High Wire

Type	MISSION
High Wire
Armando Mendez telling Victor Vance about 'his' drug shipment being seized by the VCPD
Appears in	VCS
For	Armando Mendez and Diego Mendez
Location	Prawn Island, Vice City
Target	Container
Conditions of mission failure
Destruction of Helicopter, The Truck Reaches the Station, Destruction of Diego's Car
Rewards
Rewards	$1,500
Missions
Unlocks	Burning Bridges (with Farewell to Arms)
Unlocked by	Unfriendly Competition
Technical Information
Time of day	In-game time

High Wire is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories given to protagonist Victor Vance by drug kingpins Diego and Armando Mendez from their mansion on Prawn Island, Vice City.

Mission

Victor Vance drops-by the Mendez mansion looking for more work. Armando Mendez is there and he's worrying about Victor. Armando explains that the cops have taken their coke and Diego tried suggesting to the police that the cocaine belonged to the Vance Crime Family and says he's got a paper showing Victor's involvement in it. Victor drives to the Junkyard in Little Haiti and takes a Maverick with a magnet. The first container of the cargo is around Viceport at the police impound, and after Victor lifts it up with the magnet, he drops it at the Escobar International Airport. The second and last container is being moved out to the police station in Little Havana by a big truck, Victor lifts it before it reaches the police station and drops it at the same place as the previous container. Suddenly when he drops the second container, Diego is in trouble and is being chased by the Bikers who are damaging his car and Victor has to save him before his car catches fire. Victor flies to Ocean Beach and picks up the car and as instructed, he drops it at the multi-story car-park there.

Mission objectives

in order to complete the mission the player must:

• Get to the helicopter at Breaker's Yard
• Get in the chopper
• Fly to the compound where the containers are held
• Pick up the container
• Deliver the container to the cargo bay
• Lift the container off the truck before it gets to the police station in Little Havana
• Deliver the container to the cargo bay
• Pick up the car before the bikers destroy it
• Drop the car at the parking lot

Post mission pager message

Mendez Brothers: It is time we talked. Come and see us...

Reward

The reward for completing this mission is $1,500 and the unlocking of Burning Bridges.

Trivia

• Many people may confuse the Diego in this mission with Diego Mendez one of the leaders of the Mendez Cartel.
• Arguably the most difficult part of this mission is crossing the city in time to pick up Diego's car, while Diego drives fast and erratically around Ocean Beach. Pretty much the only way to catch him is to intercept his vehicle on the Ocean Boulevard straightaway; by this time his vehicle will be approaching maximum damage and if Vic is unable to grab the car before Diego turns onto a side street, the level is pretty much lost.
• If you land the car at the car park and finished the mission, the Maverick's magnet will vanish.

Video walkthrough

PS2 Version