Changes: The Green Sabre

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“

Shit Smoke! C.R.A.S.H. makin' you sell us out?!

”

— Carl Johnson

The Green Sabre is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, given to protagonist Carl Johnson by his brother Sweet from his home in Ganton, Los Santos, San Andreas.

Mission

The three feuding families of the Grove Street Families have come together due to Carl's efforts and Sweet decides to finally get back at the Ballas. Sweet also makes good with Carl and calls him his running dog. He then orders everyone to get heated, and meet him under the Mulholland Intersection.

Carl, however, is side-tracked on the way by a call from Cesar, who has some important news for him. At first, Carl explains he is too busy to meet but Cesar is insistent, so Carl heads to the meeting place under the freeway north of Verdant Bluffs to meet Cesar, who is inside a Bravura with tinted windows. Cesar and CJ look ahead, as some Ballas exit a garage, followed by Ryder and Big Smoke, and finally Officer Frank Tenpenny. Officer Pulaski then reverses a car out of the garage, revealing the same green Sabre that was used in the drive-by in Grove Street to kill CJ's mother.

Suddenly, CJ remembers about Sweet and realizes that Sweet and the rest of the Grove Street Families are walking into a trap. But first, he orders Cesar to get Kendl to a safe place. CJ races over to the underside of the Mulholland Intersection before Sweet and the gangstas are killed.

Upon arriving, Carl sees a deadly shootout taking place. CJ sees that Sweet has taken a hit. Out of loyalty, CJ stays with his brother to hold off the Ballas hordes. Numerous Ballas members will come and shoot at Carl and the rest of the gang. Carl holds them off until the police arrive. Carl is then forced to surrender.

Once the cops arrive, Sweet is taken into a prison hospital, while Carl leaves with C.R.A.S.H. and heads for the countryside. Tenpenny explains what happened and what will happen. From now on, Carl will do what he wants him to do. His first task is to eliminate a former cop.

Mission objectives

In order to complete the mission the player must:

Get to where Cesar is waiting under the freeway
Get to the ambush before your brother is killed
Hold off the Ballas until the police arrive

Tips

Use Carl's best weapons. There is no point in saving ammo, as C.R.A.S.H. will take all of Carl's weapons before leaving him in the countryside.

Aftermath

After this mission, West Coast Talk Radio reports the following events:

Richard Burns narrates a news report on the gang war between the Grove Street Families and the Ballas that happened under the intersection saying many senior Grove Street Families and Ballas gang members were killed, while others were incarcerated.
It is also reported that the bridges connecting Red County and Flint County have finally reopened, with many delays, following the earthquake a few months ago. The governor has congratulated himself for the rebuilding of the bridges, even though he didn't help with any of the rebuilding of the bridges and even refused to give aid to rebuild them.

Reward

There is no monetary reward for this mission, but the Badlands mission is unlocked. Following the mission, Carl will be stripped of his weapons. The player may now buy any safehouse in the countryside (to be specific, Red County, Whetstone and Flint County), and save their game at the Angel Pine Save Point. Also, the player can now traverse the Whetstone and Flint County countryside and enter San Fierro without any police attention, but cannot purchase any safehouses there.

Contrary to Tenpenny's comments after letting Carl off in Angel Pine, there is no prohibition on returning to Los Santos, or even the Johnson safehouse, although there is no longer a Grove Street Families presence on Grove Street, and the cash point in front of the Johnson house no longer functions. If CJ is wasted close enough to Los Santos he will respawn at a hospital in Los Santos.

All other Los Santos-based activities, including dating Denise Robinson, are still available (although Denise will not call Carl, and his progress with her will not be affected from not dating her, as long as Carl is not in Los Santos). The Roboi's Food Mart asset also still functions, if Carl has completed the first courier mission.

Trivia

No "Mission Passed" message appears after the mission.
The song that is playing inside Sweet's house is "Fuck wit Dre Day" by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, a song that also can be heard on Radio Los Santos.
During the opening cutscene, a gang member that resembles the late professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero can be seen. The same gang member with the same design also appears in the opening cutscenes of House Party serving as a DJ for OG Loc and of Los Sepulcros as one of several Gang Members Flanking Sweet and CJ.
The Sabre is green, even though it is used by the Ballas, whose color is purple. However, this was likely to avoid arousing suspicion in Ganton during the drive-by.
For some reason, despite the bridges between Los Santos/Red County and San Fierro/Flint County now being opened, NPC vehicles will not cross them until after all the bridges in the state are opened after Yay-Ka-Boom-Boom.
The color of the Sabre is not accessible via Pay 'N' Spray, indicating it is only used for mission purposes. However, the player can still spray the Sabre with the same color at Transfenders.
If you accidentally kill Sweet just before reaching the checkpoint with your car, he will not appear in the cinematic, though the mission continues. And you'll see him dead during the whole mission.
The officers that show up during the cutscene after Carl kills all the Ballas point their pistols in a sideways manner usually attributed to gang members. This manner of pistol wielding is not only bad for accuracy and unprofessional but also unheard of in police training.
Pulaski's mouth doesn't move when he said "We need you to do a favor for us."
The camera Pulaski hands to Carl in the final cutscene is a different model to the one obtainable in the game.
After this mission, no more Families (Grove or otherwise) or Aztecas will spawn. This will last all the way up until the mission Home Coming.
During or after this mission, the player is not allowed to recruit any GSF members. Even after this mission is over, if the player uses "gang control" cheat, the GSF members will still decline the player recruit unless the player uses the cheat "everybody can be recruited" or complete Home Coming.
The Bravura that Cesar used to spy on Ryder, Big Smoke and C.R.A.S.H. cannot be damaged or moved by the player, at least before getting inside that car. It is however possible to drive the Bravura following the cutscene where CJ and Cesar spied on C.R.A.S.H, Big Smoke and Ryder.
Hernandez can be seen peeing during the whole cutscene when in Whetstone.

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@@ Line 9: / Line 9: @@
 |location = [[Sweet's House]], [[Ganton]]
 |fail = [[Wasted]]<br>[[Busted]]<br>[[Sweet]] dies
+|reward = Access to [[Flint County]], [[Whetstone]], and [[San Fierro (3D Universe)|San Fierro]]<br>All Dressed Up for San Fierro [[Achievements in GTA San Andreas|achievement]]
-|reward = [[Flint County]] Access
 |unlocks = [[Badlands]]
 |unlockedby= [[Reuniting the Families]]
 }}
-{{quote|Damn [[Big Smoke|Smoke]]! [[C.R.A.S.H.]] makin' you sell [[Grove Street Families|us]] out?!| [[Carl Johnson]]}}
+{{quote|Shit Smoke! C.R.A.S.H. makin' you sell us out?!| [[Carl Johnson]]}}
 '''The Green Sabre''' is a mission in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], given to [[protagonist]] [[Carl Johnson]] by his brother [[Sean Johnson|Sweet]] from [[Sweet Johnson's House|his home]] in [[Ganton]], [[Los Santos (3D Universe)|Los Santos]], [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]].
 ==Mission==
-The three feuding families of the [[Grove Street Families]] have come together to due to Carl's efforts and Sweet decides to finally get back at the [[Ballas (3D Universe)|Ballas]]. Sweet also makes good with Carl and calls him his running dog. He then orders everyone to get heated, and meet him under the [[Mulholland Intersection]].
+The three feuding families of the [[Grove Street Families]] have come together due to Carl's efforts and Sweet decides to finally get back at the [[Ballas (3D Universe)|Ballas]]. Sweet also makes good with Carl and calls him his running dog. He then orders everyone to get heated, and meet him under the [[Mulholland Intersection]].
-Carl, however, is side-tracked on the way by a call from [[Cesar Vialpando]], who has some important news for him. At first, CJ explains he is too busy to meet but Cesar is insistent, so Carl heads to the meeting place under the freeway north of [[Verdant Bluffs]] to meet Cesar, who is inside a [[Bravura]] with tinted windows. Cesar and CJ look ahead, as some [[Ballas (3D Universe)|Ballas]] exit a garage, followed by [[Ryder]] and [[Big Smoke]], and finally [[Frank Tenpenny|Officer Frank Tenpenny]]. [[Eddie Pulaski|Officer Pulaski]] then reverses a car out of the garage, revealing the same [[Green Sabre (car)|green Sabre]] that was used in the drive-by in [[Grove Street (3D Universe)|Grove Street]] to kill [[Beverly Johnson|CJ's mother]].
+Carl, however, is side-tracked on the way by a call from [[Cesar Vialpando|Cesar]], who has some important news for him. At first, Carl explains he is too busy to meet but Cesar is insistent, so Carl heads to the meeting place under the freeway north of [[Verdant Bluffs]] to meet Cesar, who is inside a [[Bravura]] with tinted windows. Cesar and CJ look ahead, as some [[Ballas (3D Universe)|Ballas]] exit a garage, followed by [[Ryder]] and [[Big Smoke]], and finally [[Frank Tenpenny|Officer Frank Tenpenny]]. [[Eddie Pulaski|Officer Pulaski]] then reverses a car out of the garage, revealing the same [[Green Sabre (car)|green Sabre]] that was used in the drive-by in [[Grove Street (3D Universe)|Grove Street]] to kill [[Beverly Johnson|CJ's mother]].
-Suddenly, CJ remembers about Sweet. Carl realizes that Sweet and the rest of the [[Grove Street Families]] are walking into a trap. But first, he orders Cesar to get [[Kendl Johnson|Kendl]] to a safe place. CJ races over to the underside of the Mulholland Intersection before Sweet and the [[Grove Street Families in 3D Universe|gangstas]] are killed.
+Suddenly, CJ remembers about Sweet and realizes that Sweet and the rest of the [[Grove Street Families]] are walking into a trap. But first, he orders Cesar to get [[Kendl Johnson|Kendl]] to a safe place. CJ races over to the underside of the Mulholland Intersection before Sweet and the gangstas are killed.
-Upon arriving, Carl sees a deadly shootout taking place. CJ sees that his brother has taken a hit. Out of loyalty, CJ stays with his brother to hold off the Ballas hordes. Numerous Ballas members will come and shoot at Carl and the rest of the gang. Carl holds them off until the [[LSPD in 3D Universe|police]] arrive and Carl surrenders.
+Upon arriving, Carl sees a deadly shootout taking place. CJ sees that Sweet has taken a hit. Out of loyalty, CJ stays with his brother to hold off the Ballas hordes. Numerous Ballas members will come and shoot at Carl and the rest of the gang. Carl holds them off until the [[Los Santos Police Department (3D Universe)|police]] arrive. Carl is then forced to surrender.
 Once the cops arrive, Sweet is taken into a prison hospital, while Carl leaves with [[Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums|C.R.A.S.H.]] and heads for the countryside. Tenpenny explains what happened and what will happen. From now on, Carl will do what he wants him to do. His first task is to [[Badlands|eliminate a former cop]].
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 ==Tips==
-*Use your best weapons; there is no point in saving ammo, as C.R.A.S.H. will take all of Carl's weapons before leaving him in the countryside.
+*Use Carl's best weapons. There is no point in saving ammo, as C.R.A.S.H. will take all of Carl's weapons before leaving him in the countryside.
 ==Aftermath==
-After this mission the talk radio [[WCTR]] reports the events
+After this mission, [[West Coast Talk Radio]] reports the following events:
+*[[Richard Burns]] narrates a news report on the gang war between the [[Grove Street Families]] and the [[Ballas]] that happened under the [[Mulholland Intersection|intersection]] saying many senior Grove Street Families and Ballas gang members were killed, while others were incarcerated.
+*It is also reported that the bridges connecting [[Red County]] and [[Flint County]] have finally reopened, with many delays, following the [[San Andreas Earthquake|earthquake]] a few months ago. The governor has congratulated himself for the rebuilding of the bridges, even though he didn't help with any of the rebuilding of the bridges and even refused to give aid to rebuild them.
-* On [[WCTR]], [[Richard Burns]] makes a news report on the gang war between the [[Grove Street Families]] and the [[Ballas]] that happened under the [[Mulholland Intersection|intersection]] saying many senior Grove Street Families and Ballas gang members were killed, while others were incarcerated.
-*It is also reported that the bridges connecting [[Red County]] and [[Flint County]] are finally reopen with many delays following the deadly earthquake that happened a few months ago. The governor has congratulated himself for the rebuilding of the bridges (even though he didn't help with any of the rebuilding of the bridges and even refused to give aid to rebuild them too).
 ==Reward==
-There is no monetary reward for this mission, but the [[Badlands]] mission is unlocked. After the end mission cinematic, the player's weapons will be stripped. The player may now buy any safehouse in the countryside (to be specific, [[Red County]], [[Whetstone]] and [[Flint County]]), and the player may now save at the [[Angel Pine Save Point]]. Also, the player can now traverse the [[Whetstone]] and [[Flint County]] countryside and [[San Fierro]] without any police attention (however, safehouses are not yet available for purchase in San Fierro).
+There is no monetary reward for this mission, but the [[Badlands]] mission is unlocked. Following the mission, Carl will be stripped of his weapons. The player may now buy any safehouse in the countryside (to be specific, [[Red County]], [[Whetstone]] and [[Flint County]]), and save their game at the [[Angel Pine Save Point]]. Also, the player can now traverse the [[Whetstone]] and [[Flint County]] countryside and enter [[San Fierro (3D Universe)|San Fierro]] without any police attention, but cannot purchase any safehouses there.
-Contrary to Tenpenny's comments after letting Carl off in Angel Pine, there is no prohibition on returning to Los Santos, or even the Johnson safehouse, although there is no longer a Grove Street Families presence on Grove Street, and the cash point in front of the Johnson house no longer functions.  It is possible that this was intentional, as the player will return to Los Santos if he or she is busted or wasted (there is no police station or hospital in the countryside area).
+Contrary to Tenpenny's comments after letting Carl off in Angel Pine, there is no prohibition on returning to Los Santos, or even the Johnson safehouse, although there is no longer a Grove Street Families presence on Grove Street, and the cash point in front of the Johnson house no longer functions.  If CJ is wasted close enough to Los Santos he will respawn at a hospital in Los Santos.
 All other Los Santos-based activities, including dating [[Denise Robinson]], are still available (although Denise will not call Carl, and his progress with her will not be affected from not dating her, as long as Carl is not in Los Santos). The [[Roboi's Food Mart]] asset also still functions, if Carl has completed the first [[Courier Missions in GTA San Andreas|courier mission]].
 ==Trivia==
+*No "Mission Passed" message appears after the mission.
 * The song that is playing inside Sweet's house is "Fuck wit Dre Day" by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, a song that also can be heard on [[Radio Los Santos]].
-* During the opening cutscene, a gang member that resembles the late professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero can be seen. The Same gang member with the same design also appears in the opening cutscene of House Party serving as a DJ for OG Loc
+* During the opening cutscene, a gang member that resembles the late professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero can be seen. The same gang member with the same design also appears in the opening cutscenes of House Party serving as a DJ for OG Loc and of Los Sepulcros as one of several Gang Members Flanking Sweet and CJ.
 * The Sabre is green, even though it is used by the Ballas, whose color is purple. However, this was likely to avoid arousing suspicion in [[Ganton]] during the drive-by.
-* For some reason, despite the bridges between Los Santos/Red County and San Fierro/Flint County now being opened, NPC vehicles will not cross them until after the all the bridges in the state are opened after [[Yay-Ka-Boom-Boom]].
+* For some reason, despite the bridges between Los Santos/Red County and San Fierro/Flint County now being opened, NPC vehicles will not cross them until after all the bridges in the state are opened after [[Yay-Ka-Boom-Boom]].
-* After you proceed to the point where [[Sweet Johnson|Sweet]] and the gang is being pinned down, no NPC vehicles aside from gang vehicles and police cars will spawn.
 * The color of the Sabre is not accessible via [[Pay 'N' Spray]], indicating it is only used for mission purposes. However, the player can still spray the Sabre with the same color at [[Transfenders]].
-* If you "accidentally" kill Sweet just before reaching the checkpoint with your car, he will not appear in the cinematic, though the mission continues. And you'll see him dead during the whole mission.
+* If you accidentally kill Sweet just before reaching the checkpoint with your car, he will not appear in the cinematic, though the mission continues. And you'll see him dead during the whole mission.
+* The officers that show up during the cutscene after Carl kills all the Ballas point their pistols in a sideways manner usually attributed to gang members. This manner of pistol wielding is not only bad for accuracy and unprofessional but also unheard of in police training.
 * [[Eddie Pulaski|Pulaski's]] mouth doesn't move when he said "We need you to do a favor for us."
 * The [[camera]] Pulaski hands to Carl in the final cutscene is a different model to the one obtainable in the game.
-* After this mission, no more Families(Grove or otherwise) or Aztecas will spawn. This will last all the way up until the mission Home Coming.
+* After this mission, no more Families (Grove or otherwise) or Aztecas will spawn. This will last all the way up until the mission Home Coming.
 * During or after this mission, the player is not allowed to recruit any GSF members. Even after this mission is over, if the player uses "gang control" cheat, the GSF members will still decline the player recruit unless the player uses the cheat "everybody can be recruited" or complete [[Home Coming]].
+* The Bravura that Cesar used to spy on Ryder, Big Smoke and C.R.A.S.H. cannot be damaged or moved by the player, at least before getting inside that car. It is however possible to drive the Bravura following the cutscene where CJ and Cesar spied on C.R.A.S.H, Big Smoke and Ryder.
-* The Mission Completed screen will not appear.
+* Hernandez can be seen peeing during the whole cutscene when in Whetstone.
-* This is one of two missions in GTA SA to be named after cars, the other being [[Don Peyote]] (although the [[Peyote]] is not introduced until GTA IV).
-* The Bravura that Cesar used to spy on Ryder, Big Smoke and C.R.A.S.H. cannot be damaged or moved by the player. It is also impossible to carjack the same car after observing the previously mentioned characters, and Cesar will simply be sitting inside the Bravura.
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 ==Video walkthroughs==
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