The Fundamentals

"The Fundamentals" is the fourth mission in Saints Row IV.
==Overview==
After being placed in Virtual Steelport, Kinzie Kensington patches her up in the audio system to stay in touch with Playa to help latter escape the simulation and get back to Earth.
Playa buys a gun from Friendly Fire only to be found by the ZPD. They kill dispatched officers and destroy a Flashpoint before fleeing to Kinzie's "Inner Sanctum".
==Gameplay==
This mission automatically starts upon completing A Pleasant Day. It is not possible to exit this mission, only to restart it.
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As soon as the mission starts, get in a nearby Solar or any other vehicle.
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Open the HUB.
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Open the Map menu.
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Set a waypoint to Salander Friendly Fire.
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Close the menu.
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Drive to Friendly Fire.
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Enter the building.
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Open the store menu.
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Purchase any of 3 available weapons in the store: the Heavy Pistol, the Heavy SMG and the Pump-Action Shotgun.
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Purchase any upgrade for any of the weapons.
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Leave the store.
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Three ZPD units arrive and attack, leaving the area without killing them fails the mission.
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Go to Flashpoint in west Brickston.
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Kill all Zin soldiers there to take over the Flashpoint.
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Go to Kinzie's Warehouse to complete the mission.
==Rewards==
==Trivia==
* It is impossible to access the HUB before Kinzie says to do so, although it was available during the previous 3 missions.
* It is impossible to open the door to the target Friendly Fire store before setting the GPS, although other locations can be entered.
* Although the GPS route takes Playa right past another Friendly Fire, which can be entered and shopped at, in order for the mission to continue only the designated store may be used.
* It is not possible to pick up dropped weapons before completing the "Go Shopping" objective
* While shopping at Friendly Fire during this mission, Playa is invincible.
* After reaching Friendly Fire and triggering the "Go Shopping" objective, it is possible to buy a gun at a different Friendly Fire to trigger the next part of the mission, and instantly fail it due to leaving the area.
** Any weapon already equipped is removed upon accessing Friendly Fire during the "Go Shopping" objective.
** While shopping as part of the mission, the "Access Gateway Weapons" option is missing, and the Quickshot Pistol and Rapid-Fire SMG are temporarily unavailable, although they are available at other times during the mission.
* During this mission, the Vehicle Customization prompt does not appear when driving a Vehicle into Rim Jobs, but it is possible to repair a damaged vehicle, which automatically adds it to the Garage, and it is then possible to enter Vehicle Customization from the Rim Jobs menu.
* Playa asks Kinzie about "changing out of these ridiculous clothes" regardless of whether the clothes have already been changed.
* The objective "Set GPS at "Friendly Fire" is fulfilled when any waypoint is set.
* Before completing the "Go Shopping" objective, it is impossible to gain any Notoriety.
* The mission shares similarities with "We're Going to Need Guns" from Saints Row: The Third: both missions require stealing a car (Neuron in Saints Row: The Third and any vehicle in Saints Row IV), use Cellphone/HUB, go and purchase weapons at Friendly Fire and fight different enemies (SNG in Saints Row: The Third and the ZPD with the Zin in Saints Row IV).
* Completing this mission leaves Playa free to explore.
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