America's Next Top Scientist

**Cutscenes** | * "Performance Anxiety"
 * Drive Tera to the truck at **Camp Claflin**
* The Saints have left **weapons** around the camp to use in defending the truck
* An **Ultor convoy** is coming, go to the **lookout** to stop them
* Return to the **camp**
* Defend the **truck**
* **Ultor helicopters** are bringing in Masako from the North
* More **Ultor** are coming from the South
* **Ultor** are jumping the gorge to attack from the North
* Kill the remaining **Ultor forces**
* Get in the **truck**
* Drive the **truck** over to the **news van**
* Tera (Homie)

"**America's Next Top Scientist**" is the third of three missions in the *Ultor Exposed* DLC.

*Humble Reporter Exposes Mad Scientist*— Stilwater Gazette newspaper headline

## Overview

Meeting Tera at the Saints Hideout, Playa relays Jane Valderamma's ultimatum from the previous mission: if Tera wants Channel 6 to run the story and help to bring down Ultor, she'll need to do an interview with Valderamma. Tera is reluctant, but Playa convinces her.

At Mount Claflin, Playa, Tera, and the 3rd Street Saints fight off multiple Ultor convoys that want Tera dead and catch up with Valderamma. During the interview, Valderamma quickly turns against Tera and humiliates her, likening her to a mad scientist trying to blackmail her former employer. After the interview is over, Valderamma explains that "journalistic integrity doesn't pay the rent" and leaves Tera with some food for thought:

*I just made the Saints a lot of money. Listen honey, Ultor was going to bury this story anyway - at least this way we got a little something out of it. Ultor isn't going away; you'll have plenty of time to plot your little revenge scheme.*— Jane Valderamma
### Story

Upon completion of the Mission, this description is available at Newspaper Clipboards.

Risking life and limb, mild mannered reporter Jane Valderama conducted a provocative interview with a rogue Ultor scientist who identified herself only as Tera. For those who missed it, Valderama's fearless live interview with the deranged microbiologist will be repeated tonight following "Blood In, Blood Out: The Johnny Gat Story".
## Gameplay

Drive Tera to the truck at Camp Claflin
Drive Tera to the 3rd Street Saints' encampment on Mount Claflin.

Two vehicles are provided, Tera's Temptress, or a Compton.

There are two ways to get there, following the path, or approaching from the north.

When following the path, there are several Masako roadblocks.

Checkpoint
The Saints have left weapons around the camp to use in defending the truck
The Runner from the previous mission is here, but cannot be entered.

There are 4 locations with references, marked briefly on the map. Weapons include T3K Urban, K6 Krukov, AR-50 XMAC, Satchel Charge, RPG Launcher

Stock up on weapons here and recruit the few 3rd Street Saints here as Homies.

There is no requirement to stay at the camp, but Tera is tethered to it.

An Ultor convoy is coming, go to the lookout to stop them
Follow the waypoints to the lookout and try to use the RPG Launcher nearby to destroy the approaching Bears and Tornado from the north. There are 2 additional RPG Launchers here.

Due to Tera staying at the camp, she cannot be abandoned. There is no urgency, as the convoy does not spawn until reaching the lookout.

Return to the camp
There is a timer to return to the camp.

Defend the truck
Shoot all the Masako.

Ultor helicopters are bringing in Masako from the North
The first wave arrive in Vultures from the north. The Vultures cannot be entered.

More Ultor are coming from the South
The second wave in Bears from the south, rather than trying to destroy the APCs, wait until the Masako disembark from the vehicles.

Ultor are jumping the gorge to attack from the North
The third wave in Bears from the north.

Kill the remaining Ultor forces
Checkpoint
Get in the truck
Drive the truck over to the news van
Once all the Masako are dead, get in the Runner nearby and drive it down to the Anchor on the other side of the mountain. A few Bears may give chase.

The Anchor is invulnerable, unjackable, untowable, and has infinite mass.

Destroy the Ultor helicopters
After reaching Valderamma's news van, a Destroy takes off from under Mount Claflin, and flies along the canal, as 6 Vultures approach from the south and fly over the Destroy.

The Vultures fly in a set attack pattern before hovering and firing relentlessly. Each time they pass over, 1 Vulture stays hovering, so it should be possible to shoot down at least 1 Vulture each time they attack.

Shoot down the six Vultures that arrive in a V formation to complete the mission.

Failure
The mission can be failed by not returning to the camp in time,, allowing the truck to be destroyed,, abandoning Tera, or allowing Tera to die.

## Rewards

* Tera unlocked
* Tera's Sports Car unlocked
1/2

* Cash: $50,000
* Respect: None
* Achievement: Fluffer (35)
* Vehicle: Tera's sports car (Temptress)
* Homie: Tera

## Trivia

* The name of the mission is a reference to the reality television series *America's Next Top Model*.
* This mission features the first appearance of the Vulture.
* This is the only time in the series that Jane Valderamma is portrayed as an enemy rather than an ally.
* There is an unused string "The news van was destroyed", but the Anchor is invincible and cannot be destroyed.
* After completing the mission, Playa is teleported back to the start location.
* Tera and the Temptress are silently unlocked upon installing the DLC, rather than after completing this mission.

## Transcript

### "Performance Anxiety" cutscene

**Tera Patrick**: "*I don't like this.*"
**Playa**: "*It's just an interview.*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*It's live TV - anything can happen.*"
**Playa**: "*I got shot at getting this shit for you, and now you're telling me you're nervous about being interviewed?*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*It's stressful.*"
**Playa**: "*No, people trying to kill you is stressful.*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*Listen smartass, you have no idea how hard it is to be in front of the camera.*"
**Playa**: "*Did you see me on FUZZ?*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*Yeah, but you didn't care if you did a bad job - all you had to do was kill a ninja with a chainsaw.*"
**Playa**: "*True.*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*Look, let's just get this over with, okay?*"

### Gameplay

**Tera Patrick**: "*In... Out...*"
**Playa**: "*The hell are you doing?*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*I'm relaxing...*"
**Playa**: "*You really that afraid of looking like a fool on national television?*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*You're not helping...*"
**Playa**: "*You'll be fine. Can't you just imagine people in their underwear?*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*That won't work. I've got a thing with nudity.*"
**Playa**: "*Then I guess you're fucked.*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*Again, not helping.*"

**Playa**: "*We can hold out here - I had the Saints stash some supplies in case shit went bad.*"
**Playa**: "*Wait here, Tera. I'm going to check to make sure no one's coming.*"
 — At the camp
*Stay close to me, Tera. Looks like Ultor wants to shut you up bad.*— Playa, after returning from the lookout
*Hold up, Jane's calling...*— Playa, after fighting off the Masako
*My crew is already waiting for you. Find their truck and I'll meet you there.*— Jane Valderamma, on the phone
**Jane Valderamma**: "*Listen, I'm running behind. Just wait for me on the slopes below Mount Claflin; I'll be there soon.*"
**Playa**: "*Aight, we'll be here.*"
 — After Playa and Tera arrive at the news van
### "Gotcha!" cutscene

**Jane Valderamma**: "*This is Jane Valderamma, reporting live with Tera: a woman who claims our city is in danger.*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*That's right, Jane. The Ultor Corporation has been using a secret R&D lab to conduct unethical experiments on the citizens of Stilwater.*"
**Jane Valderamma**: "*Those are some strong allegations; I'm assuming you have proof.*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*Oh, absolutely. I mean, I have the bodies of people who were experimented on, as well as some of the chemicals that were used to do it.*"
**Jane Valderamma**: "*And why do you think Ultor is responsible?*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*I conducted the experiments myself.*"
**Jane Valderamma**: "*So these were the acts of a crazed individual?*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*Excuse me?*"
**Jane Valderamma**: "*You said that you conducted the experiments...*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*Well, yeah, but—*"
**Jane Valderamma**: "*So you admit that you perverted science to serve your own twisted desires?*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*No! Ultor was the one that was—*"
**Jane Valderamma**: "*It's an all-too-familiar tale: a beautiful woman takes a job at a multi-billion dollar global corporation hoping to fulfill her dreams of microbiology, only to find herself disgusted at her failure to ascend the corporate ladder and turns to mad science in order to blackmail her employer. I'm Jane Valderamma, Channel 6 news.*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*Why did you do that? I thought you were going to help us.*"
**Jane Valderamma**: "*Journalistic integrity doesn't pay the rent, Tera.*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*You just humiliated me in public!*"
**Jane Valderamma**: "*I just made the Saints a lot of money. Listen honey, Ultor was going to bury this story anyway - at least this way we got a little something out of it. Ultor isn't going away; you'll have plenty of time to plot your little revenge scheme.*"
**Tera Patrick**: "*Don't worry, I will.*"

## References

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