In The Beginning...

Type	MISSION
In The Beginning...
Appears in	VC
For	Sonny Forelli
Location	Saint Mark's, Portland Island, Liberty City
Rewards
Rewards	Ocean View Hotel Safehouse
Missions
Unlocks	An Old Friend
Technical Information
Time of day	In-game time

In The Beginning... is the introduction sequence in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City given to protagonist Tommy Vercetti by Forelli Family Don Sonny Forelli. It shows Forelli Family Don Sonny Forelli and mobsters Harry and Lee discussing the release of protagonist Tommy Vercetti (also known as the Harwood Butcher) from prison, after taking the fall for the family and serving 15 years. The mafia members decide to send Tommy to Vice City to man their drug operations there.

Mission objectives

In order to complete the mission the player must:

• Get in the car
• Drive to the Ocean View Hotel
• Enter the building
• Go to the stairway

Script

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Notes: "We don't do transcripts here, they're copyright violations"

(Saint Mark's Bistro, Liberty City 1986, the song "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister is playing in the background.) Sonny Forelli: Tommy Vercetti...Huh! Shit. Didn't think they'd ever let him out.

Mafia goon: He kept his head down, helps people forget.

Sonny Forelli: People will remember soon enough. When they see him walking down the streets of their neighborhoods. It will be bad for business.

Mafia goon: Well, what are we gonna do, Sonny?

Sonny Forelli: We treat him like an old friend and keep him busy out of town, okay? We been talking about expanding down South, right? Vice City is twenty-four carat gold these days. The Colombians, the Mexicans, hell, even those Cuban refugees are cutting themselves a piece of some nice action.

Mafia goon: But it's all drugs, Sonny. None of the family will touch that shit.

Sonny Forelli: Times are changing. The families can't keep their backs turned while our enemies reap the rewards. So, we send someone down to do the dirty work for us... and cut ourselves a nice, quiet slice. Okay? Who's our contact down there?

Mafia goon: Ken Rosenberg, schmuck of a lawyer. How's he gonna hold Vercetti's leash?

Sonny Forelli: We don't need him to. We just set him loose in Vice City. We give him a little cash to get started, OK? Give it a few months. Then we go down. Pay him a little visit, right? See how he's doing.

(Escobar International Airport, Vice City)

Ken Rosenberg: Hey, hey, guys! It's, uh, Ken Rosenberg here! Hey! Heh, heh, hey, great, hey! Well, uh, I'm gonna drive you guys to the meet, okay? Now, I've talked to the suppliers and they are very, huh-ha, keen to start a business relationship, so, uh, if all goes well, we should, uh, be doing very nicely for ourselves, which is, y'know... good.. Okay, so. They're brothers, okay. One operates the uh, the business, and the other one does the flying.

(Ken Rosenberg drives Tommy, Harry and Lee to the meet point in Viceport)

Ken Rosenberg: Ok, that's them in the chopper. All right, here's the deal. They want a straight exchange on open ground. All right? Ok. Stay tight, let's go. All right. Take it easy, now.

Tommy Vercetti: Got it?

Victor Vance: 100% pure grade-A Colombian, my friend.

Tommy Vercetti: Let me see it.

Victor Vance: The greens?

Tommy Vercetti: Tens and twenties...used.

Victor Vance: I think we have a deal, my friend. HA HA HA HA HA HA!

(Diaz' men ambush the deal, killing Victor Vance, Harry and Lee)

Tommy Vercetti: Oh, shit! Go on, get out of here! Drive!

(Ken Rosenberg drives Tommy back to his office in Vice Beach)

Ken Rosenberg: I poked my head out of the gutter for one freakin' second, and fate shovels shit in my face!

Tommy Vercetti: Go get some sleep.

Ken Rosenberg: What are you gonna do?

Tommy Vercetti: I'll drop by your office tomorrow, and we can start sorting this mess out.

Gallery

Tommy Vercetti and Harry walking towards the drug dealer, with Lance Vance sitting in the Maverick helicopter.

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Diaz' men preparing to attack Tommy Vercetti, Harry, Lee and the drug dealer.

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Lance Vance flying away in the Maverick, with the Admiral containing Tommy Vercetti and Ken Rosenberg driving away. The bodies of Harry, Lee and the drug dealer are also visible.

Deaths

• Harry - Killed by Ricardo Diaz's hitmen during an ambush.
• Lee - Killed by Ricardo Diaz's hitmen during an ambush.
• Victor Vance - Killed by Ricardo Diaz's hitmen during an ambush.

Trivia

• The first song heard in the game is "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister during the first cutscene. It can also be heard on the radio station Emotion 98.3.
• The song heard when Tommy, Harry, and Lee are walking out of the airport and meeting Ken Rosenberg is Mama Papa Tu, and can be heard on the radio station Radio Espantoso.
• A dead man can be seen on a meat hook in the room behind Sonny Forelli.
• When Tommy, Harry, and Lee arrive at the airport, an airplane can be seen landing on the curved runway in the background. Realistically, it is not possible land like that, hinting that a straight runway was present in the beta.
• In the PC version of the game, entering the Admiral will always tune to Flash FM and play "Billie Jean" By Michael Jackson.

Video walkthroughs

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