Soldier

Type	MISSION
Soldier
Victor Vance meeting his new sergeant Jerry Martinez in his office at the Fort Baxter Air Base
Appears in	VCS
For	Jerry Martinez
Location	Fort Baxter Air Base, Vice City
Target	Martinez's reefer
Rewards
Rewards	$50 Free roam
Missions
Unlocks	Cleaning House
Technical Information
Time of day	In-game time

Soldier is the first storyline mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories given to protagonist Victor Vance by army sergeant Jerry Martinez from his office at the Fort Baxter Air Base in Vice City.

Mission

Victor arrives at the Fort Baxter Air Base by a Barracks OL and meets his new sergeant, Jerry Martinez. Jerry tells him the real opportunity to make money however Victor refuses to go through any trouble. Jerry then tells him to get over to Escobar International Airport and pick up a package for him. Victor, outside, is handed a pager and on a Streetfighter makes it to the airport. When meeting the dealer with the package, however, enemies are following them. The Rio is set on fire and the dealer's hookers both die in the explosion as the dealer and Victor manage to escape and swim to shore while avoiding gunfire from the enemies. Victor goes back to his barracks inside the base and hides the drugs there.

Mission objectives

In order to complete the mission the player must:

• Take Sgt. Martinez's bike
• Go to the V.I.P. terminal at the airport
• Swim to shore
• Return to Fort Baxter
• Take the package to your barracks

Script

See Soldier/script

Reward

The reward for completing this mission is $50 and the player is able to free roam. The next mission Cleaning House is unlocked.

Trivia

• The first song heard in the game, during the opening cutscene, is "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner. It is also featured on the radio station Emotion 98.3. However, occasionaly the song will not play and the Emotion 98.3 radio station will restart and play from the beginning.
• Notice Vic salutes Jerry, even though he is a sergeant. (Sergeants are not considered officers in the military, and hence are not to be saluted.)
• The name of the mission might be a reference to the movie Soldier.
• The skins that are used for the hitmen are the same from the hitmen that are after Toni Cipriani in No Son of Mine until Making Toni.
• The dealer is not killed by the hitmen, he is programmed to drown shortly after the cutscene.
• According to the BradyGames guide, the player would control Victor and shoot the gunmen himself instead of a cutscene playing. This was clearly changed in the final version of the game.

Gallery

Victor Vance about to get on a boat at Escobar International Airport.

Hitmen attacking the yacht.