Direct Action is an LSA Operation featured in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the San Andreas Mercenaries update.
Description[]
After requesting work from Charlie Reed, the GTA Online Protagonist will soon receive a call back from him in which he informs them that Merryweather Security has been seizing assets that "didn't pay their tax", including a hi-tech submersible Pegassi Toreador. Charlie says he arranged a buyer for the Toreador, so he instructs them to meet Rooster McCraw in his hangar at LSIA, who will take them to Merryweather's USS Luxington ATT-16 aircraft carrier.
After parachuting into the aircraft carrier, Charlie sends a photo of the conteiners they're after. They are tasked to make their way to Hangar Bay A while fighting the Merryweather agents. Once the conteiners are located, Charlie will tell the player to search for a keycard in the control tower room to open the conteiners.
With the Merryweather keycard collected, the player can return to the conteiners, where they can find the requested Toreador and two Blazer Aquas (for the player's associates). After destroying the nearby generator, the player is free to escape the aircraft carrier using the Toreador's submarine mode and deliver it to Charlie at the LSA Lockup in El Burro Heights.
Operation Bonuses[]
During the mission, Charlie will give the player a random secondary task which will reward them (and each of their associates) with extra $15,000.
Tracking Devices[]
Charlie may ask the player to place tracking devices on three Merryweather shipment crates.
Plant tracking devices on the Merryweather shipment crates on board the aircraft carrier.
Once located, the shipment crates will be highlighted on the player's radar.
Armored Gunner[]
Charlie may ask the player to eliminate the Merryweather's Armored Gunner testing a "high-density" Ballistic Equipment.
Eliminate the armored Merryweather gunner on board the aircraft carrier.
Once located, the Armored Gunner will be highlighted on the player's radar.
F-160 Raiju[]
Charlie may ask the player to disable the aircraft carrier's air defenses and steal the F-160 Raiju and deliver it to Rooster's hangar at LSIA.
Steal the F-160 Raiju from the aircraft carrier and deliver it to Rooster's hangar.
Once located, the F-160 Raiju and the anti-aircraft defenses will be highlighted on the player's radar.
before attempting to fly the Raiju 
off the aircraft carrier.Once the defenses are disabled, the player will be able to steal the F-160 Raiju and deliver it to Rooster's hangar.
Video Walkthrough[]
Trivia[]
- Rooster's dialogue about him playing the Creedence Clearwater Revival song Fortunate Son in "situations like these", is an obvious reference to the same song being featured extensively in pop culture depictions of the Vietnam War to the point to be considered the official anthem for the anti-war movement.
