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|status = Alive |
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− | |home = [[Amarillo Vista]], [[El Burro Heights]], [[Los Santos (HD Universe)|Los Santos]] |
+ | |home = [[Lester's House|House]], [[Amarillo Vista]], [[El Burro Heights]], [[Los Santos (HD Universe)|Los Santos]] |
|nationality = {{Flagicon|United States of America|Flag of the United States}} [[United States of America|American]] |
|nationality = {{Flagicon|United States of America|Flag of the United States}} [[United States of America|American]] |
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|affiliations = [[Michael De Santa]]<br>[[Trevor Philips]]<br>[[Brad Snider]] <small> (Formerly)</small><br>[[Getaway Driver]] <small>(Formerly)</small><br>[[Franklin Clinton]]<br>[[GTA Online Protagonist]] |
|affiliations = [[Michael De Santa]]<br>[[Trevor Philips]]<br>[[Brad Snider]] <small> (Formerly)</small><br>[[Getaway Driver]] <small>(Formerly)</small><br>[[Franklin Clinton]]<br>[[GTA Online Protagonist]] |
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+ | |weapons = [[Rocket Launcher]] |
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+ | |businesses= [[Darnell Bros.]] |
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|voice = [[Jay Klaitz]] |
|voice = [[Jay Klaitz]] |
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{{Quote|We are about to put the Darwinism back in Social Darwinism, and brother, it is gonna be fun.| Lester Crest}} |
{{Quote|We are about to put the Darwinism back in Social Darwinism, and brother, it is gonna be fun.| Lester Crest}} |
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− | '''Lester Crest''' is a character in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' series |
+ | '''Lester Crest''' is a character in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' series who appears as a central character in ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]'' and its multiplayer mode, ''[[Grand Theft Auto Online]]''. |
==History== |
==History== |
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===Background=== |
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− | + | At an unknown point in time, Lester met and became affiliated with [[Michael De Santa]] and [[Trevor Philips]], becoming a regular member of their heist crews since the start of their partnership, working mostly as a planner and information scout. Lester suffers from a wasting disease which has gradually worn down his motor skills during his life and left him wheelchair-bound, though he is able to walk short distances with the use of a [[cane]]. Due to his limited mobility, Lester has grown considerably overweight, and he also suffers from asthma. It is implied that Lester was bullied in high school, as he posted on [[Bleeter]] that "getting revenge" on his old high school class "never seemed to get old". |
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+ | Despite Lester's physical disabilites, he makes up for this with a genius-level intelligence, a masterful expertise in technology and computing and a sharp eye for detail, which is what makes him an excellent planner for the various heists he has pulled off throughout his life. He is also an avid video-gamer, and is a particular fan of [[Righteous Slaughter 7]]. |
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+ | On Lester's [[Lifeinvader]] page, a message from a girl asking about his true age can be seen, implying that he fakes his age in order to talk to younger women, with [[Trevor Philips|Trevor]] referring to him as "Lester the Molester". Lester admits to Franklin that he [[Hacking|hacks]] girls' webcams to watch them and after the [[The Bureau Raid]] (Fire Crew approach), he says he will "reverse engineer a webcam and spy on those sorority girls again". It is possible that he is bi-sexual, as a folder entitled "Gay porn" can be found on his [[Facade]] computer. Lester possibly believes that the [[wp:Illuminati|Illuminati]] is watching him as he has an Illuminati poster in his house, and this may possibly explain why the windows of his house are covered up. Because of his intense interests, it is possible that he suffers from [[wp:Asperger syndrome|Asperger's syndrome]], a form of autism. |
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===Events of ''GTA Online''=== |
===Events of ''GTA Online''=== |
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Lester is one of the several mission givers the player can interact with in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Online]]''. He can be found at his house. |
Lester is one of the several mission givers the player can interact with in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Online]]''. He can be found at his house. |
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− | The player is introduced to Lester upon reaching [[Rank|rank]] 10; Lester phone calls the player and asks him to meet up at Lester's house. At Lester's place, he informs the player of their growing reputation and suggests to invest the player's money in real estate. |
+ | The player is introduced to Lester upon reaching [[Rank|rank]] 10; Lester phone calls the player and asks him to meet up at [[Lester's House|his house]] in [[El Burro Heights]]. At Lester's place, he informs the player of their growing reputation and suggests to invest the player's money in real estate. |
Before the player leaves, Lester tells him/her that he is able to put a [[Bounties|bounty]] on other players by calling Lester. If the player sets a bounty on another player, Lester will take a cut of [[Money|$]]1,000. |
Before the player leaves, Lester tells him/her that he is able to put a [[Bounties|bounty]] on other players by calling Lester. If the player sets a bounty on another player, Lester will take a cut of [[Money|$]]1,000. |
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Later on during the game, Lester hires Franklin several times to pull off other similar assassinations in order to make profits in the stock market. Other victims include [[Brett Lowrey]], the CEO of Bilkington Research; [[Jackson Skinner]], the Head of Product Development at [[Facade]]; [[Isaac Penny]], a venture capitalist who planned to acquire a majority share of the [[Vapid|Vapid Motor Company]]; and [[Enzo Bonelli]], a mobster turned real estate developer who'd blackmailed his way into most construction contracts for Los Santos. |
Later on during the game, Lester hires Franklin several times to pull off other similar assassinations in order to make profits in the stock market. Other victims include [[Brett Lowrey]], the CEO of Bilkington Research; [[Jackson Skinner]], the Head of Product Development at [[Facade]]; [[Isaac Penny]], a venture capitalist who planned to acquire a majority share of the [[Vapid|Vapid Motor Company]]; and [[Enzo Bonelli]], a mobster turned real estate developer who'd blackmailed his way into most construction contracts for Los Santos. |
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− | Lester's main role in the game is in helping the protagonists set-up various heists and operations. He helps them plan out [[The Paleto Score|a robbery on a County Bank]] to finance an FIB [[Monkey Business|operation]]; he helps Franklin [[Fresh Meat|rescue]] Michael after he's captured by [[Wei Cheng]]'s [[Los Santos Triads|triad]] due to his connection with Trevor; he helps Michael and Franklin carry out a [[The Bureau Raid|break-in]] on the [[FIB Headquarters]] to delete incriminating files about the team and Agent [[Steve Haines]]; he helps the three protagonists rescue Franklin's friend [[Lamar Davis]] after Franklin's former friend [[Stretch (character)|Stretch]] betrayed him to the [[Ballas (HD Universe)|Ballas]]; and ultimately he helps the trio pull off [[The Big Score (GTA V)|the biggest score of their careers]]: a robbery on the [[Union Depository]]. |
+ | Lester's main role in the game is in helping the protagonists set-up various heists and operations. He helps them plan out [[The Paleto Score|a robbery on a County Bank]] to finance an FIB [[Monkey Business|operation]]; he helps Franklin [[Fresh Meat|rescue]] Michael after he's captured by [[Wei Cheng]]'s [[Los Santos Triads|triad]] due to his connection with Trevor; he helps Michael and Franklin carry out a [[The Bureau Raid|break-in]] on the [[FIB Headquarters]] to delete incriminating files about the team and Agent [[Steve Haines]]; he helps the three protagonists rescue Franklin's friend [[Lamar Davis]] after Franklin's former friend [[Stretch (character)|Stretch]] betrayed him to the [[Ballas (HD Universe)|Ballas]]; and ultimately he helps the trio pull off [[The Big Score (GTA V)|the biggest score of their careers]]: a robbery on the [[Union Depository]]. If the player chooses the Obvious approach to [[The Big Score (GTA V)|The Big Score]], Lester will travel as a passenger in Trevor's [[Frogger|helicopter]] and shoot down pursuing [[Merryweather Security|Merryweather]] [[Buzzard|helicopters]] with a [[Rocket Launcher]]. |
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By the end of the game, Franklin is given separate orders by Steve Haines and [[Devin Weston]] to kill one of his friends. Haines wants him to kill Trevor and Weston wants him to kill Michael. The player then has to choose between carrying out Haines' instructions, carrying out Weston's, or disregarding them both and getting together with both Trevor and Michael to take out their enemies. |
By the end of the game, Franklin is given separate orders by Steve Haines and [[Devin Weston]] to kill one of his friends. Haines wants him to kill Trevor and Weston wants him to kill Michael. The player then has to choose between carrying out Haines' instructions, carrying out Weston's, or disregarding them both and getting together with both Trevor and Michael to take out their enemies. |
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⚫ | In this endings, Lester only appears again through an email he sends to the two surviving protagonists. If Trevor is [[Something Sensible|killed]], he sends Franklin and Michael their share of the [[Union Depository]] job as well as half of Trevor's to each of them, as well as claiming to be rather disappointed that things had to end as they did. If Michael is [[The Time's Come|killed]], Lester sends Franklin and Trevor their shares of the Union Depository job and sends Michael's share to his family, while at the same time stating in his email that he hopes neither Franklin or Trevor were involved in Michael's murder. |
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⚫ | If the player chooses ending C, the "Deathwish" ending, Lester does appear physically once again. Franklin contacts Lester and asks him for help on figuring out what to do. Lester initially suggests killing both Trevor and Michael, but eventually comes up with |
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⚫ | If the player chooses ending C, the "[[The Third Way|Deathwish]]" ending, Lester does appear physically once again. Franklin contacts Lester and asks him for help on figuring out what to do. Lester initially suggests killing both Trevor and Michael, but eventually comes up with a better way to solve the problem. He lures Haines' corrupt [[FIB]] allies and Weston's private [[Merryweather Security|Merryweather batallion]] to a [[Grand Banks Steel Foundry|foundry]] where the three protagonists ambush and kill all of them, stripping both Haines and [[Devin Weston|Weston]] of their brute force power. Afterwards, Lester acquires the locations of all of the protagonists' enemies (after Franklin explains to him that Stretch's real name is Harold Joseph), allowing them to take out their enemies once and for all. Michael kills Stretch, Franklin kills [[Wei Cheng]] and Trevor kills [[Steve Haines]] before going to [[Devin Weston's Mansion|Devin Weston]]'s mansion to kidnap him. Trevor takes Weston to a cliff in [[Blaine County]] where he meets up with Michael and Franklin and all three protagonists proceed to mock a terrified Weston before pushing the [[Tornado|car]] he's in off the cliff, killing him. After the assassinations are carried out, Lester sends all three protagonists their respective shares from the UD job and congratulates them on a job well done. |
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|Once payment is received, the player can commit any crime they want for 3 minutes without receiving a wanted level. If multiple players are in the same vehicle at the time of the call, only one player must use this for the cops to run a blind eye for everyone in the vehicle. They can still get a wanted level if they share a car with a player who has a wanted level. |
|Once payment is received, the player can commit any crime they want for 3 minutes without receiving a wanted level. If multiple players are in the same vehicle at the time of the call, only one player must use this for the cops to run a blind eye for everyone in the vehicle. They can still get a wanted level if they share a car with a player who has a wanted level. |
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==Assassination Missions and Stock exchange fraud== |
==Assassination Missions and Stock exchange fraud== |
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− | Lester will give the [[Protagonist|protagonist]] [[Franklin Clinton]], a series of 5 assassination missions; |
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− | #The Hotel Assassination - Buy [[Betta Pharmaceuticals]] at [[BAWSAQ]] '''before''' the mission and wait for a 80% percentage of return before selling it, after this, invest in [[Bilkinton Research]] to get a tiny profit, and it return to his value pre-mission. |
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− | #The Multi Target Assassination - Buy [[Debonaire]] at [[Liberty City National Exchange|LCN]] '''before''' the mission and wait for a 80% percentage of return before selling it, after this, invest in [[Redwood Cigarettes]] and wait for a 300% percentage of return. |
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− | #The Vice Assassination - Buy [[Fruit Computers in HD Universe|Fruit]] at [[BAWSAQ]] '''before''' the mission and wait for a 50% percentage of return before selling it, after this, invest in [[Facade]] and wait for a 33% percentage of return. |
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− | #The Bus Assassination - Buy [[Vapid]] at [[BAWSAQ]] '''after''' the mission, and wait for a 100% percentage of return before selling it. |
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− | #The Construction Assassination - Buy [[Gold Coast]] Construction at LCN '''before''' the mission and wait for a 80% percentage of return before selling it. |
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− | *It is possible to see on Lester's [[Lifeinvader]] page a message from a girl asking about his true age, implying that he fakes his age in order to talk to younger women. Also, he admits to Franklin that he hacks girls' webcams to watch them. |
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− | **After [[The Bureau Raid]], if the Fire Crew option is taken, Lester says "I'm going to get drunk and spy on those sorority girls again." |
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− | *Lester also posted a comment on his [[Bleeter]] that spoke of how getting revenge on his old high school class never seemed to get old. This shows that he had resentment for his old class and may have also been a victim to bullying. |
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− | *Lester is an avid gamer, especially focused on [[Righteous Slaughter 7]]. |
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− | *During the game, Lester is confined to a [[Wheelchair|wheelchair]]. When he cannot use it, he walks with the help of a [[Cane|cane]]. Despite his disability, he's still able to walk without a cane (with some difficulty), as seen in [[The Bureau Raid]]. |
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*Lester may in part be inspired by the character Kelso from the movie [[wp:Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]. Both Kelso and Lester have physical disabilities, and both men are more involved with planning heists than with actually carrying them out. |
*Lester may in part be inspired by the character Kelso from the movie [[wp:Heat (1995 film)|Heat]]. Both Kelso and Lester have physical disabilities, and both men are more involved with planning heists than with actually carrying them out. |
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+ | *Lester has two boxes of files in his house on a shelf. Both the boxes say "Assasinations", and "Zombie Outbreak". |
− | *If the player chooses the Obvious approach to [[The Big Score (GTA V)|The Big Score]], Lester will take a rare in-person role in the heist: as a passenger in Trevor's [[Frogger|helicopter]], he shoots down pursuing [[Merryweather Security|Merryweather]] [[Buzzard|helicopters]] with a [[Rocket Launcher]]. |
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*According to the [[Rush Casting Call]], Lester's beta name was Jerry Cole. |
*According to the [[Rush Casting Call]], Lester's beta name was Jerry Cole. |
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*As reported by media outlets, Lester may be based heavily on [[wp:Karl Rove|Karl Rove]], [[wp:Senior Advisor|Senior Advisor]] and [[wp:White House Deputy Chief of Staff|White House Deputy Chief of Staff]] during the [[wp:George W. Bush|George W. Bush]] administration until Rove's resignation on August 31, [[2007]]. Despite the uncanny resemblances in appearance, they are both also criminal masterminds that operate from "behind the curtains," Karl Rove and Dick Cheney being coined "Bush's Brain." |
*As reported by media outlets, Lester may be based heavily on [[wp:Karl Rove|Karl Rove]], [[wp:Senior Advisor|Senior Advisor]] and [[wp:White House Deputy Chief of Staff|White House Deputy Chief of Staff]] during the [[wp:George W. Bush|George W. Bush]] administration until Rove's resignation on August 31, [[2007]]. Despite the uncanny resemblances in appearance, they are both also criminal masterminds that operate from "behind the curtains," Karl Rove and Dick Cheney being coined "Bush's Brain." |
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*Lester's email address is "t34b4g99@eyefind.com" which is Leet/1337 for "Teabag99." |
*Lester's email address is "t34b4g99@eyefind.com" which is Leet/1337 for "Teabag99." |
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− | *Lester bears a slight resemblance to cult celebrity [[wp:Karl Pilkington|Karl Pilkington]]. |
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*The in-game version of Lester's artwork shows him wearing a red shirt instead of the green check shirt. This outfit is only seen in the Paleto Score when he meets Michael, Trevor, Franklin and the chosen gunman at [[Ace Liquor]]. |
*The in-game version of Lester's artwork shows him wearing a red shirt instead of the green check shirt. This outfit is only seen in the Paleto Score when he meets Michael, Trevor, Franklin and the chosen gunman at [[Ace Liquor]]. |
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− | *Lester possibly has [[wp:Asperger syndrome|asperger syndrome]], a form of autism. This is supported by his obsessions (hacking, [[Righteous Slaughter 7]], etc) and the fact that he has a minor speech impediment. Furthermore, he has anger issues (killing [[Jay Norris]], assassination missions); this is a common trait of aspergers' patients. |
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− | *If looked at closely, Lester's [[Facade]] computer has a folder titled "Gay Porn" on it, hinting that he may be gay or bi-sexual. However, he is most likely bi-sexual as he does comment on spying on sorority girls. |
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Revision as of 19:13, 26 February 2015
For other uses, see Lester.
Lester Crest is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a central character in Grand Theft Auto V and its multiplayer mode, Grand Theft Auto Online.
History
Background
At an unknown point in time, Lester met and became affiliated with Michael De Santa and Trevor Philips, becoming a regular member of their heist crews since the start of their partnership, working mostly as a planner and information scout. Lester suffers from a wasting disease which has gradually worn down his motor skills during his life and left him wheelchair-bound, though he is able to walk short distances with the use of a cane. Due to his limited mobility, Lester has grown considerably overweight, and he also suffers from asthma. It is implied that Lester was bullied in high school, as he posted on Bleeter that "getting revenge" on his old high school class "never seemed to get old".
Personality
Despite Lester's physical disabilites, he makes up for this with a genius-level intelligence, a masterful expertise in technology and computing and a sharp eye for detail, which is what makes him an excellent planner for the various heists he has pulled off throughout his life. He is also an avid video-gamer, and is a particular fan of Righteous Slaughter 7.
Lester is very well informed about world politics and the insider details and machinations of corporate action. Using this knowledge, he has previously been involved in stock fraud and corporate assassination.
On Lester's Lifeinvader page, a message from a girl asking about his true age can be seen, implying that he fakes his age in order to talk to younger women, with Trevor referring to him as "Lester the Molester". Lester admits to Franklin that he hacks girls' webcams to watch them and after the The Bureau Raid (Fire Crew approach), he says he will "reverse engineer a webcam and spy on those sorority girls again". It is possible that he is bi-sexual, as a folder entitled "Gay porn" can be found on his Facade computer. Lester possibly believes that the Illuminati is watching him as he has an Illuminati poster in his house, and this may possibly explain why the windows of his house are covered up. Because of his intense interests, it is possible that he suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism.
Events of GTA Online
Lester is one of the several mission givers the player can interact with in Grand Theft Auto Online. He can be found at his house.
The player is introduced to Lester upon reaching rank 10; Lester phone calls the player and asks him to meet up at his house in El Burro Heights. At Lester's place, he informs the player of their growing reputation and suggests to invest the player's money in real estate.
Before the player leaves, Lester tells him/her that he is able to put a bounty on other players by calling Lester. If the player sets a bounty on another player, Lester will take a cut of $1,000.
After the 1.15 Patch, the player can recieve messages from Lester who requires a target eliminated for easy cash.
Events of GTA V
After Michael faked his death with the assistance of FIB agent Dave Norton, Lester left North Yankton and relocated to San Andreas, eventually discovering that Michael had indeed faked his death and gone into witness protection with the FIB in Los Santos. Nonetheless, since Michael told the FIB nothing about Lester's involvment with his team, Lester told nobody about Michael's ruse.
Lester and Michael reunite after nearly a decade when Michael finds himself in need of a new heist after angering Cartel boss Martin Madrazo by pulling his house down a hill (believing it to be the home of Kyle Chavis, the tennis coach who'd slept with his wife). Lester agrees to help, but only after Michael helps assassinate Lifeinvader CEO Jay Norris so that Lester can make a profit by buying Lifeinvader shares at minimal price, only to sell them at inflated ones later. Once the assassination is taken care of, Lester helps Michael, and his new associate Franklin Clinton, pull off a robbery at the Vangelico jewel store in Portola Drive.
Later on during the game, Lester hires Franklin several times to pull off other similar assassinations in order to make profits in the stock market. Other victims include Brett Lowrey, the CEO of Bilkington Research; Jackson Skinner, the Head of Product Development at Facade; Isaac Penny, a venture capitalist who planned to acquire a majority share of the Vapid Motor Company; and Enzo Bonelli, a mobster turned real estate developer who'd blackmailed his way into most construction contracts for Los Santos.
Lester's main role in the game is in helping the protagonists set-up various heists and operations. He helps them plan out a robbery on a County Bank to finance an FIB operation; he helps Franklin rescue Michael after he's captured by Wei Cheng's triad due to his connection with Trevor; he helps Michael and Franklin carry out a break-in on the FIB Headquarters to delete incriminating files about the team and Agent Steve Haines; he helps the three protagonists rescue Franklin's friend Lamar Davis after Franklin's former friend Stretch betrayed him to the Ballas; and ultimately he helps the trio pull off the biggest score of their careers: a robbery on the Union Depository. If the player chooses the Obvious approach to The Big Score, Lester will travel as a passenger in Trevor's helicopter and shoot down pursuing Merryweather helicopters with a Rocket Launcher.
Endings
By the end of the game, Franklin is given separate orders by Steve Haines and Devin Weston to kill one of his friends. Haines wants him to kill Trevor and Weston wants him to kill Michael. The player then has to choose between carrying out Haines' instructions, carrying out Weston's, or disregarding them both and getting together with both Trevor and Michael to take out their enemies.
In this endings, Lester only appears again through an email he sends to the two surviving protagonists. If Trevor is killed, he sends Franklin and Michael their share of the Union Depository job as well as half of Trevor's to each of them, as well as claiming to be rather disappointed that things had to end as they did. If Michael is killed, Lester sends Franklin and Trevor their shares of the Union Depository job and sends Michael's share to his family, while at the same time stating in his email that he hopes neither Franklin or Trevor were involved in Michael's murder.
If the player chooses ending C, the "Deathwish" ending, Lester does appear physically once again. Franklin contacts Lester and asks him for help on figuring out what to do. Lester initially suggests killing both Trevor and Michael, but eventually comes up with a better way to solve the problem. He lures Haines' corrupt FIB allies and Weston's private Merryweather batallion to a foundry where the three protagonists ambush and kill all of them, stripping both Haines and Weston of their brute force power. Afterwards, Lester acquires the locations of all of the protagonists' enemies (after Franklin explains to him that Stretch's real name is Harold Joseph), allowing them to take out their enemies once and for all. Michael kills Stretch, Franklin kills Wei Cheng and Trevor kills Steve Haines before going to Devin Weston's mansion to kidnap him. Trevor takes Weston to a cliff in Blaine County where he meets up with Michael and Franklin and all three protagonists proceed to mock a terrified Weston before pushing the car he's in off the cliff, killing him. After the assassinations are carried out, Lester sends all three protagonists their respective shares from the UD job and congratulates them on a job well done.
Mission appearances
- GTA V
- Friend Request (Boss)
- Casing the Jewel Store (Boss)
- The Jewel Store Job
- Friends Reunited (Post-mission phone call)
- The Hotel Assassination (Boss)
- The Multi Target Assassination (Voice/Boss)
- The Merryweather Heist
- The Vice Assassination (Voice/Boss)
- The Bus Assassination (Voice/Boss)
- The Construction Assassination (Voice/Boss)
- Paleto Score Setup
- The Paleto Score
- Hang Ten (Voice)
- Surveying the Score (Boss)
- Pack Man (Post-mission phone call)
- Fresh Meat (Voice)
- Cleaning Out the Bureau
- Architect's Plans
- The Bureau Raid
- The Wrap Up
- Lamar Down (Voice)
- Meltdown (Voice)
- Planning the Big Score
- The Big Score
- Something Sensible (Option A/Post-mission message)
- The Time's Come (Option B/Post-mission message)
- The Third Way (Option C/Boss)
- GTA Online
- Cops Capacity (Boss)
- Landing Strip (Boss)
- A Titan of a Job (Boss)
- Last Chopper Outta LS (Boss)
- High Priority Case (Boss)
- Quarry Quarry (Boss)
- By Land, Sea and Air (Boss)
- Teaser Trailer (Boss)
- Four Trailers (Boss)
- Sinking Feeling (Boss)
- Bust Out (Boss)
- The Parking Garage (Boss)
- Hack and Dash (Boss)
- On Maneuvers (Boss)
- American Exports (Boss)
- Chemical Extraction (Boss)
- Stocks and Scares (Boss)
- Docks to Stock (Boss)
- Docks to Stock II (Boss)
- Crime Scenester (Boss)
- Master Data (Boss)
- Denial of Service (Boss)
- Truck Together (Boss)
Services (GTA Online)
Lester is unlocked as a phone contact at rank 10. When called, he offers a wide range of services, which purpose is generally to assist the Protagonist. Each service costs a specific amount of money and is unlocked once a specific rank has been reached.
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Set Bounty | Choose a player to place a Bounty on or view their current Bounty value. | Once payment is received, a Bounty of whatever the player paid, minus $1000, is placed on the head of the selected player. The player who kills the selected player gets the Bounty money for themself. NPCs who kill a player with a bounty on their head do not receive the money, and the Bounty remains on the player. Same applies for suicides. | $2,000-$10,000 | 10 |
Remove Wanted Level | Completely remove your wanted level. | Completely removes the player's wanted level once payment is received. If multiple players are in the same vehicle at the time of the call, only one player must use this to remove the wanted level for everyone in the vehicle. | $200/Star | 21 |
Off the Radar | Remove your blip from the World Map for one minute. | Your location on the radar is hidden from all other players in your session. If multiple players are in the same vehicle at the time of the call, only one player must use this to hide the location of everyone in the vehicle. | $500 | 40 |
Reveal Players | Reveal hidden players on the world map. | Reveals any players using the "Off The Radar" service. | $500 | 40 |
Request Job | Request an invite to a previously completed Job. | After a few seconds, you will be sent an invite to a random job you have completed for Lester previously. | $0 | 0 |
Locate a Boat | Locate a boat and display it on the Map. | Lester will locate the nearest available boat, and the player can take it without it counting as a stolen vehicle. The player must return it within 12 in-game hours or get a wanted level. | $400 | 0 |
Locate a Helicopter | Locate a chopper and display it on the map. | Lester will locate the nearest available helicopter, and the player can take it without it counting as a stolen vehicle. The player must return it within 12 in-game hours or get a wanted level. | $700 | 35 |
Locate a Car | Locate a car and display it on the map. | Lester will locate the nearest available car, and the player can take it without it counting as a stolen vehicle. The player must return it within 12 in-game hours or get a wanted level. | $100 | 15 |
Locate a Plane | Locate a plane and display it on the map. | Lester will locate the nearest available plane, and the player can take it without it counting as a stolen vehicle. The player must return it within 12 in-game hours or get a wanted level. | $1000 | 45 |
Cops Turn Blind Eye | Cops will ignore any crimes you commit for a short period of time. | Once payment is received, the player can commit any crime they want for 3 minutes without receiving a wanted level. If multiple players are in the same vehicle at the time of the call, only one player must use this for the cops to run a blind eye for everyone in the vehicle. They can still get a wanted level if they share a car with a player who has a wanted level. | $5000 | 12 |
Assassination Missions and Stock exchange fraud
Main article: Lester's Assassinations
Gallery
Trivia
- Lester may in part be inspired by the character Kelso from the movie Heat. Both Kelso and Lester have physical disabilities, and both men are more involved with planning heists than with actually carrying them out.
- Lester has two boxes of files in his house on a shelf. Both the boxes say "Assasinations", and "Zombie Outbreak".
- According to the Rush Casting Call, Lester's beta name was Jerry Cole.
- As reported by media outlets, Lester may be based heavily on Karl Rove, Senior Advisor and White House Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration until Rove's resignation on August 31, 2007. Despite the uncanny resemblances in appearance, they are both also criminal masterminds that operate from "behind the curtains," Karl Rove and Dick Cheney being coined "Bush's Brain."
- Lester's email address is "t34b4g99@eyefind.com" which is Leet/1337 for "Teabag99."
- The in-game version of Lester's artwork shows him wearing a red shirt instead of the green check shirt. This outfit is only seen in the Paleto Score when he meets Michael, Trevor, Franklin and the chosen gunman at Ace Liquor.
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Mentioned characters | Abdul Amir | Anna | Ashley Butler† | Al Di Napoli | Cloe Parker | Devin Weston† | Denise Clinton | DJ Playlist | Don Percival | Elwood O'Neil† | Esteban Jimenez† | Jay Norris† | Joe Lawton | Keith Collins | Kyle Chavis | Leo | Luis Fernando Lopez | Mark Fostenburg | MC Clip | Michael De Santa | Molly Schultz† | Mr. Cheng | Nonna | Niko Bellic | Perlie | Ronnie Bonelli | Samantha Muldoon | Sergei† | Tanisha Clinton | Terry Thorpe† | Tony McTony | Tonya Wiggins | "Uncle" Amir | Vlad | Vasily | Vasily (Russian Navy) | Wade Hebert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-canon characters | Special Dad (John Marston† | Claude | Niko Bellic (as a Dad)) | Special Mom (Misty) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cut characters | Harold "Stretch" Joseph† | Melvin Andrews | Joseph Whites | Jaywalker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
† denotes Deceased, Italics denotes a status determined by the player's choice |