The Bureau Raid #43

3.43. The Bureau Raid

This is the heist where you enter FIB headquarters and destroy the material from the corruption investigation into Steve Haines. Trevor sits it out, and only Michael and Franklin go. You pick Fire Crew, where you start a fire and walk in disguised as firefighters, or Roof Entry, where you jump from a helicopter onto the roof.

3.43.1. Overview

  • Setup: Cleaning out the Bureau
  • It appears as Lester's mission once you finish Fresh Meat. Go to the garment factory as Michael, and Steve Haines and Dave Norton show up and demand that you sneak into FIB headquarters and erase the files.
  • Pick Lester up, go to the parking exit at FIB headquarters, and wait for cleaner Harvey Molina's car. Zoom in on the plates of the cars that come out, one by one, and pick out Molina's car.
  • Follow Molina to his apartment on Las Lagunas Boulevard in West Vinewood, go in after him, and take his ID and work clothes. Go back to the garment factory and meet Franklin, who is waiting, and it is complete.
  • Gold medal
  • Check every plate: while you wait for Molina, zoom in on the plate of every car that comes out.
  • Follow the cleaner without being spotted: stay at least two car lengths back.
  • Finish within 9 minutes: skip every cutscene.
  • You fail if Molina gets scared, runs, or dies. You also fail if you lose Lester or a guard spots you.
  • Setup: Architect's Plans
  • A little after you finish Cleaning out the Bureau, Franklin sends a text. Switch to Franklin and it starts at once, and if you stay on Michael you are forced over when Franklin calls.
  • At the Mile High Club construction site downtown, follow architect Chip Peterson and take the bag of blueprints. If you drive onto the site, park in the marked space, and do not stay too close to Peterson.
  • Follow him up in the elevator, then take him out, knock him out with a stealth attack, or threaten him with a gun and take the bag. Grab the blueprints, leave the site, and go back to the garment factory.
  • At the factory Lester explains the two ways in, and you pick the approach and the crew.
  • Gold medal: get off the construction site within 45 seconds
  • The fastest way is to take Peterson out, then jump off the roof with a parachute.
  • You can also take him out as soon as you enter the site and drive away in Peterson's car. You get a three-star wanted level, but that does not affect the goal.
  • You fail if you lose the architect or let him notice you. You also fail if you lose the blueprints.
  • Payout
  • The $331,985 FIB pays for the operation comes in as it is, and Lester takes 12%. Michael turns down a cut, so only Franklin is paid.
  • Franklin's biggest cut is $242,346 on Roof Entry with hacker Rickie, gunman Daryl, and driver Taliana. Fire Crew tops out at $239,028 even if you sacrifice Daryl.
  • You have to meet Paige and Taliana in random events before you can pick them. Finishing the heist opens The Wrap Up.

3.43.2. Fire Crew

In this approach you bomb the building to start a fire, then intercept the dispatch call and walk in disguised as firefighters. The setups are a fire truck and a getaway car, and you bring two gunmen.

  • Setup: Fire Truck
  • You can do it when Lester texts you. Call 911 and take the fire truck that responds, or drive one out of a fire station. Either way you get a one-star wanted level, so lose the police and deliver it to the garment factory.
  • Gold medal
  • Call 911 and have them send a fire truck
  • Deliver the fire truck without a scratch: as Franklin the special ability makes it easy to avoid crashes.
  • You fail if you leave the fire truck behind or wreck it.
  • Setup: Getaway Vehicle
  • Find a four-door car, park it somewhere quiet that is not too close to FIB headquarters, and call Lester to set the spot. He will not take a personal car such as Franklin's Buffalo or Michael's Tailgater, or an emergency vehicle.
  • This mission has nothing to fail and no gold medal.
  • Crew
  • You pick two gunmen. If you bring Gustavo and Packie together, nobody dies during the escape. If a novice gunman such as Norm, Hugh, or Daryl is along, one of them is certain to die.
  • Cleaner infiltration
  • As Michael, go to FIB headquarters in Pillbox Hill, show Molina's ID, and go up to floor 49. Take a mop and bucket from the cleaning cart and mop the spots marked red on the map.
  • Mop the first office and put a bomb in the open locker. The next room has four dirty spots, and when they are all mopped you plant the second bomb in the bathroom. Put the tools back in the cart and leave the building.
  • Entering through the fire
  • As Franklin in the fire truck, pick Michael up in Pillbox Hill. Before you set off, detonate the bombs from the phone's contact list.
  • Drive the fire truck into headquarters. Once you get off on floor 47 the oxygen starts to run down, so keep moving. Follow the crew up to floor 53, stick explosives to the server-room door and blow it, and pull the hard drive.
  • Escaping the collapsing building
  • As Franklin, follow Michael and the crew down. The moment you break a locked door a backdraft hits, and the novice gunman goes down here. Get the fallen gunman up, or confirm that he is dead, then keep going.
  • Franklin is caught in another blast and wakes to find the group one floor below, and FIB agents who have realized you are not firefighters open fire with pistols. Take them out, then rappel down the elevator shaft.
  • Leave the building, drive the fire truck to the getaway car, and blow the fire truck up. You fail if you detonate it where people can see. Switch to the getaway car and reach Lester's house, and it is complete.
  • Gold medal
  • Finish within 18 minutes
  • Skip the cutscenes and keep moving to the next goal.
  • Escape with at least 40% oxygen left
  • Keep moving the whole way out, and do not stop.
  • Finish the mopping within 3 minutes
  • Mop only the marked spots, and move to the next place as soon as you plant a bomb.
  • Get down the elevator shaft within 30 seconds
  • Dodge the falling debris and keep going down without a stop.
  • Reasons for failure
  • A protagonist dies or is busted, Lester or a crew member dies, or you leave the group behind
  • The disguise is blown, FIB catches on, or you run out of sticky bombs
  • The fire truck is destroyed or stuck, or you destroy the fire truck where people can see

3.43.3. Roof Entry

In this approach you fly the helicopter Steve provides to a point above headquarters and parachute onto the roof. There is no separate setup, and you bring one hacker, one gunman, and one driver.

  • Crew
  • The driver changes the difficulty the most. Eddie, Taliana, and Karim after you have taken him on The Jewel Store Job once bring the ambulance in time, and you get out with no police chase. An inexperienced Karim shows up late in a Burrito van, and you have to lose a four-star wanted level. Even with an experienced driver, if you open fire your cover is blown and you get the same wanted level.
  • The hacker changes the hacking prompts and the sprinklers. Paige tells you the exact order and also shuts the sprinklers off. Christian can do that much only if he worked The Jewel Store Job with you, and an inexperienced Rickie is no help.
  • A gunman only changes the weapons he brings and the cover he gives, and whoever you pick, he does not die.
  • Helicopter drop
  • Go to the garment factory as Michael and Franklin joins you, then the two head for NOOSE headquarters near the Tataviam Mountains beside the Palomino Freeway. You fail if you arrive with a wanted level.
  • Once it is midnight, fly the helicopter as Michael to the marked drop point. When the pilot takes the helicopter back, jump and land on the roof of FIB headquarters. You fail if you cannot land on the roof or you open the parachute too late.
  • Hacking the server
  • Michael cuts through a window, blows the server-room door, and connects his phone to the server terminal.
  • On My Computer, open the external device and run HackConnect.exe, then find and pick the combination of four numbers marked in red within 1 minute. Then in BruteForce.exe pick the red letter in each column to finish the password, and run Down&Out.exe.
  • Leaving the building
  • While the files come in, you have to hold off the security teams that pour in. Partway through, the group's helicopter is hit by a Buzzard's rockets and crashes into the building, and a team with smoke grenades comes in next.
  • When the download ends, take out FIB agents on the way out of the building. If the hacker cannot shut the sprinklers off, the water makes it hard to see ahead.
  • While you rappel down the outside, a Buzzard with a minigun shows up. Aim for the pilot's head with Michael's special ability, or bring it down with an RPG or a minigun. Rappel the rest of the way and clear the last troops on the ground.
  • Get in the driver's car at the pickup, lose the police if they are on you, and go to Franklin's house to finish.
  • Gold medal
  • Finish within 19 minutes
  • An experienced driver removes the time you would spend on the chase.
  • Do not kill an innocent civilian
  • Shoot only the agents who attack you.
  • 20 headshots, and accuracy of at least 70%
  • A shotgun together with Michael's special ability is a good way to fill both goals.
  • Land exactly in the center area of the roof
  • Free-fall for a while, then open the parachute close to the building.
  • Hack within 45 seconds
  • Follow the hacker's prompts at once, or memorize the order. Turning Michael's special ability on just before you enter the server room is another way.
  • Reasons for failure
  • A protagonist dies or is busted, Lester or a crew member dies, or you leave the pilot or the group behind
  • The police spot you at the NOOSE facility, or the helicopter is destroyed or cannot be flown
  • You fail to land on the roof, you open the parachute too late, or FIB catches on
  • You run out of explosives, the server terminal or the hacking device is destroyed, or the getaway car is destroyed or stuck

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