The FIB/Merryweather War

The FIB/Merryweather War was a fictional event that took place across the Los Santos Metropolitan Area and the southern half of the State of San Andreas, United States of America in the late summer of 2013. It involved Michael De Santa's Crew, the Federal Investigation Agency, the International Affairs Agency, and Merryweather Security & Consulting, with some unofficial organizations being involved as well, such as the Ballas, the Families, and other small-time gangs.
== Description ==
== Event Timeline ==
=== July ===
* Investigation into Ferdinand Kerimov started, with Michael De Santa being involved in infiltrating the Los Santos County Coroner's Office, and later busting Kerimov out of the IAA skyscraper, with the help of FIB Special Agent Dave Norton, Franklin Clinton, and Trevor Philips.
* A Merryweather cargo ship was attacked, destroyed, and robbed by Michael De Santa, Franklin Clinton, & Trevor Philips with aid from Wade & Floyd Hebert, and Ron Jakowski at the Los Santos Freight Harbor. The team lifted a superweapon to sell to the Chinese, but they were stopped by Lester, who warned them that they would be put on a kill-list and hunted down shall they succeed, forcing them to put the weapon back.
=== August ===
* A Merryweather cargo plane carrying weapons was assaulted and taken by Trevor Philips using a crop duster. Although his initial plan to steal the plane was a success, the U.S. Air Force shot down the plane into the Alamo Sea to prevent Trevor from getting too far with it, forcing him to abandon plane.
* The Blaine County Savings & Loan was robbed to fund the FIB's special infiltration mission into Humane Labs & Research.
* Trevor Philips assaulted a Merryweather freight train to haul off with whatever goods they had in storage, causing a massive shootout along Cassidy Creek in Raton Canyon between himself, Michael De Santa, and Merryweather. Philips and De Santa escaped alive.
* The Humane Labs & Research was infiltrated by Michael De Santa, Steve Haines, & Dave Norton, leading to them lifting a neurotoxin to avoid having the IAA use it on the local metropolitan areas.
* The FIB enlisted Michael's crew's help one last time by having them assault the FIB HQ and steal the files related to Michael and Haines. The heist was successful, but the tower suffered heavy damage due to an unforeseen helicopter crash.
* The FIB betrayed Michael as well as Dave Norton at the Kortz Center, which resulted in an initial standoff between Michael, Dave, Steve Haines, and Andreas Sanchez. However, the IAA had arrived to arrest the four, as well as Merryweather, who had come to get revenge on Michael. This resulted in a mass shootout between all sides, with Michael and Dave teaming up together with Trevor Philips' unforeseen assistance. Michael, Dave, Steve, Trevor, and Bernard, one of the IAA agents, escaped alive.
=== September ===
* The Union Depository was robbed by Michael De Santa's crew, with intervention from Merryweather as they had wished to lift the gold from the Depository themselves. Merryweather was defeated and the gold was lifted out using modified Gauntlets and escaped via cargo trucks in a tunnel.
* The FIB and Merryweather were lured into the Grand Banks Foundry in Murrieta Heights by Lester Crest, with Michael De Santa, Franklin Clinton, Lamar Davis, and Trevor Philips awaiting their arrival before opening fire on everyone. Michael's crew all survived and began targeting bigger targets - Steve Haines, Wei Cheng; a Los Santos Triad who had targeted Michael & Trevor before, Harold "Stretch" Joseph; Franklin's arch-nemesis, and finally Devin Weston.
** Stretch was stabbed to death at the B.J. Smith Recreation Center in Strawberry, Los Santos by Michael De Santa in retribution for going against Franklin and Lamar Davis.
** Haines was sniped in the head on the Ferris Wheel at the Del Perro Pier by Trevor Philips for betraying and attempting to arrest and/or kill Michael's crew.
** Cheng was caught in an explosive blast at the Pacific Bluffs Country Club by Franklin Clinton in retribution for trying to kill Michael and Trevor.
** Weston was kidnapped in his home by Trevor and taken to Paleto Cove, just off of the Grand Ocean Highway, where Michael, Franklin, and Trevor teased and insulted Weston while he was gagged and tied up in the trunk of his own Tornado. After goodbyes were said, the trio pushed the car over the cliff edge and it fell into the ocean, where it exploded seconds after hitting the rocks, killing Weston. The trio split and left the scene.
== Aftermath ==
Merryweather was forced to temporarily halt all operations on U.S. soil and left the country to lick their wounds, the FIB backed off as per Dave Norton's orders, and the IAA had also backed down to focus on their own operations. Michael's crew was never caught and arrested. However, the FIB, the IAA, and Merryweather are still engaged in a feud to this day.
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