Mission Eight: Death On The Mississippi

Objectives

• Kill Skip Muldoon
• Kill the Gator Gang
• Retrieve Pictures
• Escape via the Rescue Boat

Intel

• The engine room is off limits to passengers - the furnace is a dangerous workplace.
• Man over board - the wild waters of the river will cause certain death.
• The captain's cake is being prepared in the galley in the rear of the 4th deck.
• Only the 1st Class Pursers are allowed in the Gators' Private area.
• The lower class kitchen prepares food for both the tourists on board as well as the Gators on the top deck. Extra flavor could be added.
• The boss has received some heavy duty hunting gear from a business alliance. The present is kept secure at the staff quarters.

The Setup

You seem to have the most altruistic clients in the world - this time they've tasked you with taking on a gang of drug smugglers that run a riverboat up and down the Mississippi. This is going to be a high-bodycount operation, with seven primary targets and a few other ancillary kills likely being necessary. Luckily, the riverboat is a fairly simple area to walk around in, at least compared to the mountain enclave shown off in the last level. There are five levels to explore, but most of them are going to be blocked off from you at the outset, at least until you obtain a new uniform.

Starting The Con

You begin this level on the lowest deck of the ship, the Engine Room level. You're not capable of entering the engine room, though, or not in your suit at any rate. You'll need to find a sailor outfit before you can head inside. You can feel free to just move on up to the upper deck, where your suit will fit in just fine, but your first of the six Gator Gang targets happens to be walking around in the engine room, so this is a good place to start.

Your first uniform change of many....

To get a sailor uniform, you can either stalk one of the sailors that walk up and down the eastern and western sides of the ships until you spot an opportunity to off one of them, or you can head up the stairs above the ICA on your map to the control room. The room is locked initially, but if you wait a while, one of the sailors that prowls around on this level will open up the door, walk through it, and head over to the radio to grab a drink. He'll stay there for a few moments, letting you follow him through and nab his uniform after snapping his neck. You don't need to worry about hiding the body, since he should be the only soldier passing through this area.

With the sailor uniform on, head back down the stairs and enter the lowest level of the engine room. As mentioned, the first Gator has a route through this area. He stops in a few different areas, but the best place to kill him is at the far southern end of the western piston, where he stops and leans over the rail. If you sneak up behind him here, you can take him down without a mess by pushing him over into the piston's recessed flooring.

Moving On Up

Head through the door on the southern end of the engine room to reach a pair of stairs leading up to the 2nd Deck, Staff Quarters. There isn't much on this level to worry about, save for a uniform change. If you head into the southwesternmost room here, you can find a Purser uniform (think fancy waiter) on one of the benches in the locker area. Take it and move on to the northern end of the area, where another set of steps leads up to 3rd Deck, Cabin Deck, where all of the passenger cabins are located.

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Turning north into the hallway here will reveal a startling sight: one of the Gators is canoodling with a female guest! As soon as they spot you, they'll get startled and head into one of the cabins here, but they'll only remain inside for a short time. When the woman leaves, you can head inside the door before it closes and sneak up on the Gator to strangle him. Be sure to shut off the lights in the apartment before heading out through the door, and close it quickly, to minimize the chances of anyone seeing the body if they happen to be walking down the hall when you come out.

If you miss your opportunity to make the kill inside the room (the door locks when it shuts), you'll have to wait for the Gator to leave the apartment. He'll move down to one of the railings overlooking the water, giving you ample opportunity to take him out. Note that he can sometimes be difficult to just push over the railing; you might have to strangle or shoot him before dumping his body, so allocate the extra time needed. The benefit to this strategy is that there'll be no body to discover; if you kill him in the room, the woman will eventually come back and find him, although you can of course simply kill her as well to eliminate this possibility.

The Penguin

Your next goal is to find both a Tuxedo and a VIP Pass, which will give you access to the VIP areas of the Restaurant Deck. There are two methods of doing so. The more difficult will be to kill the drunk guest wandering around the main hallway of the Cabin Deck; he has both items in his possession. This is difficult to do, since he's in such an open area; at least one other guest makes regular patrols down the hallway.

An easier way to get the Tuxedo is to head up to the Restaurant Deck. There are three separate large areas here: the northernmost area, which is a buffet for the commonplace passengers; a more exclusive area in the middle of the level, which is accessible only to guests in eveningwear or Pursers; and a VIP area to the far south, accessible only to guests in eveningwear with VIP passes or 1st Class Pursers. At this point, you should still have on your Purser outfit, so you can get to the exclusive area. As soon as you do so, a guest off to your right will call you over, thinking you're a waiter. If you hear him out, he'll ask you to bring a bottle of champagne to his cabin, #323, and give you a keycard.

With this keycard, return to the Cabin Deck and proceed all the way to the southern end; room 323 is one of the larger, luxury cabins. Using your keycard here will gain you access, and inside you'll find a Tuxedo and a VIP Pass, both of which you'll need to obtain your next uniform.