Soldier

Location
Jerry Martinez's Barracks, Fort Baxter Air Base, Vice City Mainland
Reward
$50, Pistol

Requires New game

Unlocks Cleaning House

Sergeant Martinez offers Vic a quiet favor: collect a package from the airport on his bike. The errand goes wrong at the airport and Vic has to get himself back to base.

Before you start

Nothing to prepare. The mission starts as soon as the new game does, and Martinez’s bike is parked outside his office.

Objectives

  1. Take Sgt. Martinez’s bike.
  2. Go to the V.I.P. terminal at the airport.
  3. Swim to shore.
  4. Return to Fort Baxter.
  5. Take the package to your barracks.

Soldier walkthrough

Martinez’s offer

The game opens in Martinez’s office at Fort Baxter. Martinez asks why Vic enlisted and hints that there is easy money for a soldier who keeps quiet. Vic reluctantly agrees to one favor: ride to the airport and pick up a package. Martinez gives you a pager before you leave, so keep it in mind for later calls.

Vic in a tan shirt and camouflage trousers standing in a green barracks room
Vic talking about his family while subtitles run along the bottom
Vic standing as Martinez puts his feet up

Bike to the airport

Walk outside, climb on Martinez’s Streetfighter and follow the pink blip on the radar to the V.I.P. terminal at the airport. The route leaves the base and follows the road along the perimeter wall. The bike handles easily. Ride up to the marker near the terminal to start the next scene.

Vic on Martinez's bike outside the base with the go to the V.I.P. terminal text
Riding past the base wall with the radar help text
Riding toward the airport terminal building

The handoff

A man at the terminal says he has something for the sergeant and leads Vic across the airfield to a yacht. A short conversation follows on board. He passes Vic a package and a message for Martinez, then the boat pulls out into the water.

Vic meeting the contact beside a jet at the airfield
A woman waiting beside the yacht at the dock
The yacht moored beside the marina buildings as a subtitle plays

Hitmen on the water

Armed men in speedboats close in on the yacht, and you are told to grab a gun and take them out. You cannot stay on board for long. When the order comes to abandon ship, jump into the water. Enemy boats keep circling, but they cannot be fought from the water, so head for the shore straight away.

A speedboat with gunmen speeding across the water toward the yacht
The yacht deck on fire with two men standing aboard
Vic on the burning yacht deck as the abandon ship message appears

Swim and return

Swim to shore using the left stick. Your stamina drops slowly in the water, and sprinting drains it faster, so use short bursts. Once you land, run back to Fort Baxter on foot. Follow the pink blip along the road to the base and then to your barracks, where the package is delivered and you collect a pistol.

Water near the shore with the swim instructions on screen
Vic running on shore with the return to Fort Baxter objective
Vic running toward the pink marker beside a parked army truck
Empty barracks with a hint to walk into weapons to pick them up

What fails this mission

Besides dying or being arrested, the mission ends if any of these happen:

  • Martinez’s Streetfighter is destroyed

After the mission

You earn $50 and a Pistol. Cleaning House opens next.

The mission passed screen with $50 awarded