I'm Free - Free Falling

"I'm Free - Free Falling" is the second mission in Saints Row: The Third.
==Overview==
After failing to rob the Stilwater 1st National Bank, Playa, Shaundi, and Johnny Gat find themselves incarcerated. Gat reflects on Josh Birk's words and laments what the 3rd Street Saints have become. Two women and some Morningstar gang members then show up and escort the three to Phillipe Loren's Gawalek A36 in the skies above Steelport.
Loren introduces himself and then his Lieutenants as Viola and Kiki DeWynter. He reveals the bank belonged to The Syndicate and gives the Saints a chance to "leverage [their] assets against [their] lives", allowing the gang to continue their operations in Stilwater by giving The Syndicate 66% of their monthly gross revenue. Johnny Gat instantly refuses the offer and escapes his bindings by using his weight to force himself and his chair into his executioner. Gat and Loren get into a minor fight in which Gat is stabbed and Loren's face is smashed into a window, the plane and forcing Loren to withdraw with the DeWynter sisters.
Gat helps Playa and Shaundi out of their bindings and the three split up, with Gat planning to take control of the plane and bring it back to Stilwater while Playa and Shaundi fight their way to the back of the plane and steal parachutes. However, once the pair accomplish this, they lose contact with Gat over the intercom, who is cut off over the sound of gunshots and killed. Escaping the plane, Playa and Shaundi are left alone in the skies above Steelport, helplessly parachuting down towards the city below.
In a meeting with other leading members of The Syndicate, Phillipe Loren has Matt Miller hack into the Saints' account and steal all their money; Playa then unsuccessfully attempts to withdraw $1,000,000 in cash from an ATM.
==Gameplay==
This mission automatically starts upon completing Player Customization after When Good Heists Go Bad. It is not possible to exit this mission, only to restart it.
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Head through the plane and dispatch of the immediate enemies with either light or heavy melee attacks. Using heavy attacks triggers a in which players can input button prompts, but this only increases the Respect awarded after killing the enemy.
In the first room, there are 3 marked enemies, followed by 2 more who enter through the door. Once these 5 unarmed enemies are killed, a single Morningstar member armed with a 45 Shepherd enters. Once killed, this single 45 Shepherd arms both Playa and Shaundi. Shaundi can kill all 6 of these marked enemies.
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Once in the cargo hold, there are many enemies with guns, but none of them are marked.
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It is not necessary to kill any enemies inside the plane, all that is necessary is to reach the marker.
;Checkpoint
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Once Gat is killed off-screen, the 45 Shepherd is replaced by a TEK Z-10 SMG with infinite ammo.
While diving towards Shaundi, a Morningstar member grabs Playa from behind, and there is a prompt for a , which is not required and cannot be failed.
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During the skydiving portion, there are 16 marked enemies in total. It is possible to kill all of these enemies indirectly by shooting at the falling cars, causing them to explode.
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Catch Shaundi and dialogue plays explaining Playa's plan to shoot the windshield of the plane and jump through.
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Shoot the windshield of the plane, and a short cutscene shows Playa falling through the plane and obtaining a parachute.
;Checkpoint
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Kill 2 final waves of enemies.
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While diving towards Shaundi, a Morningstar member grabs Playa from behind, and there is a prompt for a , which is not required and cannot be failed. Even if no button is pushed, Playa kills this gang member and it is counted as a gang kill, which is the first mandatory recorded kill in the game.
Catch Shaundi to end the mission.
;Failure
The mission can be failed during the "Shoot the Windshield" objective, although there is no custom failure message, or otherwise getting Smoked, which may occur during the Skydiving section when there are many enemies firing at once. Playa takes small amounts damage when hitting debris or vehicles and should be avoided if low on health.
It is not possible for Shaundi to be killed during this mission.
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==Trivia==
* The mission was first revealed in the Freefalling Trailer, which debuted during 2011.
* The name of this mission is a reference to the song by Tom Petty, which contains the lyrics "And I'm free, free fallin'".
* The plane resembles an .
* The name Gawalek A36 appears on the left side of the plane, just below the cockpit windows.
* Several vehicles are inside the plane, including Decker Kayaks, Luchadore Criminals and Morningstar Infuegos. Collectibles such as sex dolls are in the cargo bay.
* The song that Johnny Gat plays when he gets control of the plane is We're Leaving Today by Paul Louis Reeves.
* The phrase Loren speaks over the intercom in French is "Ah, putain de merde! Ouvrez-moi cette porte! Je veux sa tête!", which translates to "Oh, holy shit! Open this door for me! I want his head!"
* Although Playa falls through the cockpit, neither Phillipe Loren, Johnny Gat, or any other pilot are there.
* The first skydiving section does not take place above Steelport itself, but above a static image of the city in which the perspective of the buildings does not change. After falling through the plane, the next skydiving section takes place above the city itself.
* If the player doesn't shoot out the windshield of the plane, both Playa and the plane fall awkwardly out of the sky before the mission fails.
* This mission is almost identical to a mission in the game , that features Playa free falling after escaping a plane while fighting off criminals in mid-air and attempting to grab a parachute by one of them.
* It is possible to jump out of the plane without triggering the next scene, by using cheats to obtain the Sonic Boom and opening the door to the cargo bay. After doing this, the rear hatch does not immediately open, but opens after firing the Sonic Boom at the already-open door several times. After jumping out of the plane, it soon vanishes and Playa falls south-west of Yearwood, near the location of the second skydiving section. The player must steer in any direction, or Playa gets caught in an infinite fall in the section used for the second skydiving section. Once out of the area used in the mission, Steelport becomes visible, and it is possible to explore the city; there are no pedestrians or traffic, although parked cars and Gang Operations remain. After obtaining an aircraft, it is possible to observe the falling boxes and vehicles used in the mission.
*Even if the 45 Shepherd is deliberately avoided, it is automatically added to the inventory upon completion of the mission.
* This mission is revisited in Saints Row IV during the missions "De Plane Boss" and "Welcome Back".
* Kiki and Viola mention this mission during the Rally The Twins quest in Saints Row: Gat out of Hell.
* After Player Customization, before the mission begins, there is a split second where Playa is standing in New Baranec.
* Destroying vehicles during the sky-diving portion of the mission does count towards the "Vehicles Destroyed" Statistic, despite the fact that the vehicles explode with one shot.
* If the game is saved during the parachute sequence, loading it results in Playa wearing a parachute during the opening cutscene and in gameplay.
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