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Type

MISSION

N.O.E.

Mike Toreno giving Carl Johnson his instructions at Verdant Meadows.

Appears in

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

For

Mike Toreno

Location

Verdant Meadows, Bone County, San Andreas

Mission Objectives

The plane is all loaded up and ready to go.
Above radar limit! (A sudden warning message appearing if the player flies the Rustler up to the radar limit, and the Visibility bar starts to rise)
Fly into the corona to trigger the drop.
Return to the airfield and land.
Bring the plane to a stop anywhere on the landing strip.

Conditions of mission failure

Wasted
Busted
Rustler destroyed or abandoned
Timer runs out

Rewards

$15,000

Missions

Unlocks

Stowaway

Unlocked by

Learning to Fly

Technical Information

Time of day

In-game time

“

We got a problem. I got some guys out in the field need some equipment. If they don't get it, they'll be dead by nightfall.

”

— Mike Toreno explaining the mission to Carl Johnson

N.O.E. is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas given to protagonist Carl Johnson by government agent Mike Toreno from the Verdant Meadows Airfield in Bone County, San Andreas.

Mission

Carl arrives at the airstrip. While he is waiting for Toreno, Toreno sneaks up behind Carl and grabs him in a chokehold. After Toreno lets Carl go and tells him to "wake up and smell the coffee", he explains that his agents are in trouble and they need some equipment delivered to them; the agents need the package by nightfall otherwise they will all be dead. Carl, after a little reluctance and confusion regarding the situation, proceeds to the task.

Carl gets in a Rustler with the package attached to the fuselage. Carl takes off, with Toreno reminding Carl stay under the radar so that he will not be detected. Carl flies across the state to Angel Pine. He releases the contraband at a drop-off point and makes his way back to Verdant Meadows, again while flying below the radar. Carl arrives at the airstrip, with Toreno congratulating him for a job well done.

Mission Objectives

In order to complete the mission the player must:

The plane is all loaded up and ready to go. Get in it
Fly to Angel Pine with the package. Stay below the radar, or you'll be chased by Hydras of the U.S. Air Force.
Fly into the corona to trigger the drop
Return to the airfield and land, but get below the radar
Bring the plane to a stop anywhere on the landing strip

Reward

The reward for completing the mission is $15,000 and the mission Stowaway is unlocked.

Transcript

While Carl Johnson is at the Verdant Meadows Airfield, Mike Toreno sneak attacks him and grabs his throat.

Toreno:

Got you again, Carl. You're half-asleep, I could have killed you in nine different ways. (lets go of CJ's throat) Wake up and smell the coffee.

CJ:

You need to lay off the coffee.

Toreno:

We got a problem. I got some guys out in the field need some equipment. If they don't get it, they'll be dead by nightfall.

CJ:

Then take it to them.

Toreno:

Me take it to them?

CJ:

Yeah, why not?

Toreno:

I got five guys watching me all the time. I got two in that hill, one over there and two by satellite. If I go, my guys and I will be dead. I don't have a death wish. I'm a man of peace, son.

CJ:

Yeah, clearly.

Toreno:

Take the plane. Now you're not ready yet, so stay low under the radar. Questions?

CJ:

Yeah, just one thing...

Toreno:

Get to it.

CJ:

Wait, hey, listen! Listen to me for once. Why won't these guys come after me?

Toreno:

Oh, they can't because they're all posted on me. One DEA, one FBI, a Russian, a Cuban double agent and my paymasters. Checks and balances. Nobody is watching anybody watching nobody. You know what I mean? Go.

CJ:

Whatever, man.

CJ gets into a nearby Rustler and takes off.

Toreno
(Voice only):

Hey Carl, you gotta stay nice and low on your approach or you'll pop up on the radar. Use the canyon as cover.

CJ:

You sure this thing is safe? I can see daylight through the floor.

Toreno
(Voice only):

Hey, in that thing you look like an enthusiast. The US Air Force is less likely to shoot you down.

CJ:

Cool. What's the problem, then?

Toreno
(Voice only):

I said less likely. If you did as many amphetamines as these guys do, you'd be lucky not to shoot anything that moves.

CJ:

Aw, shit.

Toreno
(Voice only):

Hey, just stay low and you'll be fine.

CJ flies towards Angel Pine to make a contraband drop while staying under the radar. If the Visibility bar is full, an additional dialogue plays.

Toreno
(Voice only):

Shit, you've been spotted!

CJ:

What that mean?

Toreno
(Voice only):

it means they'll send something in the area to go check you out! Watch your six!

CJ makes his way back to Verdant Meadows.

Toreno
(Voice only):

Nice going, Carl, really. You did good, kid.

Walkthrough

Video Walkthroughs

Trivia

N.O.E. stands for "Nap-of-the-earth", a type of very low-altitude flight course used by military aircraft to avoid enemy detection and attack in a high-threat environment. If Carl flies too high above the radar, Toreno may say, "Nap of the earth, Carl. Nap of the earth."
During the mission, Mike Toreno states "If you did as many amphetamines as [the U.S. Air Force] does, you'd be lucky not to shoot anything that moves." This is a reference to Dexedrine, an amphetamine administered to U.S. Air Force pilots as "go pills" during the Gulf War that was eventually blamed for a February 1991 friendly fire incident.
- It could also be a reference to the 2002 Tarnak Farm incident, for which Dexedrine was also blamed. While anachronistic for the game's setting by a decade, the incident would have been a relevant topic during its development.
The Hydras in this mission are piloted by civilians, the old man with dark glasses (model id 43 - HMORI), and not by the military.

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-|name=N.O.E.
+|name = N.O.E.
+|image = NOE-GTASA-Mission.png
-|game=SA
+|caption = [[Mike Toreno]] giving [[Carl Johnson]] his instructions at [[Verdant Meadows Airfield|Verdant Meadows]].
-|image=N.O.E.-GTASA.jpg
+|game           = {{games|SA=y}}
-|caption=[[Mike Toreno]] giving [[Carl Johnson]] his instructions at [[Verdant Meadows]]
+|type           = SA
-|for=[[Mike Toreno]]
+|for ={{For|game=SA|airyardToreno}}
-|location=[[Verdant Meadows]], [[Bone County]], [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]
+|location = [[Verdant Meadows Airfield|Verdant Meadows]], [[Bone County]], [[State of San Andreas (3D Universe)|San Andreas]]
-|reward= [[Money|$]]15,000
+|fail = [[Wasted]]<br>[[Busted]]<br>[[Rustler]] destroyed or abandoned<br>Timer runs out
-|unlocks=[[Stowaway]]
+|reward = [[Money|$]]15,000
-|unlockedby=[[Learning to Fly]]
+|unlocks = [[Stowaway]]
+|unlockedby = [[Learning to Fly]]
+|todo =
+*The '''<span style="color:#484576">plane</span>''' is all loaded up and ready to go.
+*Above radar limit! <small>(A sudden warning message appearing if the player flies the [[Rustler]] up to the radar limit, and the Visibility bar starts to rise)</small>
+*Fly into the '''<span style="color:#D1BC86">corona</span>''' to trigger the drop.
+*Return to the '''<span style="color:#D1BC86">airfield</span>''' and land.
+*Bring the plane to a stop anywhere on the '''<span style="color:#D1BC86">landing strip</span>'''.
 }}
+{{Quote|We got a problem. I got some guys out in the field need some equipment. If they don't get it, they'll be dead by nightfall.| Mike Toreno explaining the mission to Carl Johnson|sound=N.O.E.-GTASA-Quote.ogg}}
+'''N.O.E.''' is a mission in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' given to [[protagonist]] [[Carl Johnson]] by government agent [[Mike Toreno]] from the [[Verdant Meadows Airfield]] in [[Bone County]], [[State of San Andreas (3D Universe)|San Andreas]].
-{{Q|Carl, you gotta stay nice and low on your approce or you'll pop up on the radar. Use the canyon as cover.|Mike Toreno.}}
-'''N.O.E.''' is a mission in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]] given to [[protagonist]] [[Carl Johnson]] by government agent [[Mike Toreno]] from the [[Verdant Meadows|Verdant Meadows Aircraft Graveyard]] in [[Bone County]], [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]].
 ==Mission==
-Carl arrives at the airstrip. While he is there waiting calling out for Toreno, he sneaks up behind him, effectively getting Carl in a choke hold. After Toreno lets Carl go and tells him to "wake up and smell the coffee", he explains that his agents are in trouble and they need a package delivered to them; if they don't get it by the nightfall, they will all be dead. Carl, after a little reluctance and confusion as to things, proceeds to the task.
+Carl arrives at the airstrip. While he is waiting for Toreno, Toreno sneaks up behind Carl and grabs him in a chokehold. After Toreno lets Carl go and tells him to "wake up and smell the coffee", he explains that his agents are in trouble and they need some equipment delivered to them; the agents need the package by nightfall otherwise they will all be dead. Carl, after a little reluctance and confusion regarding the situation, proceeds to the task.
-Carl gets in a [[Rustler]] with the payload attached to the fuselage of the plane. Carl takes off, with Toreno reminding Carl stay under the radar so that he would not be spotted. He does so, and eventually arrives at [[Angel Pine]], halfway across the state, to drop off the package. He releases the contraband, and makes his way back to Verdant Meadows, again while flying below the radar. Carl arrives at the airstrip, with Toreno congratulating him for a job well done.
+Carl gets in a [[Rustler]] with the package attached to the fuselage. Carl takes off, with Toreno reminding Carl stay under the radar so that he will not be detected. Carl flies across the state to [[Angel Pine]]. He releases the contraband at a drop-off point and makes his way back to Verdant Meadows, again while flying below the radar. Carl arrives at the airstrip, with Toreno congratulating him for a job well done.
-==Mission objectives==
+==Mission Objectives==
 In order to complete the mission the player must:
 *The plane is all loaded up and ready to go. Get in it
-*Fly to Angel Pine with the package. Stay below the radar
+*Fly to Angel Pine with the package. Stay below the radar, or you'll be chased by [[Hydra]]s of the U.S. Air Force.
 *Fly into the corona to trigger the drop
-*Return to the airfield and land
+*Return to the airfield and land, but get below the radar
 *Bring the plane to a stop anywhere on the landing strip
-==Post mission phone call==
-'''Carl Johnson''': Hey.
-'''[[Catalina]]''': Tiny-balled idiota!
-'''Carl Johnson''': Catalina! Eh, I know it's you. What's eating you, baby?
-'''Catalina''': I don't love you no more!
-'''Carl Johnson''': Well hey, let's just... Hello?
 ==Reward==
-The reward for completing the mission is [[Money|$]]15,000. The mission [[Stowaway]] is unlocked.
+The reward for completing the mission is [[Money|$]]15,000 and the mission [[Stowaway]] is unlocked.
-==Notes==
+==Transcript==
+{{/Transcript}}
+==Walkthrough==
-* Although Toreno recommends following the canyons towards Angel Pine, this is a very difficult route for even expert fliers, since there is a high chance of either being located or colliding. An alternative is to fly north past the edge of land and fly over the water, following the coastline until [[Angel Pine]] is reached. Even though the route appears longer, it shouldn't take much more than 4 minutes to reach the turnaround point, leaving plenty of time to return to the airstrip by retracing the over-water route. However, one should avoid bumping into the high sails of boats and ships as well as staying low enough to avoid the radar but not sinking the plane to the water.
+<gallery position="center" spacing="small" widths="270px">
-* Another alternative is to fly south to [[Santa Maria]] beach then go right and follow the coastline from there into Angel Pine. After takeoff, fly south past Fort Carson (avoid flying past [[Area 69]] while passing the rock formations before reaching there), into Red County passing the FleischBerg Brewery in Blueberry Acres but be on the lookout for telephone poles as they can be slow to spawn and can cause the plane to explode or catch fire when hit (nonetheless there's clear space for low flying). After passing Red County you should pass into the Los Santos Inlet where Santa Maria Beach is located. Then keep flying to the right using the cliffsides as cover until you reach Angel Pine and fly the same way back.
+NOE-GTASA-SS1.png|[[Carl Johnson]] is at the [[Verdant Meadows Airfield|airfield]] when [[Mike Toreno]] sneaks up on him.
-* An easy way of dodging a missile is to do a back loop when a missile is close to you. When doing a back loop, the missile will follow you upwards, but will not have enough time to hit you and will miss. The drawback is that if you are relatively close to the ground, you might crash. Be careful doing this around hills and woods.
+NOE-GTASA-SS2.png|Toreno grabs CJ's neck and says he is half asleep...
+NOE-GTASA-SS3.png|...and that he could have killed him in many different ways.
-==Trivia==
+NOE-GTASA-SS4.png|Toreno releases CJ from his hold and tells him to smell the coffee.
-*If Carl gets spotted while flying over the radar, there will be at least one [[Hydra]] chasing him.
+NOE-GTASA-SS5.png|CJ retorts that Toreno needs to lay off the coffee instead.
-*If you shoot down an enemy Hydra in this mission with no stars wanted with a rocket launcher, you will get 2 wanted stars.
+NOE-GTASA-SS6.png|Toreno says they have a problem.
-*N.O.E. stands for "[[wp:Nap-of-the-earth|Nap-of-the-earth]]", a type of very low-altitude flight course used by military aircraft to avoid enemy detection and attack in a high-threat environment. When CJ flies too high above the radar, Toreno will say, "Nap of the earth, Carl. Nap of the earth."
+NOE-GTASA-SS7.png|He says some of his agents need equipment...
-*The Hydras in this mission are somewhat smarter than the regular Hydras you encounter when reaching a four star wanted level. This can be proven by flying into the woods in Back o Beyond and Angel Pine since the Hydras will fly around the trees and try to avoid colliding with objects rather than flying in circles or straight paths like the regular ones, though this does not mean that they will not collide with objects such as mountains when flying in circles. They will also sometimes launch 2 missiles simultaneously to make the mission harder.
+NOE-GTASA-SS8.png|...and if they don't receive it in time, they'll soon be dead.
-*The N.O.E tactics is flying too low and can't be used to avoid the military aircraft in free roam while in the plane or heilcopter and attained 4 wanted stars or more.
+NOE-GTASA-SS9.png|CJ tells Toreno to just deliver it to them, then.
+NOE-GTASA-SS10.png|Toreno says there are rival agents watching him at all times...
-== Gallery ==
+NOE-GTASA-SS11.png|...and points out their supposed locations.
-<gallery>
+NOE-GTASA-SS12.png|Toreno says if he does it, he and his agents will all be dead.
-N.O.E.-GTASA2.jpg|[[Carl Johnson]] flying the plane to [[Angel Pine]]
+NOE-GTASA-SS13.png|Toreno tells CJ to take the plane...
-N.O.E.-GTASA3.jpg|Carl Johnson about to arrive at the drop off point in [[Angel Pine]]
+NOE-GTASA-SS14.png|...and that he should stay under the radar as he is "not ready yet".
+NOE-GTASA-SS15.png|As CJ is about to ask something, Toreno shuts him up...
+NOE-GTASA-SS16.png|...but CJ stands up for himself and tells Toreno to listen to him for once...
+NOE-GTASA-SS17.png|...and so he asks why the rival agents wouldn't come after him.
+NOE-GTASA-SS18.png|Toreno says they won't come after CJ as they are all focused on Toreno...
+NOE-GTASA-SS19.png|...and continues explaining the situation, after which he asks CJ if he understands.
+NOE-GTASA-SS20.png|CJ does not care about the details and leaves.
+NOE-GTASA-SS21.png|CJ must get in the [[Rustler|plane]] which is all loaded up.
+NOE-GTASA-SS22.png|After CJ gets in, Toreno speaks to him through the microphone.
+NOE-GTASA-SS23.png|He warns CJ to stay below the radar, otherwise he will be seen...
+NOE-GTASA-SS24.png|...and tells him to use the canyon as cover.
+NOE-GTASA-SS25.png|CJ asks if the plane is safe.
+NOE-GTASA-SS26.png|Toreno says CJ looks like an enthusiast in the plane...
+NOE-GTASA-SS27.png|...Therefore, the US Air Force is less likely to shoot him down.
+NOE-GTASA-SS28.png|CJ asks what the problem is, then.
+NOE-GTASA-SS29.png|Toreno emphasises that they are "less likely" to do so.
+NOE-GTASA-SS30.png|But reassures him everything will be fine if he just stays low.
+NOE-GTASA-SS31.png|CJ flying to [[Angel Pine]] while staying below the radar.
+NOE-GTASA-SS32.png|Arriving at Angel Pine.
+NOE-GTASA-SS33.png|CJ must fly into the corona to deliver the package.
+NOE-GTASA-SS34.png|After delivering, CJ must return to the airfield.
+NOE-GTASA-SS35.png|On the way back to the airfield.
+NOE-GTASA-SS36.png|After arriving, CJ must land the plane.
+NOE-GTASA-SS37.png|Plane landed.
+NOE-GTASA-SS38.png|Toreno congratulates CJ.
+NOE-GTASA-SS39.png|Mission passed!
 </gallery>
-==Video walkthroughs==
+===Video Walkthroughs===
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+==Trivia==
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+*N.O.E. stands for "{{WP|Nap-of-the-earth}}", a type of very low-altitude flight course used by military aircraft to avoid enemy detection and attack in a high-threat environment. If Carl flies too high above the radar, Toreno may say, ''"Nap of the earth, Carl. Nap of the earth."''
+*During the mission, Mike Toreno states "''If you did as many amphetamines as [the U.S. Air Force] does, you'd be lucky not to shoot anything that moves''." This is a reference to {{WP|Dextroamphetamine|Dexedrine}}, an amphetamine administered to U.S. Air Force pilots as "go pills" during the {{WP|Gulf War}} that was eventually blamed for a February 1991 friendly fire incident.
+**It could also be a reference to the {{WP|Tarnak Farm incident|2002 Tarnak Farm incident}}, for which Dexedrine was also blamed. While anachronistic for the game's setting by a decade, the incident would have been a relevant topic during its development.
+*The Hydras in this mission are piloted by civilians, the old man with dark glasses (model id 43 - HMORI), and not by the military.
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