Calm Before the Storm

"Listen, I hear the Sicilians are trying to broker peace between the families. Sal's got some heavy up at his place right now. The thing is; he smells a rat. He wants someone to go up there and follow this guy, see where he goes."

- JD O'Toole

Calm Before the Storm is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories given to protagonist Toni Cipriani by Joseph Daniel O'Toole from Paulie's Revue Bar in the Red Light District of Portland, Liberty City.

Mission
Toni drops by Paulie's Revue Bar, where JD informs him that Massimo Torini, a member of the Sicilian Mafia, is heading to Liberty City in an attempt to broker a peace truce between the families. However, Salvatore is suspicious and wants someone to follow Torini. Toni heads to Salvatore's house before Torini takes off in a helicopter, where Toni follows the helicopter to investigate.

Torini first lands in Hepburn Heights, where he meets the Diablos and promises them Hepburn Heights if they help the Sicilians. Torini then flies to Chinatown and meets the Triads on a rooftop, informing them that if they co-operate with the Sicilians they will be "taken care of". The Triads, however, spot Toni. Torini flies off in the helicopter, whilst Toni kills all hostile Triad members in the vicinity in order to return to Salvatore Leone with the information.

After completing the mission, the Triads will become hostile towards Toni and will shoot at him on sight if he drives around their turf.

Reward
The reward for completing the mission is $1,000 and the mission The Made Man for Joseph Daniel O'Toole is unlocked.

Bugs

 * This mission is notorious for a bug which causes the game to crash on the iOS port, after the cutscenes when Torini lands his helicopter on the rooftop at Chinatown. This is however fixed in the Android port.

Trivia

 * This mission marks the first time in the Grand Theft Auto series that the main antagonist is introduced outside of the first mission or opening cutscene.
 * During the cutscene where Torini meets with the Triads, Toni is seen crouching behind some barrels. However, the ability to crouch is absent from the game.
 * Toni can actually steal the helicopter in Chinatown. However, if he flies away from Chinatown, this will result the mission failure and Toni will die from falling.

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