Federal Investigation Bureau

For the Law Agency in the 3D Era, see Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Template:LawOrganisation Info The Federal Investigation Bureau (FIB) in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto V is a Law Enforcement Agency. It is based on the real-life FBI.

Overview

GTA IV - GTA: CW

In GTA IV, the agency is known as the Federal Investigation Bureau (FIB), presumably to avoid conflict with the real FBI. The name is also a play on words, since fib is a synonym of lie.

As the wanted level system changed in GTA IV, they now appear at four stars, sometimes along with the NOOSE to assist the LCPD, and more heavily at five and six, and will expertly drive and doggedly follow the player. They now drive FIB Buffaloes with four agents to a car and will either shoot at the player out their windows or try to spin the player out if the player is in a car. FIB Agents with their SMGs can make short work of a player's getaway vehicle if he doesn't outrun or take out the FIB Buffalo(es) quickly. They are equipped with half or full armor. On foot, agents are typically armed with Carbine Rifles, although some agents carry Pump Shotguns and SMGs instead. Additionally in The Ballad of Gay Tony, agents carry the Automatic Shotgun and the Assault SMG. FIB agents are highly accurate, landing more shots than the NOOSE Tactical Response Unit Officers ; meaning that if a player stops moving while being chased by them, they will be quickly cut down. However, FIB Agents are more susceptible to return fire, making them more likely to drop their weapons when shot.

Unlike the LCPD and NOOSE, both of which employ young to middle-aged Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic officers, the FIB is solely employed by late middle-aged Caucasian men. They use different types of uniforms ; some FIB Agents wear random clothes with navy blue jacket with "FIB" printed in black letters on their backs with an eagle design. Other FIB Agents wear random clothes with their distinctive blue track jackets with "FIB" printed in black letters on the back and on sleeves. Other FIB Agents wear black suit pants with a white shirt and a black combat vest and a badge around their neck reading "FIB". All FIB Agents carry their FIB badges on the neck. In GTA IV, when the player reaches a certain level, they unlock an "FIB" hat for their multiplayer avatar.

In the TLAD missions Bad Cop Drop, Politics, and Off Route and in the TBoGT mission Going Deep, the FIB Agents employed are of African American, Caucasian and Asian descent, and wear different apparel, such as suits and ties, overcoats, blue FIB track coats, and others who wear a tactical vest with the letters "FIB" printed in yellow on the front and the back.

In GTA: Chinatown Wars, the agency is also named FIB. FIB agents wear a grey outfit. After gaining 4 stars wanted level, the FIB will be dispatched to the area. Instead of driving FIB Buffaloes, they instead drive black FIB Ranchers (similar to a Cavalcade with modified headlights and grilles). Due to the fact that law enforcement vehicles don't usually skillfully chase the player, or even follow at all at high speeds, the FIB can be easily evaded due to their slow FIB Ranchers. However, unless the player gets rid of the wanted stars, there will be just more FIB Ranchers spawning in front after they're evaded.

On foot, agents carry Micro SMGs (same weapon as NOOSE in GTA Chinatown Wars). The Agents attack the player similar ways as NOOSE Tactical Response Unit Officers does, except with more gun fire.

GTA V

The FIB headquarters in Grand Theft Auto V is in a high rise office tower located in Downtown, Los Santos and they will be involved in some missions.

One of the protagonists, Michael, went to the FIB's witness protection program after a life of crime, to which he is drawn back into as shown in the first trailer, the screenshots and artworks for GTA V.

Transport and Agents

Transport

An FIB Buffalo in GTA IV.

An FIB Cavalcade in GTA Chinatown Wars.

An FIB Rancher in GTA Chinatown Wars with standard red and blue emergency lights on the dashboard.

LC Agents

Agents with Jackets

Agents with Vests

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Bomb Defusers^EFLC

Various Agents^EFLC

Agents with dark Coats^EFLC

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Agent in GTA Chinatown wars.

Headquarters

Downtown, Los Santos, San Andreas

The agency's headquarters are in Los Santos, San Andreas. Their headquarters are located in the same building complex as the IAA.

Employees and Associates

The Contact (possibly) - Unknown

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Contact's identity is never confirmed, but it's rumoured that he is either working for the FIB or the CIA^{(IAA in GTA V)}. During the mission Dust Off, the men who will retrieve the Maverick from Niko are actually FIB agents. On the other side, in the game's files, The Contact's missions are called _cia.

Michael - Witness Protection Program

Before the events of Grand Theft Auto V, Michael retired from his life of crime after making a deal with the FIB. He and his family got rich off of the deal, and now live in a large mansion in Los Santos.

Trivia

• In Grand Theft Auto IV, some of the characters, particularly those in the Pegorino Family strand of missions, usually refer to the FIB as the "Feds", a general slang term for the FBI (or FIB in this case).
• On being asked by Niko at their introduction if U.L. Paper is actually FIB, the contact replies sarcastically asking if he looks like a homosexual, which might be a reference to the semi-confirmed homosexuality allegations of the FBI's first and longest serving director J. Edgar Hoover.

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