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{{infobox mission
|name=A Drop in the Ocean
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|name = A Drop In The Ocean
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|image = ADropintheOcean-GTAIII.jpg
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|size = 275px
|caption=[[Donald Love]]
 
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|caption = The [[Old Oriental Gentleman]] teaching [[Donald Love]] Tai Chi
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|game=III
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|game = III
|for=[[Donald Love]]
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|for = [[Donald Love]]
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|location = [[Love Media Building]], [[Bedford Point]]
|target=6 Packages
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|target = Love's Packages
|location=[[Torrington]], [[Staunton Island]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]
 
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|fail = [[Wasted]]<br>[[Busted]]<br>[[LCPD in 3D Universe|LCPD]] takes a package
|reward=$10,000
 
|unlocks=[[Grand Theft Aero]] and Shoreside Vale
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|reward = [[Money|$10,000]]<br>[[Shoreside Vale]]
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|unlocks = [[Grand Theft Aero]]<br>[[Marked Man]]<br>[[Uzi Money]]
|unlockedby=[[Waka-Gashira Wipeout]]
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|unlockedby = [[Waka-Gashira Wipeout]]
 
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}}
   
 
{{quote|In these days of moral hypocrisy, certain valuable commodities can be hard to import. On its approach to the airport tonight, a light aircraft will pass over the bay. It will drop several packages into the water. Make sure you pick them up before anyone else does.|[[Donald Love]]}}
'''A Drop in the Ocean''' is the third mission from the [[Donald Love]] strand in ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]''.
 
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'''A Drop in the Ocean''' is a mission in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] given to [[protagonist]] [[Claude]] by media tycoon and businessman [[Donald Love]] from the [[Love Media]] [[Love Media Building|building]] in the [[Bedford Point]] district of [[Staunton Island]], [[Liberty City (3D Universe)|Liberty City]].
   
 
==Mission==
 
==Mission==
[[Claude]] goes to Donald Love's place looking for more work. A [[Dodo]] plane is dropping a few packages on the sea and Love wants him to pick up them before anyone else does. After being informed about the plane, Claude gets a car and drives to a boat and follows the plane then collecting all the packages. He then makes his way back to [[Love Media]] and retrieves the packages to Donald.
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Claude goes to Donald Love's place looking for more work. A [[DeadDodo]] plane is dropping a few packages on the sea and Love wants him to pick them up before anyone else does. After being informed about the plane, Claude gets a car and drives to a boat. He follows the plane, and later on, the plane starts to drop packages. Claude collects all six, and then makes his way back to [[Love Media Building]], all while avoiding the [[Wanted Level in 3D Universe|gained attention]] from the [[Liberty City Police Department (3D Universe)|police]], to give the packages to Donald.
==Script==
 
(''Donald Love, Claude at Love Media.'')
 
   
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==Mission objectives==
'''Donald Love''': In these days of moral hypocrisy, certain valuable commodities can be hard to import. On its approach to the airport tonight, a light aircraft will pass over the bay. It will drop several packages into the water. Make sure you pick them up before anyone else does.
 
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In order to complete the mission the player must:
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*Get a boat and follow the plane.
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*Pick up each of the 6 packages dropped by the plane.
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*Take the packages to Donald Love.
   
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==Tips==
(''Upon completing the mission, news.'')
 
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* Picking up each of the first five packages will earn the player one star on the wanted level. The player must drive to the [[Pay 'n' Spray]] to eliminate the wanted level before delivering the packages. It is not really necessary, but going to [[Donald Love]] with the wanted level is very risky, as [[FBI Car]]s may ram the player constantly, causing the car to catch fire. Then, getting out is also dangerous as they have very powerful weapons.
 
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* Park the boat on the pier right below [[Asuka's Condo|Asuka's condo apartment]]. There are always two [[Yakuza Stinger]]s and a [[Banshee]] there. Most importantly, police do not spawn here so getting into one of the fast cars is easy. Only one street leads here and on the right, there is an alley that leads directly into Staunton's Pay n' Spray, making the getaway easy.
'''News''': Good news for commuters from Shoreside, engineers have finally managed to repair the damaged mechanism on the Staunton lift bridge and it is now opened to traffic flow both to and from Shoreside Vale.
 
   
 
==Reward==
 
==Reward==
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The reward for this mission is [[Money|$]]10,000. Shoreside Vale is also unlocked.  The missions [[Grand Theft Aero]], [[Marked Man]] and [[Uzi Money]] are unlocked. 
Upon completing the mission you're rewarded $10,000.
 
   
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==Trivia==
{{Mission sequence |
 
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* If the player does not pickup the packages in time, then the police will get in their [[Predator]] boats (the only police use of Predator's in the entire game) and seize the packages, causing the mission to fail.
game = [[Grand Theft Auto III]] |
 
previous = [[Waka-Gashira Wipeout]] |
 
this = [[A Drop In The Ocean]] |
 
next = [[Grand Theft Aero]]
 
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==Video walkthroughs==
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In these days of moral hypocrisy, certain valuable commodities can be hard to import. On its approach to the airport tonight, a light aircraft will pass over the bay. It will drop several packages into the water. Make sure you pick them up before anyone else does.

A Drop in the Ocean is a mission in Grand Theft Auto III given to protagonist Claude by media tycoon and businessman Donald Love from the Love Media building in the Bedford Point district of Staunton Island, Liberty City.

Mission

Claude goes to Donald Love's place looking for more work. A DeadDodo plane is dropping a few packages on the sea and Love wants him to pick them up before anyone else does. After being informed about the plane, Claude gets a car and drives to a boat. He follows the plane, and later on, the plane starts to drop packages. Claude collects all six, and then makes his way back to Love Media Building, all while avoiding the gained attention from the police, to give the packages to Donald.

Mission objectives

In order to complete the mission the player must:

  • Get a boat and follow the plane.
  • Pick up each of the 6 packages dropped by the plane.
  • Take the packages to Donald Love.

Tips

  • Picking up each of the first five packages will earn the player one star on the wanted level. The player must drive to the Pay 'n' Spray to eliminate the wanted level before delivering the packages. It is not really necessary, but going to Donald Love with the wanted level is very risky, as FBI Cars may ram the player constantly, causing the car to catch fire. Then, getting out is also dangerous as they have very powerful weapons.
  • Park the boat on the pier right below Asuka's condo apartment. There are always two Yakuza Stingers and a Banshee there. Most importantly, police do not spawn here so getting into one of the fast cars is easy. Only one street leads here and on the right, there is an alley that leads directly into Staunton's Pay n' Spray, making the getaway easy.

Reward

The reward for this mission is $10,000. Shoreside Vale is also unlocked.  The missions Grand Theft Aero, Marked Man and Uzi Money are unlocked. 

Trivia

  • If the player does not pickup the packages in time, then the police will get in their Predator boats (the only police use of Predator's in the entire game) and seize the packages, causing the mission to fail.

Video walkthroughs

iPad Version
GTA_3_-_iPad_Walkthrough_-_Mission_48_-_A_Drop_in_the_Ocean
PC Version
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