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Mission
Introduction (untitled)
	Two Securicars outside the Liberty City Bank branch.; Two Securicars outside the Liberty City Bank branch.
Game	GTA III
For	n/a
Location	A non-functional location
Reward	None.
Unlocks	Give Me Liberty
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Revision as of 23:06, 30 March 2011

The introduction for Grand Theft Auto III is a series of introductory scenes played as a new game is started. Consisting of only non-interactive cutscenes, the player has only the option of skipping them and moving on to "Give Me Liberty", the first mission in the game.

Description

Bank heist

The introduction opens with a shot of the Liberty City Bank, as a Banshee driven by Miguel zips by and stops in front of an adjoining alleyway to pick up a team of three bank robbers who have just robbed the bank: Catalina, Claude and an unnamed associate with Colombian Cartel attire. After shooting a security camera, Claude attempts to rejoin the other two, but learns Catalina has double crossed Claude by gunning him and the third accomplice down. This leaves Catalina and Miguel to feast on the spoils of the heist while Claude, slumped on the ground on the alleyway, survives but is arrested by the Liberty City Police Department. Catalina reveals her ambitions to rise up the ranks of the criminal world, but felt Claude was not up to par for her, hence the betrayal and decision to join Miguel's powerful Colombian Cartel gang instead. Claude's thirst for revenge on Catalina will become a part of the game's plot.

Custody and escape

Claude, now in police custody, is intended to transfer from police headquarters in Staunton to Liberty Penitentiary to serve out his 10-year jail sentence. Claude is to be taken there via a police convoy that is also transporting two other inmates: 8-Ball, following an arrest which left both his hands fully bandaged, and an oriental man of unknown origin, arrested for possessing no legal documents. While crossing the Callahan Bridge from Staunton to Portland, the convoy is ambushed by a well coordinated Colombian Cartel team, whose intention is to capture the oriental prisoner as ransom, seemingly caring little of the fate of the other prisoners. To ensure their escape, the team left a powerful bomb on the bridge, resulting in an explosion that damages the bridge and cuts Portland off from the rest of Liberty City.

During the ambush and explosion, Claude and 8-Ball manage to break free, but find they have nowhere else to go but Portland, leading up to the first mission of the game, "Give Me Liberty".

Trivia

The bank scene takes place in a non-functional location originally confused as being within Liberty City itself. The set is situated far west from Shoreside Vale, and is only accessible by way of the Dodo under normal circumstances. The bank was supposedly located in Shoreside Vale, in the location of the airport (which the airport was located in Staunton Island before), as seen in beta pictures and drawings.
The vehicles involved during the police convoy ambush scene are driverless.
If the cheat code, destroy all cars, is inserted during the cutscene, all vehicles will explode and still continue to drive. This can also be done with other cutscene that includes cars.

Gallery

Miguel driving a Banshee to the banks front entrance.
Catalina and her un-named accomplice making their escape after robbing the bank.
Claude making his escape after robbing the bank.
Catalina about to shoot Claude.
Catalina leaving Claude and her un-named accomplice for dead.
A Liberty Tree newspaper reporting on the arrest and sentencing of Claude.
The police convoy leaving for Portland.
A Rumpo tailing the police convoy.
A Patriot tailing the police convoy.
The police convoy crossing Callahan Bridge.
A bomb that had been thrown out a moving vehicle by the Colombian Cartel.
The Patriot blocking the police car leading the convoy.
Two Colombian Cartel gangsters approaching the police Enforcer.
The Colombian Cartel gangsters kidnapping the Old Oriental Gentleman.
Claude and 8-Ball shortly after escaping the police Enforcer.
The bomb shortly before exploding.
The destroyed Callahan Bridge.
The destroyed police convoy with Claude and 8-Ball in the distance.

Video walkthrough

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+File:Introduction-GTAIII2.jpg|[[Miguel]] driving a [[Banshee]] to the [[Liberty City Bank|banks]] front entrance.
-File:Introduction-GTAIII1.jpg|The Banshee coming to the secondary entrance to the Liberty City Bank.
+File:Introduction-GTAIII3.jpg|[[Catalina]] and her un-named accomplice making their escape after robbing the [[Liberty City Bank|bank]].
-File:Introduction-GTAIII2.jpg|Catalina's betrays Claude before shooting him without regret. The third accomplice of the heist has also been shot down, presumably killed
+File:Introduction-GTAIII4.jpg|[[Claude]] making his escape after robbing the [[Liberty City Bank|bank]].
-File:Introduction-GTAIII3.jpg|Claude's arrest as reported on an issue of the ''[[Liberty Tree]]''.
+File:Introduction-GTAIII5.jpg|[[Catalina]] about to shoot [[Claude]].
-File:Introduction-GTAIIIBomb.jpg|Scene in which the Rump throws the bomb in the middle of the bridge.
+File:Introduction-GTAIII6.jpg|[[Catalina]] leaving [[Claude]] and her un-named accomplice for dead.
-File:Introduction-GTAIII4.jpg|Armed [[Colombian Cartel]] members free [[Oriental Gentleman|an elderly oriental prisoner]].
+File:Introduction-GTAIII7.jpg|A [[Liberty Tree]] newspaper reporting on the arrest and sentencing of [[Claude]].
-File:Introduction-GTAIII5.jpg|With the police incapacitated, Claude and 8-Ball escape.
+File:Introduction-GTAIII8.jpg|The [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] convoy leaving for [[Portland]].
-File:Introduction-GTAIII6.jpg|Callahan Bridge after the explotion.
+File:Introduction-GTAIII9.jpg|A [[Rumpo]] tailing the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] convoy.
-File:Introduction-GTAIII7.jpg|Ruins of the bridge and cars after the explosion. Time when Claude and 8-Ball fleeing in [[Kuruma]].
+File:Introduction-GTAIII10.jpg|A [[Patriot]] tailing the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] convoy.
+File:Introduction-GTAIII11.jpg|The [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] convoy crossing [[Callahan Bridge]].
+File:Introduction-GTAIII12.jpg|A bomb that had been thrown out a moving vehicle by the [[Colombian Cartel]].
+File:Introduction-GTAIII13.jpg|The [[Patriot]] blocking the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] [[Police Car|car]] leading the convoy.
+File:Introduction-GTAIII14.jpg|Two [[Colombian Cartel]] gangsters approaching the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] [[Enforcer]].
+File:Introduction-GTAIII15.jpg|The [[Colombian Cartel]] gangsters kidnapping the [[Old Oriental Gentleman]].
+File:Introduction-GTAIII16.jpg|[[Claude]] and [[8-Ball]] shortly after escaping the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] [[Enforcer]].
+File:Introduction-GTAIII17.jpg|The bomb shortly before exploding.
+File:Introduction-GTAIII18.jpg|The destroyed [[Callahan Bridge]].
+File:Introduction-GTAIII19.jpg|The destroyed [[LCPD in GTA III Era|police]] convoy with [[Claude]] and [[8-Ball]] in the distance.
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 ==Video walkthrough==