Convoy Decoy

"Convoy Decoy" is a mission in Saints Row: The Third.
==Overview==
Playa interrupts a game of chess between Oleg and Pierce and tells them that they need to move their stuff out of the Saints HQ, what with STAG now occupying Steelport. While Pierce loads up the convoy, Playa decides to buy him time and creates a diversion by raiding and attacking several STAG bases while Oleg creates another diversion at Sunset Park.
Playa uses an F-69 VTOL against STAG and, after defending an almost-overwhelmed Oleg in Sunset Park, proceeds to destroy an incoming Gawalek A36 Surveillance Aircraft.
Nyte Blayde, the eponymous character from Nyte Blayde played by Josh Birk, is being used as STAG's mascot to increase public support of their occupation and help with recruitment; at the PR Center, when Cyrus Temple and Kia learn of this, they voice their frustrations with Senator Monica Hughes. Hughes states that "hearts and minds will win the war", and refuses Cyrus' insistence to authorize the Daedalus. She then demands that he ensures Josh Birk's safety, foreshadowing the next events.
==Gameplay==
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The mission starts at the Saints HQ
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Start by heading to the first STAG base just down the road from the Saints HQ.
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Ram through the fence and drive straight on through to the back of the base where the two F-69 VTOLs are. Once inside the VTOL, the entirety of the rest of the mission takes place inside it, provided it doesn't take too much damage.
One of the two marked VTOLs must be stolen, entering another VTOL does not complete the objective. If both marked VTOLs are destroyed, it does not trigger a mission failure, but it is impossible to complete the objective.
If the VTOL is ever nearly destroyed, there are two options: get a new VTOL from one of the bases, which can be risky due to the heavy STAG presence, or just continue with the mission - if the mission is failed, it restarts from the latest checkpoint with an undamaged VTOL.
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Destroy all the marked objects in the base.
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Fly to any marked base. Bases include:
*Wesley Cutter Intl airport
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Destroy all the marked objects in the base.
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Pierce's convoy is being prevented from crossing a bridge due to the presence of STAG Crusaders and N-Forcers.
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Destroy all of the vehicles that compose the roadblock.
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Fly to any marked base.
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Destroy all the marked objects in the base.
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Fly to the final marked base.
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Destroy all the marked objects in the base.
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The penultimate main objective is to rescue Oleg from Sunset Park
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Destroy the trio of marked tanks as well as the incoming VTOLs
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Finally, intercept the Gawalek A36 Surveillance Aircraft as it heads southwest to northeast through the skies of the city.
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Destroy the Condor escort, and shoot it down to complete the mission.
The intended method to destroy the Gawalek A36 is to shoot it until the health bar runs out, but it is also possible to force it into the water, where it will automatically be destroyed, fulfilling the objective.
==Rewards==
==Newscast==
==Trivia==
* Pierce and Oleg play chess during the cutscene at the beginning of this mission, which is the first of three cutscenes to feature this.
* This is the only mission featuring the Surveillance Aircraft variant of the Gawalek A36.
** The Surveillance Aircraft plane is marked as a helicopter on the Map, and there are helicopter sounds coming from it, as the vehicle is classed as a helicopter rather than a plane.
** The objective refers to the variant as "Surveillance Aircraft", while dialogue refers to it as "AWACS", which is an airborne radar system that stands for Airborne Warning and Control System or .
* The Saints Mule in the convoy during this mission cannot be stolen and does not appear elsewhere in the game.
* All Player Customization voices except Male Voice 3 and the Zombie Voice make references to the 1986 movie when inside the F-69 VTOL. Male Voice 3 quotes a line from .
* When Josh Birk is dressed in his Nyte Blayde attire in the closing cutscene, he has four katanas across his back (of which he draws two), an oddity considering that the "official" Nyte Blayde costume only has two katanas.
*After the conversation plays that Playa needs to help Oleg at the park, and Playa arrives at the area, Oleg is sometimes not there, which glitches the mission, and requires exiting and restarting the mission from the checkpoint.
* It is possible to kill Oleg during this mission. After killing the STAG that are trying to kill Oleg, he is no longer selected as a Homie and dies instantly after shooting him with missiles.
** This is also the only mission where Oleg uses a Mini-Gun without picking up one dropped by a Brute.
==Transcript==
===Prologue===
===Cutscene #1===
===Gameplay===
===Cutscene #2===
===Unsorted===
==Gallery==