Air Steelport

"Air Steelport" is a mission in Saints Row: The Third.
==Overview==
Playa calls Kinzie to ask if she has picked up any new intel on STAG; STAG are flying in new gear and troops with an air convoy. Playa asks Kinzie to call Viola DeWynter and request Phillipe Loren's private Gawalek A36, which is now in her possession, urgently. Once in the air, Playa jumps from the jet towards one of the incoming STAG planes. After missing the cockpit window, Playa grabs the only hatch on top of the plane and enters it from above.
Inside the plane, Playa, after looking through a couple of weapon crates, finds a weapon called the Sonic Boom. While trying to gain access to the cockpit, Playa uses the weapon on the locked door, which results in the entire destruction of the cockpit. Playa is forced to flee the plane but, seeing no parachutes, hijacks a Crusader in the cargo area and takes it downward.
During the plummet, Playa fights off waves of STAG enemies from their tank, including Commandos armed with Annihilator RPGs, other Crusaders, and F-69 VTOLs. Playa crashes down onto Arapice Island, but all the debris and corpses that resulted from the plane's destruction and the ensuing battle also land on the island, destroying some containers stored at the Ultor Chemical and Waste Disposal Plant. As the streets quickly fill with a green smog, the dead begin to rise as Zombies, and Playa drives the Crusader away.
==Gameplay==
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Aboard the Gawalek A36 cargo plane, head immediately forwards and attempt to kick open the door.
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Turn around and head into the cargo area; there are three weapon crates in here and the one at the back contains the Sonic Boom needed to get past the door.
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The cargo bay is protected by STAG Commandos, who are incredibly resistant to damage and have a lot of health. Be patient in taking them down. Like the Cyber Buster, the Sonic Boom can (and must) be charged; it can kill these troublesome Commandos in one hit and, despite what the player might initially think, it has a surprising range to it.
With the Sonic Boom, head back to the door, blast it open with the weapon, and then head to the cockpit after dealing with the Commandos along the way.
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Using the Sonic Boom on the locked door destroys the cockpit, and there is one minute to go back to the cargo area and get in the Crusader tank.
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There is not a lot of time here, so ignore and run past the Commandos.
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Once inside the Crusader, the final part of this mission has the player plummeting down towards Steelport whilst under fire from STAG. Deal with the constant threat as best as possible and, after being struck by the second F-69 VTOL, the Crusader catches fire.
Not long after, the player must bail out towards another incoming plane.
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After that spontaneous plan goes awry, fall towards and get inside the new Crusader to complete this relatively short mission.
==Rewards==
==Newscast==
==Trivia==
* After the completion of this mission, all bridges into Arapice Island are raised and the island overrun with zombies that attack any human in sight. As with the raised bridges into Downtown, all of the bridges are Stunt Jumps.
* When Playa bails out of the cargo plane in the Crusader tank, the music that plays until the ending cutscene is "Just For Today" by Hybrid.
* There are enough STAG Commandos in this level to complete the "Kill STAG Commandos" Challenge (25 must be killed).
* The final part of the mission features a tank plummeting towards Steelport with Playa inside, which is very similar to the 2010 film .
** While falling, Female Voice 3 says, "I love it when a plan comes together", a further reference to The A-Team.
* During the falling segment, the VTOLs will trigger even if you don't kill any enemies.
* If the player shoots the doors before acquiring the Sonic Boom, the "Cockpit Door" dialogue will repeat.
* Air Steelport the only non-activity non-cutscene mission where the character pictured in the Cellphone is not present in either the mission or cutscenes.
==Transcript==
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