Introduction (GTA III): Difference between revisions

The introduction opens with a shot of the [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] Bank, as a [[Banshee]] driven by [[Miguel]] zips by and stops in front of an adjoining alley way 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 [[LCPD in GTA III Era|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.

Claude, now in police custody, is intended to transfer from police headquarters in [[Staunton Island|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 [[Another Punch in the Gut for Organized Crime|an arrest which left both his hands fully bandaged]], and [[Oriental Gentleman|an oriental man of unknown origin]], [[Elderly Asian Man Held After Failing to Satisfy Immigration|arrested for possessing no legal documents]]. While crossing the [[Callahan Bridge]] from Staunton to [[Portland Island|Portland]], the convoy is ambushed by a well coordinated Colombian Cartel team, whose intention is to capture the oriental prisoner [[Liberator|as ransom]]. 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.