By the Book #23

3.23. By the Book

It opens after you finish Three's Company. It starts as soon as Steve Haines calls, and you can also call Haines first as Michael. While Trevor interrogates Kerimov in the warehouse, Michael looks for the target, Tahir Javan, with Dave and snipes him.

  • The warehouse in Banning
  • At the warehouse you meet Haines, Dave, and Devin Weston. Kerimov once installed audio and video equipment in Javan's house, so he is the only source the FIB has.
  • Michael sets out with Dave to find the target, and Trevor stays at the warehouse with Haines.
  • Interrogation and the search
  • The house in Rockford Hills that Michael checks first is a dead end. After that, you pick a tool and interrogate as Trevor, then Michael takes the clue you got and moves to the next place, and that loop repeats.
  • There are four interrogation tools.
  • Waterboarding
  • Hitting with a wrench: depending on where Trevor stands, he hits the knee, the torso, or the arm, and the effect and the damage are the same.
  • Electric shock with a car battery
  • Pulling a tooth with pliers
  • If you push too hard, Kerimov's heart stops and you have to give him an adrenaline shot. You get three shots, and if his heart stops again after that, Kerimov dies and you fail.
  • The first interrogation reveals the house in Chumash. When you arrive, a party is in full swing and there are five candidates, so you have to interrogate further and narrow the conditions.
  • Average height and build
  • A beard
  • Chain-smokes, and the cigarettes are Redwood
  • Left-handed
  • If you recognize Javan and shoot him when you only know the first condition, you can finish the mission early.
  • To the airport
  • When you kill Javan, Haines tells you to deal with Kerimov and leaves. Trevor lets Kerimov go, puts him in the truck, and drives him to the airport.
  • Drop Kerimov at the airport, and when Trevor leaves, you finish.
  • Gold medal
  • Use each of the four tools once, and never stop Kerimov's heart
  • Use them in this order: wrench, tooth pulling, electric shock, waterboarding.
  • If the heart rate goes over 200, the heart stops. When you give the electric shock, keep watching the heart-rate number.
  • Waterboarding does the least damage, so do it last, in short bursts.
  • Reasons for failure
  • A protagonist dies or is busted, or Dave dies or you leave him behind
  • Dave's car is destroyed or stuck, or Trevor's truck is destroyed or stuck
  • The target gets scared before you identify him, or Michael is spotted at the party
  • You kill a party guest, or the party is disturbed and the target runs
  • Kerimov dies or you leave him behind

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