The Exchange (GTA III)

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For the mission in GTA Vice City Stories, see The Exchange (VCS). For the neighborhood in GTA IV, see The Exchange (neighborhood).
Mission
The Exchange
Claude faces Catalina.
Claude faces Catalina.

Claude faces Catalina.
Game GTA III
For Catalina
Target Catalina
Location Cartel Mansion, Cedar Grove
Reward Nothing
Unlocks Rhino
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The Exchange is the last storyline mission in Grand Theft Auto III taken from Catalina by protagonist Claude.

Plot

Catalina recently killed Asuka Kasen and kidnapped Maria. She now wants Claude to bring $500,000 to the Cartel Mansion in Cedar Grove in exchange for not having Maria dead. Claude arrives at the mansion and hands over the money to Catalina, who lies and walks off with the money leaving Claude in the mercy of her Colombian Cartel men.

Claude, having no choice, is put under gunpoint by a Cartel gang member and decides to punch him and take the Pistol dropped. After being shot at, he gets a car and exits the mansion only to find a helicopter hovering above him which contains both Catalina and Maria. Claude follows the helicopter all the way to the base of Cochrane Dam and kills every Cartel goon on his way. After coming halfway and nearly closing into the helicopter, Catalina drops off Maria at the loading bay, guarded by a couple of her men and enters her helicopter. She begins to drop missiles to the ground while Claude gets to Maria, kills all the Cartel men and picks up a Rocket Launcher to shoot down Catalina. He successfully manages to destroy the helicopter, killing Catalina and along with Maria walks all the way through the dam to his safehouse. While the credits are rolling on the screen Maria can be heard talking right before a gunshot, after which, she remains silent and is no longer heard. The news also report the crime scene with witness Clive Denver.

Script

(Claude arrives at the Cartel mansion, he is searched by some Cartel goons and they let him through the gate, there he meets Catalina and a goon who is holding Maria.)

Catalina: The real question is, did you turn up to rescue Maria, or to get me back? Well I got news for you, shooting you will be a pleasure but dating you was only business! You are muy pequeñito, amigo. Throw over the cash.

(Claude hands the briefcase with the money to Catalina, Catalina opens the case and looks inside.)

Catalina: You have been a busy boy! But you haven't learned, I'm not to be trusted. Kill the idiot!

(Catalina leaves and a Cartel man puts a gun to Claude's head, however, Claude elbows the Cartel man in the face and snatches his gun, then proceeds to shoot his way out of the place and heads for the Cochrane Dam in pursue of Catalina.)

(Claude enters the dam and closes into the chopper but Catalina gets in her chopper after dropping Maria.)

Catalina: Get this thing airborne!!

(Claude finishes of the Cartel men and then shoots down Catalina's chopper.)

(Claude finishes off Catalina and shoots down her chopper.)

Announcer: Residents in Cedar Grove have been coming to terms with the emotional aftermath of a full blown war that hit the area yesterday. Local resident Clive Denver described to the police a single gunman he saw leaving the scene with a dark haired woman.

Maria: Oh, you know we're gonna have such fun, 'cos you know, you know, I love you,I ,I ,I ,I ,I really do, 'cos you're such a big strong man and that's just what I need. Anyway, what was I saying? Oh, you know, I forget. But you know how it's like, don't you?

Announcer: The sound of explosions shook nearby homes as people ran for cover. Several citizens were injured as ground fire was exchanged between ground forces and a helicopter circling the dam.

Clive Denver: Yeah, we got a good view down here in the gardens. When the copter finally got taken out, better than the fireworks on the 4th of July.

Announcer: With the death toll already over twenty, police are still finding bodies. Thre have been no official denials concerning rumors that the dead were members of the Colombian Cartel, and still no leads as to the cause of the massacre.

Grand Theft Auto III missions
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