The Paleto Score is a mission in Grand Theft Auto V. It is the fourth heist mission in the game that protagonists Michael De Santa, Trevor Philips, and Franklin Clinton pull off.
Plot
The crew drives to Paleto Bay, where they drop, and then to the bank entrance. They get out of the van and inside the bank. Inside, Trevor will shoot out the camera, causing the alarm to go off.
Trevor and Michael handle crowd control while the gunman welds the safe deposit box room's door open with a blowtorch. Michael kicks the door open after it has been weakened. However, Trevor sees cops outside, talking about killing the alarm guy. He fires a warning shot and shouts: "We got hostages!". Then, the officers take cover behind their cruiser and tell dispatch that the 2-11 (armed robbery) is confirmed and they need everything they have.
Michael, Trevor, and the gunman all convene in the safe deposit box room and collect the money. Police have now swarmed and surrounded the bank entrance. With all guns trained the on the doors, the three men emerge and now don heavy body armor (acquired from the military convoy). Trevor brings out a minigun, scaring and shocking the police. They take out the cops, including a helicopter, which crashes into a motel. The crew heads through the remains of it, and into the backyards of a few houses. After escaping past the houses NOOSE now appear, and the crew makes its way down the street, and into eventually into a construction yard. If a bad gunman was chosen, he will be crushed by a police vehicle at this point. The Military shows up, bringing a few tanks and many soldiers. A Cargobob will appear, flying a Rhino past them.
Franklin, still in charge of the getaway after the original plan (him waiting in a boat in the bay collecting the money and then escaping) is botched, finds and drives a digger, and makes his way to the others. Once there, the gunman (if he survived), will hold off the authorities, while Michael and Trevor escape in the bucket of the digger. Franklin drives to the chicken factory, where they enter. Eventually, they get to the railway platform, and hold off one last wave of soldiers, while the gunman slips out of Paleto Bay on his own, later contacting Lester for his cut. A train arrives at the factory, and the remaining three jump on and escape.
Nightfall comes and the player leave the train when after arriving in Sandy Shores. Agent Sanchez soon approaches the players, takes the money, gives each a $444,206 cut, and leaves. Michael says to split up, as the authorities will be looking for a group of three. Trevor and Franklin drive off in a utility truc, leaving Michael by himself.
Crew
The following characters are available to complete Michael, Trevor and Franklin's crew.
Gunman
- Gustavo Mota
- Chef
- Daryl Johns (will die if chosen, adding casualty expenses)
- Norm Richards (will die if chosen, adding casualty expenses)
- Patrick McReary (Requires that you've completed his Random Encounter beforehand)
Gold Medal Objectives
- Let it Rain - Fire over 4000 bullets.
- Accuracy - Finish with a shooting accuracy of at least 50%
- Time - Complete within 16:00.
- Collateral Damage - Cause $1,000,000 damage in Paleto Bay.
Trivia
- The brazen takeover of the bank, heavy suits of body armor worn by the crew, and the large shootout with police is reminiscent of the 1997 North Hollywood bank robbery with the exception of the crew managing to actually pull off the score. It's possible the in-game heist was inspired by this event.
- One of the robbers in the North Hollywood bank robbery had the same last name as Trevor.
- Michael remarks during the mission that the suits of armor they are wearing weigh over 50 pounds. This also may be a reference to the aramid body armor worn by the perpatrators in the North Hollywood bank robbery.
- If you chose Packie to be a gunman on this heist, he will mention Niko, Derrick, Michael, and the events of Three Leaf Clover from GTA IV. He may also mention it again right before the first NOOSE team shows up.
- Also, in Packie's telling of the events of Three Leaf Clover, when mentioning Derrick, he will say "God rest his soul". Which means one of two things: either Derrick is canonically killed in Blood Brothers or Derrick died sometime between the events of GTA IV and GTA V, as it is unknown whether Francis is alive or dead during GTA V
- During the drive to the bank, Trevor asks everyone what their first bank job was like. Michael reveals that his first job was at a bank on the outskirts of Carcer City in 1988, making him the first GTA protagonist to ever been in or near Carcer City, as well as the first to mention it. Trevor's first was a cheques cashed place, and revealed he was inside for four months. Franklin reluctantly says he was a driver for Lamar and is embarresed because a dye pack went off, which he is teased about by Trevor.
- If you visit Paleto Bay after you've done the mission, you will see the wreckage of the helicopter that crashed and the destroyed building. The building will still be burning. It is also possible to visit the burning helicopter in Paleto Bay before you've even played this mission, though it is thought to be a glitch.
- In reality, a tank would be far too heavy for a helicopter to carry.
- It is not explicitly explained why the military responds to the robbery. The characters theorize the police payed them off, but this is unlikely. It is most likely due to the fact the characters are using stolen military-grade equipment to pull off the heist.
- At the end of this mission, Trevor tells Andreas Sanchez: "You got to be careful buddy, because they're looking around these trains for illegals, and if you're mistaken 'pow, pow!'; you'll be shot amigo." This is most likely either referencing the Civil Border Patrol, as they are trying to rid Blaine County of people of Mexican decent, or plainly the police, as they may be searching the train lines for the three of them.