Picking a Fight

"Picking a Fight" is the preantepenultimate mission in Saints Row 2.
==Overview==
Ultor's special forces unit, the Masako, ambush Playa inside the Club Koi nightclub.
After escaping, Playa receives a phone call from Johnny Gat, who is also being besieged by the Masako. He advises Playa to go find Pierce and Shaundi, who are most likely also being attacked. Playa finds the pair – who are indeed being attacked by the Masako as well – and saves them. Back at the Saints Hideout, after examining the dead body of a Masako soldier, Playa learns of The Pyramid, and sends both Pierce and Shaundi to find out as much as they can on it.
===Story===
==Gameplay==
This mission becomes available after finishing all gang story arcs and watching the "An Amazing Quarter" cutscene. After the Masako attack Playa, the mission starts in Club Koi, with level 2 police notoriety.
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Stand up from behind the counter and kill the Masako inside the building. Downstairs, either exit can be used, as more Masako are waiting outside at either point. After exiting, Johnny Gat calls and instructs Playa to rescue Pierce and Shaundi, who Gat surmises are also being attacked by the Masako.
There are no required kills, so it is possible to simply run towards the exit ignoring all enemies inside and outside. While this strategy is risky, this avoid adding additional police Notoriety, which makes the escape much easier.
After exiting the nightclub, there are two types of vehicles nearby: Five-Os and Bears. Although the Bear's heavy armor and Mounted .50 cal is advantageous, the Five-O is a better vehicle for this mission due to its sheer speed.
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Either can be saved first, but the GPS automatically points towards the closest, which is Pierce.
Throughout the mission, a Tornado may spawn while travelling to Pierce or Shaundi if at level 4 or 5 police Notoriety. When playing a patched game, the Tornado may fire missiles which are one-hit kills; while the Bear can withstand multiple missiles, the Five-O instead gives a much more valuable speed boost to avoid missiles.
==Rewards==
==Trivia==
* Although this mission first shows the Masako as enemies during gameplay inside a mission, they are first introduced during the The Brotherhood story arc in the mission "Jail Bait", where they protected Dane Vogel from Maero at the Phillips Building; at the time, Maero noted how they "[looked] more like a private army" than security guards.
* The Club Koi nightclub featured in the opening of this mission was originally the Raykins Hotel, a brothel owned by Tanya Winters which Playa attacked in the mission "Always Use Protection" in Saints Row.
* The Voyage which kidnaps Shaundi is a unique "Goon" variant with a "MASAKO" license plate which is only used in this mission, and is obtainable by rescuing Shaundi first and exiting the mission while inside the vehicle.
* After the mission is completed, all police officers, FBI agents and Ultor security guards are able to perform drive-by. However, they lose this ability if the game is reloaded.
** It is also possible to trigger this bug by replaying the mission via Newspaper Clipboard.
* The Five-Os used by the Masako which accompany the Voyage do not allow NPCs to exit the vehicle, which means it is possible to steal one with a Masako in the passenger seat. After doing this, the Masako passenger constantly attempts to shoot Playa. If a Homie gets into one of the Masako Five-Os, they are also unable to exit the vehicle.
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