Bulgarin and the diamonds

Going Deep

Location
Ray Bulgarin's house, Meadow Hills, Dukes
Reward
$2,000, Advanced MG for sale from Armando

Requires …Blog This! and Clocking Off

Unlocks Dropping In

Ray Bulgarin wants a NOOSE unit off his back. Plant a sticky bomb on a car in an underground carpark off Topaz Street, hide, and blow up the agents when they gather around it. Then fight off the reinforcements, lose the corrupt NOOSE and the cops, and drive Bulgarin and Timur home.

Objectives

  1. Go to the underground carpark off Topaz St.
  2. Park the car in the empty space next to the pillar.
  3. Put the bomb on the front of the car.
  4. Crouch and hide behind the car and wait for the targets to arrive.
  5. Get out of the carpark.
  6. Lose the corrupt NOOSE.
  7. Lose the cops.
  8. Take Bulgarin and Timur back to Bulgarin’s house.

Going Deep walkthrough

Bulgarin’s house

Go to Bulgarin’s house in Meadow Hills. He is on the phone offering twenty million dollars for a painting, and his wife screams at him about the guitars he has filled her hallway with. Bulgarin explains that a NOOSE unit is investigating him because Marki Ashvilli refuses to sell him a sports team. The team is tracking one of his cars. Bulgarin wants the whole unit gone.

Ray Bulgarin at the door of his house
Bulgarin talking on the phone about the painting
Bulgarin's wife shouting at him in the living room
Bulgarin explaining the NOOSE problem to Luis

Go to the underground carpark off Topaz Street with Bulgarin and his man Timur. Armando sells explosives and the Advanced MG if you call him, and Luis takes the gun. On the drive, Bulgarin offers Luis work and tries to turn him against Tony.

Driving Bulgarin and Timur through Dukes
Crossing the bridge toward Algonquin
Bulgarin talking to Luis in the car

The carpark trap

Drive down into the carpark and park in the empty space next to the pillar. Put the bomb on the front of the car. Then crouch and hide behind a car and wait for the targets to arrive. Do not trigger any car alarms or damage the cars, and do not get into any vehicle after the agents arrive, because each of those alerts them.

Parking in the empty space next to the pillar
Luis crouching behind a car in the carpark
The NOOSE agents gathering around the parked car

When the agents gather round the car, detonate the sticky bomb. The rating wants the bomb hidden well and the agents killed in the blast once they have gathered. Reinforcements arrive straight away. Fight them off with Bulgarin and Timur, using the pillars as cover.

Luis firing at NOOSE reinforcements in the carpark
Fighting through the carpark with the Advanced MG
A NOOSE agent down in the carpark

Lose the NOOSE

Get out of the carpark. Lose the corrupt NOOSE, then lose the cops. Then take Bulgarin and Timur back to Bulgarin’s house. Bulgarin calls Luis a serviceable, most competent man, tells him his stake in the clubs is meaningless, and says his offer will not be there forever.

Escaping the carpark with corrupt NOOSE in pursuit
Driving Bulgarin and Timur back toward Dukes
Bulgarin making Luis an offer in the car

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 6:30
  • Take less than 50% damage
  • Kill 20 enemies with headshots
  • Have 70% accuracy
  • Destroy five vehicles
  • Hide the bomb properly
  • Kill the NOOSE and FIB agents with the bomb after they gather around the car

What fails this mission

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

  • Bulgarin or Timur dies or is left behind
  • The Landstalker is destroyed before the ambush
  • You alert the targets by setting off a car alarm or destroying the cars
  • You enter a vehicle in the carpark after the NOOSE arrive
  • You kill Armando while buying bombs

After the mission

You earn $2,000. Bulgarin calls again on the drive away to push his offer. Dropping In opens next.

Luis on the phone with Bulgarin after the job

Part of Bulgarin and the diamonds in the story walkthrough.