Rigged to Blow (GTA IV)

&nbsp Rigged to Blow is the final mission given to protagonist Niko Bellic by Russian Mafia leader Mikhail Faustin from his house on Shinnecock Ave in Beachgate, Broker, Liberty City.

Mission
Niko arrives to Mikhail's house, but he is not home and his wife Ilyena Faustin answered the door. She invites him in and serves him tea from a rustic-looking tea dispenser on their dining table, and tells Niko that Mikhail yells at her for using it, because he thinks it makes them look like "barbarians". Niko and Ilyena talks about back in the days when Mikhail was a good person and when Niko was at war. As the conversation goes on, Ilyena asks Niko if he is concerned for his soul, and Niko vents that he saw soldiers tactfully kill an entire school full of innocent children during the war, and realized that the soldier didn't have a soul (perhaps alluding to Niko not believing in souls). Mikhail and Dimitri Rascalov enter. Mikhail first knocks over the tea dispenser in a fit of rage and yells at his wife for ignoring him, causing her to cry. Mikhail tells Niko that he wants people to be taught lessons, but Dimitri wants to get his money instead. Dimitri wants Mikhail to calm down so that they won't be in more trouble with Kenny Petrovic. Mikhail is angered by Dimitri's instance that Mikhail is wrong and orders him to get out. Mikhail wants Niko to pick up a truck parked on Montauk Avenue in Schottler. When Niko arrives to the truck, he calls Mikhail what to do next. Mikhail wants Niko to drive the truck to a garage in Chase Point and informs Niko to drive carefully because there are explosives in the truck (if the player crashes or ram into something a few times, the truck explodes, failing the mission. And also, the truck is quite slow). Niko is surprised at this and drives carefully to the garage. He armed the bomb in the truck and runs out, blowing up the entire garage. Niko runs away from the scene and calls Mikhail not to do this to him next time. Mikhail thought Niko is tougher than this and insults Niko that he is as weak as Dimitri. At this point on, Niko refuses to do any more work for Mikhail.

Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
 * Go to the old factory and find the truck.
 * Get in the truck.
 * Drive to the garage.
 * Park the truck inside the garage.
 * Trigger the bomb.
 * Get out of the area.

Trivia

 * During this mission Niko will automatically get a call from Roman, who will ask Niko if he wants to go drinking. Niko explains that drinking would probably be a bad idea, given that he is driving a truckload of explosives across town, mentioning "If I go drinking with you, I will blow myself up for sure". The call serves no purpose other than as an ironic joke, similar to Little Jacob's call in Have a Heart, Brucie's call in Undress to Kill and Roman's other call in Shadow.
 * Sometimes, as Niko is running away from the garage, he will be hit by a car before the explosion, making Niko off screen when the bomb goes off.
 * Niko's famous "life is complicated" line from the debut trailer is said in the cutscene of this mission.
 * If you go back to the garage and hop on the Flatbed, Niko will be thrown very high into the air and then fall to the ground, almost certainly dying.
 * If you stick around after the explosion, you can see the owner of the garage call Kenny Petrovic and tell him it was "definitely not an accident". You can kill the owner without failing the mission after he has made the call, as he starts to walk the streets just like a normal pedestrian.
 * You will get a 2-star wanted level for if you hang around near the burning garage for too long. The reason why you get it is because the LCPD & the citizens of Liberty City are very doubtful against foreigners because of the terrorist attacks. You can hear the police on the radio say ''a possible terrorist act in Chase Point' and the fact that Niko is foreign & at the scene of the crime, easily makes him the suspect. The wanted level will decrease to zero once you get out of the scene of the explosion just like you normally should.

Reward
The reward for completing this mission is $700. The missions The Master and the Molotov and Search and Delete are unlocked.

External link

 * Rigged to Blow mission on YouTube by GTAmissions - PC version

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