Bulgarin and the diamonds

Dropping In

Location
Ray Bulgarin's house, Meadow Hills, Dukes
Reward
$4,000

Bulgarin wants Marki Ashvilli, owner of the Liberty City Rampage team, dead. Fly a Maverick high over Star Junction with Timur, skydive onto the MeTV building, fight down through the offices to Ashvilli, shoot him through the window and jump out after him onto a moving truck.

Objectives

  1. Wait for Timur.
  2. Go to the heliport.
  3. Get into the chopper.
  4. Wait for Timur.
  5. Fly towards Star Junction, as high as possible.
  6. Jump out and parachute onto the building.
  7. Find Ashvilli and take him out.
  8. Land on the truck.

Dropping In walkthrough

Bulgarin’s jam session

Go to Bulgarin’s house. He is playing drums with a band of his men and asks Luis to dance. The Rampage’s owner, Marki Ashvilli, still will not sell, so Bulgarin wants him killed. Luis says he is not a hitman. Bulgarin tells him he was not discussing Luis’ career, he was telling him what to do. Ashvilli’s offices are in the MeTV building.

Bulgarin's men playing in the music room
Bulgarin telling Luis about Marki Ashvilli
Timur standing with Luis and Bulgarin

The heliport

Wait for Timur, then go to the heliport. Timur explains he is there to make sure Luis does what he is told and that hospitality is for weaklings. If the police take an interest on the way, lose the cops first.

Driving Timur to the heliport at night
Speeding through Algonquin toward the heliport
Arriving at the heliport

Get into the Maverick and take command. Fly toward Star Junction, as high as possible, holding the camera button to look at the next checkpoint. Timur hands over a headset and explains you cannot get into the MeTV building from the ground, so you are going in from above.

Luis walking to the Maverick on the helipad
The Maverick climbing toward Star Junction
Flying high over the city lights

Into the MeTV building

When Timur says so, jump. Free fall toward the roof of the MeTV building and open the parachute in time to land inside the glowing corona on the roof. The rating wants a perfect landing in the corona, so steer gently and flare just before touchdown.

Luis jumping from the Maverick over Star Junction
Free falling toward the MeTV building rooftop
Landing in the corona on the MeTV roof

Find Ashvilli and take him out. Work down through the stairwells and office floors, clearing his security as you go. The offices are full of cover, so lean out of doorways and aim for heads. Timur talks in your ear the whole time.

Luis entering the MeTV building stairwell
A gunfight in the MeTV office corridors
Fighting through the offices of the Liberty City Rampage

Out the window

Ashvilli is in his top floor office. Shoot him, and the rating wants you to shoot him out of the window. Timur is waiting in a truck outside. Jump out of the window, open the chute, and land on the truck below. A perfect landing on the truck is another rating goal.

Luis confronting Marki Ashvilli in his office
Luis free falling out of the MeTV building toward the street

100% mission rating

Replays and first runs are scored out of 100%. Meet every one of these in a single run for the full rating:

  • Complete the mission in 6:40
  • Take less than 40% damage
  • Finish with 70% accuracy
  • Land perfectly inside the corona after jumping from the Maverick
  • Land perfectly on the truck after escaping the MeTV building
  • Shoot Ashvilli out of the window

What fails this mission

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

  • Timur dies or is left behind
  • The Maverick is destroyed
  • You land on the wrong part of the MeTV building or miss it
  • You fail to kill Ashvilli

After the mission

You earn $4,000. For the Man Who Has Everything and In the Crosshairs open once their other jobs are done.

Police arriving outside the MeTV building after the hit

Part of Bulgarin and the diamonds in the story walkthrough.