Mission Three: Curtains Down

Objectives

• Kill Alvaro D'Alvade
• Kill Richard Delahunt
• Escape Opera

Intel

• The contents of toolboxes will not be searched when you are frisked.
• There is a lift shaft from the backstage area to the stage. It is closely observed and only actors are permitted.
• Lead Actors go to their private rooms to rehearse during breaks.
• The large chandelier is attached with bolts to the floor of the attic.
• Only actors are allowed on stage.
• Light Technicians have keycards to the Light Control Room.
• There is a light rack above the stage that might prove useful.
• The prop gun used for the execution in the opera is an exact replica of a real World War I pistol.

The Setup

As with last mission, you've got two targets to hit here, but unlike last mission, taking them out will be a linked operation; killing the first will let you more easily take out the second, especially if you plan your hit out well ahead of time. Your targets include Alvaro D'Alvade, an opera singer who's rehearsing the role of Mario Cavaradossi in the climactic third act of Tosca, and Richard Delahunt, the American ambassador to France and avid fan of opera. Both of them are involved in a child prostitution ring, which your client apparently wants to stamp out.

Alvaro will spend most of his time on stage, which is inaccessible to anyone but actors, so taking him out from there will be difficult. He does make periodic trips to his dressing room, however, if you're looking to kill him in a more mundane setting. Delahunt is going to be a messier proposition, since he's surrounded by Secret Service agents and rarely leaves his private booth. If you're not willing to go in guns blazing, there is a scaffolding surface that's reachable from the attic; you can shoot him from there when he leans over the railing while he's waiting in between rehearsals, but doing so, even with a silenced weapon, will ensure that everyone in the place comes gunning for you.

The Subtle Method

If you're looking to whack your targets without getting up close and personal, here's the sequence of events you'll need to follow:

• Exchange your ticket at the coat check to retrieve the Real WWI Pistol.
• Find an isolated worker or painter and steal his or her clothing.
• Use the disguise to penetrate to the backstage area of the first floor, where the dressing rooms are located.
• Take the stairs up to the attic and place a bomb on the chandelier supports.
• Sneak into the dressing room of the second lead actor (the room further to the east on the first floor backstage) and hide in the closet.
• Wait for the rehearsal to break, then wait for the actor to return to the room, place the pistol on the table, then leave for the restroom.
• Replace the prop WWI pistol with the real WWI pistol in your inventory.
• Escape the room, then quickly make your way to an area where you'll have a view of the main opera hall. If you can find the keycard for the lighting room above the Ambassador's booth, that would be an ideal spot.
• Wait for the rehearsals to proceed to the point where Cavaradossi is shot. When Delahunt sees this, he'll rush the stage in a panic, but will trip directly underneath the chandelier, which you can then blow with your detonator to kill him before exiting.

Getting Started

Luckily, if you plan to kill the targets in the manner outlined above, you won't actually need any of the weapons that are available to you; you'll be able to do everything with your bomb and fiberwire. You can bring along the sniper rifle or the silenced pistol if you suspect that you'd need them.

Grabbing A Uniform

Anyway, the first thing you'll want to do after gaining control of 47 is head inside and speak to the guard in the coat check; he'll walk over if he sees you standing near the rail. After getting the real WWI pistol from the coat, duck around the corner and head into the bathroom nearby. The first person to enter the room (and who may already be inside) will be a tourist, but if you wait near the garbage bin, a worker will eventually enter the room and use a urinal, allowing you to strangle him and dump his body in one convenient swoop. Just don’t forget to grab his uniform first.

Video Walk-through

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With the worker's uniform in hand, you can walk outside and pick up his toolbox, into which you can place the real WWI pistol. You don't have to do so unless you plan on heading through one of the doors where you'll be searched, but it couldn't really hurt all that much.

There are a pair of ways to get backstage after you've picked up your disguise. The first is to head down the large steps in the main hallway and take a left; you'll wind up at a door with two guards outside of it. They'll frisk you, but if you've hidden the WWI pistol in your toolbox they won't find it. The other entrance is near the coat check room, and is unguarded. This secondary entrance is a bit longer, however, and will require you to pick the lock on a door in order to proceed through. Be sure to switch off the lights in the room before picking the lock, though, or you'll be spotted.