helicopters were only recently introduced in [[Liberty City]] (circa 2001) to aid the police force in fighting crime. | The helicopter is defined as a large helicopter, with a body design similar to a [[wp:Bell 212|Bell 212]] and bearing a blue-and-white [[Liberty City Police Department|LCPD]] livery similarly adopted for the game's police road vehicles early in game development. The helicopter comes equipped with a gunner or turret, which fires bullets from its underside, a search light that is commonly used at night, and a loudspeaker used by occupants on board to (hilariously) address the player. According to a [[Police Helicopters To Help Fight Crime|in-universe news report]], the helicopters were only recently introduced in [[Liberty City]] (circa 2001) to aid the police force in fighting crime. | ||
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The police helicopter's model is reused in the final mission of GTA III, [[The Exchange (mission)|The Exchange]], where it appears with a white body color instead of its standard police livery. The helicopter is used by [[Catalina]] as a means to drop explosives on [[Cochrane Dam]] in an attempt to kill the player. However, like the police helicopter, Catalina's helicopter can be shot down the same way: With a rocket launcher or a powerful gun. | The police helicopter's model is reused in the final mission of GTA III, [[The Exchange (mission)|The Exchange]], where it appears with a white body color instead of its standard police livery. The helicopter is used by [[Catalina]] as a means to drop explosives on [[Cochrane Dam]] in an attempt to kill the player. However, like the police helicopter, Catalina's helicopter can be shot down the same way: With a rocket launcher or a powerful gun. | ||
[[Category:Vehicles in GTA III]] | [[Category:Vehicles in GTA III]] | ||
[[Category:Aircraft]] | [[Category:Aircraft]] | ||