Hit the Courier

Hit the Courier is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City given to protagonist Tommy Vercetti by Earnest Kelly from the Print Works in Little Haiti, Vice City.

Mission

After finding out about the counterfeit plates, Tommy sets out to intercept them from a courier landing in Viceport. After a brief conversation with Lance and Earnest, he leaves for Viceport. Upon arriving at the docks, he is attacked by several armed women whom he kills. He then waits for the courier who arrives in a Maverick with another bodyguard. He kills both of them, and grabs the chips. Afterwards, he returns to the Print Works. After the mission has been completed, the Printworks will drop daily $8000.

Mission Objectives

In order to complete the mission the player must:

• The counterfeit plates courier is arriving at the docks in a helicopter any second now.
  
  • The courier with the plates has arrived at the docks.
• The courier has died and dropped the plates, get to them before anyone else.
  
• You have the counterfeit plates. Take them to the print works.

Tips

• There is a very easy way to finish the mission: observing the way that the courier passes, it is possible to kill her using a sniper rifle. She will fall dead on the floor and Tommy can drive the Sentinel to reach the Print Works avoiding the other women who are pursuing Tommy in the two other Sentinels.
• The guards will track and attack Tommy regardless of where and when Tommy makes his assault, leaving the courier at the docks, it is not necessary to visit the docks immediately. Take advantage of the guard behavior. For example, it is easy to take a helicopter to an isolated rooftop and toss a grenade or two to eliminate them as they gather beneath the player (even shooting one another in an unintentional assist). After clearing the roving guards, with the helicopter land on the nearby ship then progressively nearer roof tops, use the sniper rifle to eliminate the remaining stationary guards. Do not shoot the courier under the pink arrow, she is unarmed, harmless and attracted to Tommy. Once all the guards are dead, it is possible to kill her at the player's choice as she follows after.
• The courier possibly may get trapped within a building or structure. Simply maximize the distance between courier (run away) and Tommy, and she will jump out. Don't kill her while trapped, the briefcase then becomes unrecoverable.
• Another method is to bring the M60. It has high accuracy at range, so use it to take out the guards. Arrive the location fast and bring a fast vehicle just in case they manage to drive away. Bring body armor and full health. Take grenades and toss at any arduous target. Also bring an assault rifle/sniper rifle, so it is possible to perform headshots at the courier and obtain her car. Shoot all tires of the other two cars or just trash them. Get to the print works, get out of the car while pressing a direction moving key to prevent the door being locked. After passing the mission get the car to a garage, and save the game.

Trivia

• The target in this mission drives a unique black Sentinel. This is very difficult to take from her due to the large amount of people guarding her, and because the doors are locked which means the player has to snipe her out of the car in order to be able to get in.
• If Tommy shoots the helicopter, the mission will fail. Strangely, the game will say "The plates were destroyed by the explosion", even if it didn't explode.
• If Tommy follows the courier in her path, she will arrive at the location where the syndicate can print the money.
• This is the only mission in the game where all the enemies are female.
• It is ironic that Tommy ambushes the deal, which takes place at the same location where the deal in the beginning of the game takes place at; The location is notable for being the place Victor Vance is killed at.
• Cubans are hostile to the women, but they have poor equipment against the women.
• Interestingly, if the player folllows the Sentinel instead of killing the driver, it will eventually arrive at a strange building in Little Haiti. Here the door will open and four women armed with Shotguns will walk out and attack the player. The door will remain open after killing everyone, allowing the player to enter. The interior consists of a small interior with a printer as seen as in the interior of Print Works. After completing the mission the door will close and cannot be opened again. The player can also skip going to the docks entirely and wait for them to arrive at the building. Note that the mission fails if the carrier of the plates enters the building, they should be picked up by the player before exploring the building. A video of this can be seen here.
• Strangely, Pedestrians and Haitians can spawn inside the building at any time, leaving them completely trapped.

Gallery

The interior with printer that can be accessed during the mission, seen by looking through the wall using a Rocket Launcher.

Inside the building, entered via a trainer.

The interior in its' whole.

Haitians spawning inside.

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Walkthrough

Tommy is talking with Earnest and Lance in the Print Works in Little Havana about his plans to hit the courier of the money plates he found out about recently.

Tommy tells them that his plan is to intercept them, grab the plates, lose any heat, then take the plates back.

Tommy also tells them that they may have either very little time to print the money, or very much time, anyhow, he wants the money to begin printing immediately after he comes back with the plates.

Earnest tells Tommy that they'll be ready and Lance tells him that him and the boys will be roaming the streets and will be ready to defend him if he needs it.

Tommy going back to his vehicle.

Tommy heading down to the docks in Viceport to intercept the meeting with the courier and the crime syndicate.

Tommy waiting at the deal site.

Tommy chasing the courier with the plates.

After the courier has been killed, Tommy must pick up the plates.

Tommy, about to pick up the money plates.

After getting the plates, Tommy must take them back to the Print Works.

Tommy speeding back to the Print Works.

Tommy returning to the Print Works.

Getting the money plates has put Tommy ahead of everyone else in the city; he can now print his own money, which gives him infinite wealth.

The Print Works will now regularly generate a revenue of up to $8000, which Tommy can collect from the front of the building.

Mission passed.

See Also

• Mission Walkthrough

Video Walkthroughs

PC Version

iPad 2 Version

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