“...Each month a freelancer sails into Vice City and moors his yacht. He sells his cargo to the first boat. I want you to take the speedboat and beat all the other shitheads to it, then you bring the cargo here, ok!?”
Some freelancer moors his yacht into Vice City every month. The yacht is referred to as "The Drugboat", since the freelancer sells drugs from that boat. However, he only sells his cargo to the first customers to arrive in his yacht, and Diaz wants Tommy and Lance Vance to be those first buyers.
Tommy gets to the Squalo and meets up with Lance, and the duo decide to get to the drug boat first before other boats make it. Once arriving at the boat, Lance takes control of the Squalo and Tommy begins to protect him and the boat. He fights with the attacking rivals and gets back to Diaz.
Walkthrough[]
This mission is divided in two parts:
Drug Rush - In the first part, the player will need to use the Squalo obtained in the previous mission to get to the freelancer's yacht. There are two paths with the left path being better since it's shorter and has more space to steer. Avoid hitting walls or other boats since if either are hit too hard, Lance will get knocked into the water and the mission will fail. Once the player makes it to "The Drugboat", the second part of the mission begins.
Defend The Cargo - In the second part, Lance will take the wheel and the player will use the Ruger/Kruger with unlimited ammo to defend the cargo from other buyers by shooting incoming enemies. First, two Cubans in Jetmax boats will attack the boat. Kill the gunmen and then kill the drivers or just blow up the boat, then several gunmen will appear on jetties, kill them and blow up the red barrels near them to wipe them out faster. Eventually, a Sparrow will come after, it's easier to shot the Sparrow until it blows up than to kill the gunman or the driver. Finally, upon approaching Diaz's Mansion, two more boats will appear ahead, blow them up before the Squalo meets up with them, since reaching them will result in the gunmen on the boat shooting from up close, and they will deal severe damage to the boat if the player does not act fast enough. When Lance stops at Diaz's Mansion, the mission is complete.
Mission Objectives[]
In order to complete the mission the player must:
Go to the fastest boat at the jetty.
Beat the other buyers to the yacht.
Protect the yacht while Lance drives it back to the mansion.
Reward[]
The reward for completing this mission is $ 10,000 and a black Tracksuit spawns outside Jocksport in Downtown and the mission Death Row is unlocked.
Transcript[]
Transcript
Ricardo Diaz is in his mansion, repeatedly pressing buttons on a VCR in his living room.
Diaz:
Eject! PLASTIC CRAP! You're doing this to me?! What do you think you are, you piece of plastic SHIT?! Aaargh!
Diaz picks up his pistol and shoots the VCR, startling Tommy Vercetti as he comes in.
Diaz:
SCREW YOU! It eats my favorite El Burro movie, it die! What else could I do?
Tommy:
It's probably not plugged in.
Diaz:
What?
Diaz checks his VCR and sees that it is indeed unplugged.
Diaz:
Damn, no matter. I can buy a hundred more. Now, Tommy, each month a freelancer sails into Vice City and moors his yacht. He sells his cargo to the first boat. I want you to take the speedboat and beat all the other shitheads to it, then you bring the cargo here, OK!?
Tommy goes to the jetty at the back of the mansion, where Lance Vance is waiting for him in the Squalo.
Tommy:
Let me guess - you thought I could use a guardian angel.
Lance:
I'm just saying you need to let me in there, my man. Now, you can feed me all this "lonely tough guy" crap, but I know one day I'm gonna save your ass, and you're probably gonna wanna kiss me!
Tommy:
Wacko.
Lance laughs.
Lance:
We got some competition!
A few speedboats are heading towards the yacht in Vice Point. Tommy takes control of the Squalo and races against the other boats.
Lance:
So, Tommy, we know it was Diaz busted our deal, so why the hell are we running errands for him?
Tommy:
The more we learn now, the less we have to learn when we take this town over!
Lance:
I like your style, man! Real fresh.
Tommy gets close to one of the speedboats. Lance pulls our his Ruger and shoots at the other boats.
Lance:
It's time for the Lance Vance Dance!
Tommy and Lance arrive at the dealer's location and take the drugs. Lance takes control of the Squalo and heads back to Starfish Island as other rival boats attempt to stop them.
Lance:
Watch yourself, they're coming from all over!
Tommy:
Got 'em. Head for Diaz's as fast as you can!
Tommy uses the Ruger to shoot at the rival boats and helicopters, as well as rival gangsters on a jetty.
Tommy:
Eat it! EAT IT! Sleep with the fish!
Lance:
There are gunmen on that jetty! More trouble up ahead!
Tommy:
You want some of this?!
Tommy and Lance arrive back at Diaz's mansion.
Lance:
Good shooting, my friend. You're a real, proper, grade A lunatic!
Tommy:
Well, thank you.
Lance:
See you around, Tommy.
Tommy:
Okay, Mr. Lance Vance Dance.
Post-Mission Phone Call[]
Lance Vance: Yo, Tommy! It's Lance.
Tommy Vercetti: Yeah?
Lance Vance: 'Oh, nice to hear from you, Lance'. Come on, man, be cool, be cool.
Tommy Vercetti: I'm in the middle of something. What do you want?
Lance Vance: Nothing. Just to say, you know. Look Tommy, we can do this thing. You and me, no problem. You know what I mean?
Tommy Vercetti: We're going have to do it, 'cause otherwise, we're going to be dead, Lance. We're in too far now. But thanks for the call. I'll speak to you later.
It is revealed that Diaz is raging at his VCR set.
Fed up with it, he pulls out a gun and, as Tommy enters the room, shoots it several times.
Diaz notices that Tommy is distraught by him raging at the VCR so much and asks why it's so weird, as the VCR got a tape of Diaz's favorite El Burro movie stuck.
Tommy tells Diaz that the VCR was probably not plugged in.
Diaz checks the plug, and realises that Tommy was right - the VCR set was not plugged in. Diaz brushes this mistake off, saying that he could buy a hundred more sets if he wanted to.
Diaz stops joking around and tells Tommy to listen to him.
Diaz informs Tommy of a certain freelancer that once a month sails into Vice City.
Diaz tells Tommy that the freelancer sells his cargo to the first buyer that arrives.
Diaz tells Tommy to take the boat that Tommy recently acquired for Diaz and go to the freelancer's location and buy cargo from him.
Upon getting the cargo, Diaz tells Tommy to bring it all back to the mansion.
Tommy walking to the mansion's jetty where the boat is located.
Tommy asks Lance if he joined in because he thought that Tommy may need some help on this mission.
Lance tells Tommy that he wants him to let Lance into his action.
Lance tells Tommy that he can pretend to not need any help all he wants, but one day Lance will save Tommy and he will be so thankful he'll want to kiss Lance.
Tommy laughingly calls Lance a wacko.
The two share a laugh.
As Tommy gets into the boat, Lance points out several other boats speeding down the canals to the freelancer boat's location.
There is a rare glitch in the PS2 version where if the player destroys the helicopter, they will instantly die when the helicopter explodes. The glitch usually occurs if Tommy did not kill the gunmen on the jetty, but can also happen even if players did.
Trivia[]
The song that can be heard playing in the background during the boat cutscene is "Dance Hall Days" by Wang Chung. The song is also featured on the in-game radio station Flash FM. It is also played in the Malibu Club.
This is the only mission where the Sparrow (or any other type or aircraft) is used by the Cubans.
Due to manning an unlimited ammo Ruger assault rifle in the second half of the mission, the player will lose any Ruger or M4 ammo that they have accumulated so far.
The Desert Eagle in the first cutscene, after Diaz shoots the VCR, sounds like the Beretta in the first Max Payne, another Rockstar Games title.
In the game files, a deleted cutscene for this mission can be found. The audio file is called cok_4b.mp3 and the animation file is called cok_4b.ifp. The cutscene can be seen in the below video.
Grand Theft Auto- Vice City unused cutscene (Supply & Demmand)
