Project Overthrow

“Charlie Reed’s got an impressive résumé — beyond his work as an aircraft mechanic in the Hangar, he’s an ex-military operator with significant experience assisting in various Heists around Los Santos over the years. He’s also been working on a plan called Project Overthrow — a multipronged attack on Merryweather Security to knock them well and truly off their perch.”

—Rockstar Newswire

Project Overthrow is a series of six missions featured in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the San Andreas Mercenaries update, released on June 13, 2023. The missions are given by Charlie Reed from the Operations Terminal inside the Avenger.

Description[]

These missions revolve around the player assisting the Los Santos Angels mercenary air squadron into taking down Merryweather Security operations in San Andreas. The missions are only available from the Operations Terminal, which can be installed inside a player-owned Avenger after purchasing it from Warstock Cache & Carry.

“Charlie Reed is pulling together a new crew, the Los Santos Angels, to take on Merryweather's new recruitment drive. Launched from an Avenger, push back their operation.”

—Map icon description

Go to warstock-cache-and-carry.com to purchase an Avenger and its Operations Terminal. This gives you access to Project Overthrow and LSA Operations as a Boss.

“Hey, my name's Charlie Reed. You don't know me, but I definitely know you. Hell of a rep you got.
So listen, I don't know if you noticed, but private militaries are back in business, and there's one group of assholes taking serious advantage of the good publicity... Merryweather Security. I'm talking major recruitment drives, government contracts, and all kinds of shady shit on the side.
So, I've been putting together a team.
A team of ex-military, reprobates, guns for hire and good old-fashioned crooks.
And we got one objective... doing what's right and putting Merryweather back in the box.
And, you know, making some serious paper while we're at it. I call us... The Los Santos Angels...
And listen, I want you to be Team Leader. All you need is some hardware... an Avenger and an Operations Terminal... and then? We'll be good to go. Let me know what you think.”

—Charlie Reed's call to Hangar owners that have not unlocked Air Freight Cargo nor own an Avenger

Go to warstock-cache-and-carry.com to purchase the Avenger's Operations Terminal. This gives you access to Project Overthrow and LSA Operations as a Boss.

“Hey, my name's Charlie Reed. You don't know me, but I definitely know you.
Hell of a rep you got. So listen, I don't know if you noticed, but private militaries are back in business, and there's one group of assholes taking serious advantage of the good publicity... Merryweather Security. I'm talking major recruitment drives, government contracts, and all kinds of shady shit on the side.
So I've been putting together a team. A team of ex-military, reprobates, guns for hire and good old-fashioned crooks. And we got one objective... doing what's right, and putting Merryweather back in the box. And, you know, making some serious paper while we're at it.
I call us... The Los Santos Angels... And listen, I want you to be Team Leader.
All you need is some hardware for your Avenger... an Operations Terminal, and then, we'll be good to go. Let me know what you think.”

—Charlie Reed's call to Hangar owners that have not unlocked Air Freight Cargo and own an Avenger

“Hey, this is Charlie Reed, from your hangar. Been a minute, right?
So, I don't know if you noticed, but private militaries are back in business, and there's one group of assholes taking serious advantage of the good publicity... Merryweather Security.
I'm talking major recruitment drives, government contracts, and all kinds of shady shit on the side.
So, I've been putting together a team. A team of ex-military, reprobates, guns for hire and good old-fashioned crooks. And we got one objective... doing what's right, and putting Merryweather back in the box. And, you know, making some serious paper while we're at it.
And I call us... The Los Santos Angels... And listen, I want you to be Team Leader.
All you need is some hardware for your Avenger... an Operations Terminal, and then? We'll be good to go. Let me know what you think.”

—Charlie Reed's call to Hangar owners that have unlocked Air Freight Cargo and own an Avenger

Purchased

Log in to the Operations Terminal onboard your Avenger

to begin Project Overthrow and LSA Operations as a Boss.

“Hey, you bought it, good shit! Whole team's excited you're on board.
Now we got everything we need to get this thing off the ground, including your crazy ass.
Fire up the terminal and we'll get started.”

—Charlie's call

List of Missions[]

Mission	Operations Terminal Description	Job Description
Reporting for Duty	Investigate Merryweather's activities at Davis Quartz.	“Alright, we're prepping an attack at Davis Quartz. Intel suggests Merryweather's crawling all over the quarry and whatever they're safeguarding down there, we want it. This is high tier, so grab your wings and give them something to cry about.”
Falling In	Beat Merryweather to the punch and salvage the spoils of war.	“Time to interrupt Merryweather's anti-smuggler operations. Think of it as legitimate asset acquisition, with some illegitimate steps. Merryweather don't do things by the book, so why should we? We get supplies. They get pissed off. That's a win-win for the LSA.”
On Parade	Perform flight tests on the latest generation of fighter jets.	“You'll want in on this. Got some flight tests scheduled and the Angels need a skilled pilot to take the controls. Get airborne in some welcome-to-the-future jets, test the stealth mode, pull some tricks, and hit some targets. Easy for someone like you. You in?”
Breaking Ranks	Intercept Merryweather's relocation of valuable tech.	“OK listen up. This mission's a good old-fashioned smash and grab. Merryweather's prepping a move, and they're taking a ton of valuable tech with them. All you gotta do is intercept. If you're lucky, you'll be in and out in no time. If you're unlucky... well let's focus on being lucky, OK?”
Unconventional Warfare	Rescue a hostage from Merryweather's clutches.	“Okay, this is a hostage rescue operation. To reduce our exposure, we're keeping our extraction force to a minimum, infiltrating the target building and finding our guy won't be a cake walk. We're grabbing their most valuable asset yet, so fuckups are not an option.”
Shock & Awe	End Merryweather's stranglehold on San Andreas.	“This is the big one. LSA's chance to break Merryweather's stranglehold over San Andreas. Let's hit them where it hurts: right in the government funding. We've confirmed their HQ, but don't underestimate their capabilities. They're on the defensive, and you're on their hitlist.”

Trinkets[]

In the Hangar, the room right next to the one where Charlie Reed usually resides will fill up with trinkets on the bottom desk and floor for using certain equipment and collected cargo crates.