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(click here to learn more)| Mountain Rescue | |
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 Rico chases the Panau Military to rescue Jade Tan. | |
| Agency Mission | |
| Previous | The White Tiger |
| Next | Three Kings |
| Required Chaos | 160,000 |
| Location | Kastelo Singa Military Base, Berawan Besar Mountains X:21110; Y:9530 |
| Rewards | |
| Chaos | 10,000 |
| Cash | 20,000 |
| Weapon Parts | 3 |
| Vehicle Parts | 3 |
Mountain Rescue is the fourth Agency (storyline) mission in Just Cause 2.
Introduction[]
Quote from the PDA: "Jade Tan, the Agency asset that you first encountered at Karl Blaine's house, has been taken by the military."
"Getting in contact with Jade Tan is crucial to your operation. She's being held prisoner at the Kastelo Singa military base up in the mountains."
"By destroying the base you should be able to force Jade Tan's captors out, enabling you to get inside and rescue her."
Rico meets up with Tom Sheldon on the beach. He tells Rico that Jade Tan has been kidnapped by Panay and is being held hostage in the Kastelo Singa military base.
Walkthrough[]
After Tom explains everything, it would be wise to resupply ammunition before taking off, as it's difficult to buy anything from the Black Market when in combat.
Destroying the ventilation stations[]
Get into the Sivirkin 15 Havoc and fly to the marker at the base. To cause a distraction, four vent stations across the mountain base must be destroyed in any order. Since they are well-sheltered, Rico has to do this himself on the ground, although the helicopter can be used to target chaos objects outside of the base. Alternatively, the GV-104 Razorback can be used for the task, but this requires specific positioning and can be a tedious process.
- The "01" vent is easily found on approach. Get into the building, kill everyone inside and blow up the generator with Fragmentation Grenades or Triggered Explosives. Three should do the trick, with shooting them in the end. Usually, there are 3-4 soldiers inside, including elites in the first two (don't bother to kill the soldiers and just avoid their fire as they will die anyway when the vent blows).
- The "02" vent is just right of the one marked "01". Repeat the above method for each station.
- The "03" vent is up a hill. There is an enemy using a Rocket Launcher, so use evasive maneuvers or kill him with the Razorback. The Rocket Launcher can be optionally used to destroy the vents.
- The "04" vent is close to the one marked "03" but still further up the hill.
Armed ninjas[]
After destroying the vent stations, Sheldon will inform Rico to get to the building by the cliffside. It's the one near the second vent station. Eventually, Rico is introduced to some Ninjas. They are tougher than average military units, and can teleport about 10 meters away when attacked, leaving behind a cloud of smoke. There are several ways of dealing with them:
- Tear them to shreds with large-caliber weapons/explosives. The GV-104 Razorback makes short work of them.
- There's also a Submachine Gun ammo box nearby. If it has been sufficiently upgraded at the Black Market, it can easily decimate them.
- An Assault Rifle is also good to bring, as a versatile weapon that can be effectively used against many enemies with superior accuracy to the Submachine Gun.
The chase[]
As it turns out, Jade was actually moved to a different building at the bottom of the cliff and is about to be moved away from the base. This same building is strangely referred to as the "Kastelo Singa Hangar", despite there being no aircraft in the structure. Grapple to the edge of the base and skydive/Parachute after them. Rico should have just enough time to get close enough to them to grapple to the roof of the target car - an MV V880. If players have difficulty catching up, steal the free MV V880 close to the edge of the lake and give chase in it.
The U1 nuclear submarine has risen through the ice to your left. If the convoy gets too close to the submarine, it will fire a guided missile at the car carrying Tan, instantly killing her and failing the mission.
Two of the convoy cars are MV Commands. Acting fast, it is possible to hijack one or both. Then focus on hijacking the MV V880 where Jade is. After a little distance from the hangar door, Tom will show up in the Agency helicopter H-62 Quapaw. Be wary of the time, because Tom will message you to save Jade quickly because of something about the vehicles driving into the U1. After Rico gets inside the MV V880, a cut-scene begins.
Tom flies up to Rico and he (Rico) jumps onto the helicopter while guided missiles are still being shot from the U1. Jade manages to grab onto Rico before their vehicle is overturned by a guided missile, crashing into one of the MV types (non-identifiable) that appear only in that cut-scene. The next mission (Three Kings) is then explained by Jade Tan and Maria Kane, talking about the international benefactors for the three rebel factions on Panau. The cut-scene ends at Kampung Pokok Ru.
Glitches[]
Main article: Just Cause 2 Bugs and glitches.
- 360 The steel door to the room where the Ninjas come from can close after the ninjas are killed, either by getting too far away from it or taking too much time getting to the room. This leaves you with no choice but to restart from the last checkpoint.
- 360 The vehicles for the chase sequence might not spawn correctly. This can involve vehicles spawning inside a solid building and the helicopter crash. The only known fix is to reload an earlier saved game and restart the mission.
- All Platforms The MV V880 in the chase is apparently an unarmed desert camouflage MV Quartermaster in the cut-scenes (before and after you save Jade Tan), but it is in winter camouflage during the mission.
While this may seem like a glitch, this is probably the result of development errors.
Trivia[]
- After you destroy the 4th vent station, there is a song heard that is only rarely heard in Just Cause 2.
- This is one of the few appearances of the MV Command. As a matter of fact, this is the only time the hangar where they come from has the door open. However, there is nothing special inside the hangar.
- It is possible to discover and complete the base during the mission.
- On hardcore difficulty, hijacking the MV carrying Jade Tan will become much harder. Enemy weapons deal significantly more damage, and quicktime events leave only a brief window of opportunity for players to hit the right key.
- After completing this mission, it is possible to hear a radio broadcast by the Panau Broadcasting Company saying something along the lines of "terrorists" attacking the Kastelo Singa base. They were "driven back" by the "glorious" Panau Military, but with an estimated 100 million Panauan dollars worth of damage.
- The time in this mission is broken.
- From the start of the mission to the ninja fight segment, the time is locked to 07:03 AM.
- During the ninja fight segment, time somehow travels backward three minutes to be locked at 07:00 AM.
- After defeating the three ninjas and saving Tan, time somehow fast-forwarded to 04:30 PM.
- There are several things exclusive to this mission.
- While Kastelo Singa retains its many weapon crates, the assault rifle and Triggered Explosive weapon crates at the starting point of the mission normally do not spawn there.
- Likewise, the Pocumtuck Nomad and Sivirkin 15 Havoc at the starting point of the mission also do not spawn there normally.
- It is possible to skip dialogue that otherwise can be heard.
- If you don't use any aircraft to approach the base, there won't be a Panau Military broadcast saying "All personnel to your posts! We have an incoming unknown aircraft, possibly hostile!"
- Likewise, if you destroyed the SAMs ahead of time, regardless of whether you use the Havoc or not, Sheldon won't say: "Get out! Sams are on your a*s!"
- After you destroy the 4th vent station and Tom finishes his dialogue, a soldier can be heard broadcasting "All personnel, abandon base! I repeat, all personnel, abandon base!"
- This mission is the only time the vent stations are destroyed. Before this mission, the vent stations are intact, and after this mission, the vent stations are permanently destroyed.
- This is the only time Ninjas spawn at this base. As a matter of fact, this is the only time you can find them using a vehicle: the MV V880 where they are escorting Jade Tan.
- This mission is also the only time Jade Tan is an NPC. Otherwise, she only appears in cut-scenes.
- This is the only time the interior of the base and the hangar can be seen. However, there is nothing special in them.
- If you grapple to the Agency Quapaw, Kane can be seen piloting it. However, Sheldon is not in the back. This makes it seem as though he appeared out of nowhere.
- If you did not kill him already, you will be immediately attacked by Baratham and gain a Heat level after completing the mission. This needs confirmation. This does not happen on the PC version of Just Cause 2.
- In an earlier build of Just Cause 2, Rico was supposed to wear a winter camouflage uniform, similar in style to what the "typical" special operations personnel would wear. However, this was ultimately cut from the final build.
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