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-[[Image:Starfish Island|thumb|300px|Starfish Island. The largest mansion in the corner of the island is [[Vercetti Estates]]. ]]
+[[File:StarfishIsland-GTAVC.jpg|thumb|300px|Starfish Island. The largest mansion on the far side of the island is [[Vercetti Estate]].]]
-'''Starfish Island''' is home to the rich and the wealthy of [[Vice City]] and is a small island in the middle of the city. Whether those people accumulated their wealth legally or not is a different story. It was the home to [[Ricardo Diaz]] and his gang, the [[Diaz's Gang|Diaz Gang]], until 1986 when the Ricardo's mansion was taken over by [[Tommy Vercetti]] in a [[Rub Out | large shootout]]. There are two specially-shaped swimming pools on the island in the yards of 2 mansions; a [[Rockstar Games|Rockstar]] logo and a bikini clad woman. Nice cars, like the [[Cheetah]], [[Phoenix]], and [[Infernus]] are usually seen driving around its streets. Members of the [[Patrol Invest Group]] are situated on the island to provide it's residents protection, but they can be seen running from the cops, however.
+[[File:StarfishIsland-GTAVC-map.png|thumb|Starfish Island in [[1986]] and [[1984]].]] [[Category:Areas in Vice City]]
+'''Starfish Island''' is a large oval-shaped island at the center of [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]]'s bay.
-== Stationary Vehicles ==
+== Description ==
+Located between southern [[Vice Beach]] and [[Vice City Mainland]], Starfish Island a wealthy district containing lavish mansions and large estates with swimming pools, large garages and parked speed boats. There are also two specially-shaped swimming pools in the shape of a [[Rockstar Games|Rockstar]] logo and a bikini clad woman on the island in the yards of two mansions.
-'''Grand theft Auto: Vice City'''
+The [[Patrol Invest Group]] provide protection for most of the island's residents while the estate has its own gang for protection ([[Diaz's Gang]] and the [[Vercetti Gang]]). [[VCPD in GTA III Era|VCPD]] officers, however, are seen chasing the Patrol Invest Group guards.
+The island is home to drug baron [[Ricardo Diaz]] until [[1986]], when is killed in a large [[Rub Out|shoot-out]] involving [[Tommy Vercetti]] and [[Lance Vance]], who takes over the [[Vercetti Estate|estate]].
+== Influence ==
+Starfish Island's design is likely to be inspired by the many real-life residential islands, natural or artificial, that link [[wp:Miami Beach|Miami Beach]] and mainland [[wp:Miami|Miami]], including the [[wp:Venetian Islands, Florida|Venetian Islands]] along the [[wp:Venetian Causeway|Venetian Causeway]], and [[wp:Palm Island (Florida)|Palm Island]], [[wp:Hibiscus Island|Hibiscus Island]] and [[wp:Star Island|Star Island]] adjoining the [[wp:MacArthur Causeway|MacArthur Causeway]].
+==Residents==
+*[[Ricardo Diaz]] (?-1986)
+*[[Tommy Vercetti]] (1986-?)
+*[[Jonathan Freeloader]] (1984-?)
+==Stationary vehicles ==
+;GTA Vice City
 *[[Cheetah]]
 *[[Phoenix]]
-*[[Stretch]] (at Diaz's mansion)
+*[[Maverick]] (on the roof of Diaz's mansion, later taken over by Tommy)
+*[[Stretch]] (at Diaz's mansion, later taken over by Tommy)
 *[[Infernus]] (at Diaz's mansion, later taken over by Tommy)
+*[[Sea Sparrow]] at Diaz's mansion, after collecting 80 hidden packages.
 *[[Landstalker]]
+*[[Admiral]]
+*[[Stinger]]
+*[[Comet]]
+*[[Banshee]]
-'''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories'''
+;GTA Vice City Stories
 *[[Cheetah]]
 *[[Banshee]]
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 *[[PCJ-600]]
-[[Category:Districts in Vice City]]
+{{Vice City neighborhoods}}
+[[Category:Areas in Vice City]]
 [[Category:Islands]]