Best Laid Plans...

"Best Laid Plans..." is the fifth mission of the Vice Kings story arc in Saints Row.
==Overview==
At the church, Playa and Johnny Gat prepare for an assault on the Abandoned Police Station which is being used as a hideout for Tanya Winters. Gat selects a VICE 9, Tombstone and a switchblade to take and he and Playa make their way to meet the 3rd Street Saints outside the old station.
The Vice Kings try to defend the station but are quickly overwhelmed by the Saints, and Tanya is forced to withdraw further and further into the building. Johnny and Playa seemingly corner and confront Tanya, only to be ambushed by Anthony Green, who strikes Playa in the back of the head and shoots Gat in the leg with a shotgun. Gat retaliates by stabbing Green in the leg with a switchblade, giving Playa time to escape by diving out of a nearby window. Green calls Benjamin King to say they've caught Johnny Gat. Warren Williams wants to gather a crew and attack Saint's Row but is sternly talked down by King, who states that his time will come eventually, but right now the Vice Kings have the 3rd Street Saints exactly where they want them.
===Story===
==Gameplay==
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The route to the Abandoned Police Station is automatically marked on the GPS. Johnny's Venom is parked outside the church, although any vehicle can be used.
After arriving at the police station with Johnny Gat, there are several Saints outside with Hammerheads, facing off against 4 Vice Kings on the steps of the building.
When the Vice Kings see Playa, 1 level of Vice Kings Notoriety is added, but this can be avoid by staying in the car and not approaching.
Police Notoriety can be gained, but cannot go above 2.
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When the door to the police station is opened, Tanya tells her men to kill the Saints and flees further into the building. If Notoriety has not already been acquired, it is raised to level 1.
The real objective is simply "follow Tanya". Tanya herself cannot be damaged, so it's futile to shoot her.
Inside is a series of rooms containing at least 2 Vice Kings in each room, mostly armed with VICE 9s. There are 12 Vice Kings on the ground floor. Tanya is waiting inside the stairwell, and flees upwards, but there are also stair down to the holding cells in the basement, where there is a Tombstone in the office. There are 3 Vice Kings downstairs, 7 upstairs, and one who appears from behind.
If more than one follower has been unlocked, the 3rd Street Saints outside the station make for excellent Homies along with Gat. None of the Vice Kings are required kills, so it's possible to sprint through the building following Tanya; the cutscene immediately plays after reaching the room on the second floor of the building, even if Tanya hasn't reached it yet.
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The gameplay portion after the cutscene is named "Pulling Out", but this name is not displayed in game.
Vice Kings Notoriety is locked at 2.5 and Stilwater Police Department Notoriety is raised to 3.5, but is not locked and can drop normally. Police Notoriety can now go up to 5.
Any other Homies that were recruited before the cutscene are still present.
There is a incoming phone call from Julius Little, and the objective does not change until it is answered.
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A beater Slingshot is parked at the side of the building next to Playa, and the Hammerheads are still out the front, along with whichever vehicle was driven to the police station.
The mission can be failed by getting smoked or busted, abandoning Gat, or Gat getting smoked.
==Rewards==
==Trivia==
* Tanya Winters is invincible during gameplay; do not bother wasting ammo trying to shoot her as she runs through the police station.
** She is, however, not invulnerable to the effects of explosions; while they don't damage her, they send her flying through the air helplessly.
*The Cash reward for this mission is less than the previous mission.
*Johnny's Venom can be obtained by exiting the mission at any time, or by using it to drive back to the church.
*It is possible to reach the Abandoned Police Station before Gat finishes his driving lines.
*As well as the Tombstone in the holding cell office, there is a T3K Urban inside one of the locked holding cells.
*Although cutscene shows an open window, all of the windows are all bricked up from the outside, and the window is closed from the inside.
==Transcript==
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