Three Kings

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Three Kings
Each tower has a boss on the roof.
Agency Mission
Previous	Mountain Rescue
Next	Into the Den
Required Chaos	280,000
Location	Three Kings Hotel, Senjakala Islands X:3710; Y:31480
Rewards
Chaos	10,000
Cash	20,000
Weapon Parts	3
Vehicle Parts	3

Three Kings is the fifth Agency (storyline) mission in Just Cause 2.

Introduction

Tom Sheldon has information on the three men who are staying at the Three Kings hotel and need to be killed: Zhang Sun, a Chinese communist leader affiliated with the rebellious Reapers; Alexander Mirkov, a Russian who works with the criminal Roaches, and Masayo Washio, an ex-general of the Japanese Military, who deals with the indigenous Ular Boys.

The mission takes place at the Three Kings Hotel, but the mission trigger is located at Kampung Kilang Papan.

Walkthrough

Each person is on a different tower and all of them can be taken out with some well-placed Fragmentation Grenades, or Triggered Explosives, but it is possible to kill them with guns alone. Every one of them has minions accompanying them wielding Submachine Guns, but they're nothing to worry about. Just don't let their firepower overwhelm you.

Be sure to collect all the ammunition that you can, before moving on to each next roof. An Assault Rifle can be useful.

Zhang Sun

Zhang Sun wields a Submachine Gun and can throw Triggered Explosives. These triggered explosives uniquely blink when thrown (making them easy to locate) and have a different visual effect on detonation. He is somewhat easy compared to the other bosses in general.

Alexander Mirkov

Alexander Mirkov will man the special minigun turret on an indestructible SV-1003 Raider. Unlike most others, the particular turret of his vehicle will fully protect him against frontal threats. During the battle, Mirkov will constantly target you, but Tom occasionally appears to distract him. Use this opportunity to shoot at Mirkov. Repeat this several times until Mirkov dies.

Do not try to sneak up on the APC as there are special triggered explosives acting as proximity mines around it. Maintain a respectable distance and stay behind cover where possible. If you upgraded your health enough before this mission, you should be able to survive one, but two will kill you. Nevertheless, there's no reason getting close to face additional threats anyway.

After beating him, Sheldon crashes his critically damaged helicopter into the APC, jumping out just before the vehicle crash explosion that kills Alexander.

Masayo Washio

Masayo Washio, the last man, can only be dealt with after destroying his suite doors with explosives.

He has satellite laser-guided missiles. The missiles will calibrate themselves Rico's location every few seconds or so, but the beam does not follow you around, so as long as you keep running around you will be safe. If you prefer, you can hide behind the stage Washio appears on. The missiles are programmed to follow you anywhere, even back there. In this case, it is possible for Washio to kill himself with his own missiles.

After he is beaten, Rico pulls down the lighting racks, finishing him off as Tom peeks over.

End of the mission

In the last cutscene, after defeating the three foreign representatives, Tom Sheldon and Rico are still confused as to why did the governments of each country sent each person. The two then decide to have margaritas at the hotel bar, which Tom finds to be the best bar in Panau.

Trivia

• Masayo Washio's missile system is similar to the "Hammer Of Dawn" from the Gears Of War game series.
• For some odd reason, in the cut-scene where Zhang Sun is defeated, Tom Sheldon's helicopter is shown to be unarmed, despite the beginning cut-scene where it's armed. Also in the cutscene where Sheldon crashes his helicopter into Mirkov's tank, this happens again.
• This mission seems to imply that Sheldon was demoted to a helicopter pilot for unknown reasons after San Esperito since this is the only time you see him in a helicopter apart from the Black Market after the mission The White Tiger.
• Zhang Sun has only four bodyguards, but Alexander Mirkov and Masayo Washio have unlimited bodyguards. The reason why is unknown.
• There are a lot of things with the name "Three Kings," so it's not known what it's referring to, if it's even referring to anything. (Link to Wikipedia.)
• This is one of only three Agency missions where the SV-1003 Raider is featured. Even if it is a simple version in the cut scene, the actual variant possesses extra turret armor in the front, possibly a continuity error. After the battle, the turret is gone.
• Like many mission critical characters, Zhang Sun, Alexander Mirkov, and Masayo Washio cannot be grappled. However, their bodyguards can still be grappled.
• It can be assumed Alexander Mirkov uses a different, Russian-backed Black Market service. However, the pilot that drops his SV-1003 Raider uses the same character model as Sheldon in his Black Market dealer attire.
• After the mission, the Panau Broadcasting Company will make a statement about the factions "clashing at the Three Kings Hotel in yet another battle for underground supremacy." (or something close)
• Masayo Washio is the only boss that has to be apparently "lured out", whereas Rico directly fights Zhang Sun and Alexander Mirkov.
• Each boss uses their own unique battle cries, like Sun saying "I laugh at your feeble attempts on my life!" or Mirkov saying "Taste the wrath of Mother Russia!", but Masayo is unique, as he uses Japanese battle cries that can otherwise only be heard at Hantu Island.
• The heat level is locked on level 1 during all three boss fights and doesn't change. When you fight Masayo's four elite bodyguards, you get heat as well, but once again it doesn't seem to change.
• The name of this mission might refer to the three bosses you have to kill, where they could be seen as "Three Kings" due to the unlimited amount of bodyguards they possess except for Zhang Sun.
• On Hardcore difficulty, the number of bodyguards will increase substantially and their Submachine Guns deal a lot more damage than usual. Not to mention Masayo Washio's satellite missiles capable of killing you in one hit if you haven't upgraded your health enough. It is advised to pick up as many armor parts as you can before starting this mission, as it is one of the harder missions before the rest.
• The time in this mission, like the previous mission, is broken again.
  • From the beginning of the mission of Rico skydiving to Zhang Sun's tower, the time is locked to 07:21 PM.
  • During the actual fight with Zhang Sun himself, the time is locked to 07:30 PM.
  • After defeating Zhang Sun to the end of the mission, time somehow went back 18 minutes and locks at 07:12 PM.
• This mission contains many exclusive aspects:
  • Before you start the mission, you can see a Shotgun lying on some boxes near Tom Sheldon. In the beginning cutscene, however, a Pistol is lying on top of the shotgun and a Submachine Gun is lying under the shotgun. Those two one-handed weapons were not there when the mission started.
  • Zhang Sun's Triggered Explosives can be described as customized to be highly explosive, unlike other triggered explosives thrown by Demolition Officers.
  • Zhang Sun might have been coded as a demolition officer, but the character model is still different. As such, this is the only demolition officer in the game that does not have the normal character model.
  • Sheldon's UH-10 Chippewa has a varying "heat signature". It initially starts out red-marked (as with most others), but later turns green when Rico needs to grapple it and reach Alexander. It is also impossible to enter the helicopter. While it could be there as some kind of prop, it's highly unlikely if so.
  • This mission is also the only time a UH-10 Chippewa is piloted by someone else other than a Panau Military soldier unless you manipulate a faction NPC to get into one during gameplay. On that note, this is the only mission where the Panau Military is not featured as an enemy, despite the bodyguards of Sun, Mirkov, and Washio shouting orders in Panau Military jargon.
  • Alexander Mirkov's unobtainable SV-1003 Raider is the only one of its kind, making it the rarest vehicle in the entire game.
  • This is also the only time you can find those explosives "guarding" the base around Alexander Mirkov's SV-1003 Raider.
  • Alexander's SV-1003 Raider has unusual damage degradations. When it is destroyed, only four of the wheels are blown away, in addition to its minigun dropping after Tom rams his helicopter into it.
  • Masayo Washio's satellite system cannot be found anywhere else in the game outside of this mission, although there are a few side-missions that deal with satellites. Notably, due to game limitations, the satellite behaves like a drone that keeps some distance from the building, rather than in orbit.
  • Each tower has a weapon crate of Submachine Gun ammo that do not normally spawn there.

Gallery

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Tom before this mission. Notice the Shotgun on the weapons crate. In the beginning cutscene, this is not how it appears.

Except now the boxes did not load in when Rico approached, causing a minor visual glitch where Sheldon's shotgun can apparently float in mid air.

The beginning cutscene. Notice how the shotgun is covering a Submachine Gun.

Zhang Sun.

A defeated Sun.

Mirkov's SV-1003 Raider.

Alexander Mirkov's SV-1003 Raider while still suspended.

Tom Sheldon's UH-10 Chippewa is uniquely the only green-marked UH-10 Chippewa in the game without Modifying. Unfortunately, this same chopper is unobtainable without mods.

The back view of him. This should be impossible, but if you upgraded your health enough before this mission, you should be able to survive one of the mines.

Engaged in battle against Tom Sheldon's UH-10 Chippewa.

Alexander Mirkov and his indestructible SV-1003 Raider.

A defeated Mirkov.

Destroyed.

The driver's seat.

Where Mirkov and his turret would've been.

The supposed satellite for the missile system. Obviously not in space.

Masayo Washio.

A defeated Washio.

Rico kills Washio.

Note: Rico wears modified ACU clothing.

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