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Operation Whiteout
Operation Whiteout (activate Illapa's defences)
Mission in Just Cause 4
Type Main storyline
To unlock Start a new game
Starting location In the mountains at Illapa.



Operation Whiteout is the first mission of Just Cause 4.

Introduction[]

The mission instantly starts the moment you start a new game. If you have not played the game before, opening it for the first time will immediately bring you to this mission. It introduces the player to the story, as well as basic gameplay elements of Just Cause 4.

Walkthrough[]


At Illapa[]

The screen fades from black to a Black Hand database with its search query being Rico Rodriguez. Some details are mentioned, including how he deposed Salvador Mendoza and Sebastiano Di Ravello, as well as four other heads of state that did not employ the services of the Black Hand. Gabriela Morales, the Black Hand's leader, is briefing Oscar Espinosa about Rico and finishes the briefing by informing him that Rico is now at Solís. Oscar is bored and unimpressed with this information.

Gabriela then mentions that Rico is the son of Miguel Rodriguez, to which Oscar reacts with surprise. He orders Gabriela to kill both Rico and Mira, who were shown to him in a security camera recording. Oscar wants this taken care of before the next Project Illapa test, which is about to start soon.

Eventually it cuts to Rico and Mira Morales near the Illapa facility where they discuss the situation. Rico is surprised to learn that his father, who he remembers as a kind man, the likes of who would never work for the Black Hand, has apparently constructed a super-weapon for them. Rico wants an explanation and to know what exactly became of his father. Mira explains that Oscar should know and that he's at the Illapa facility. Rico insists on attacking it immediately alone and is confident that he will get to talk to Oscar, despite Mira warning him about the major storm.

At this point the player gets control of Rico.

Rico has to grapple over a wall and then parachute/wingsuit to a pipeline. From the pipeline, Rico heads upward and eliminates six Black Hand grunts.

Moving further, Rico reaches the actual Illapa facility. However, before he reaches it, Gabriela comes on over the intercom mentioning an intruder in the area.

If the player moves quickly enough, there is a very small chance to see a Fellhawk Jet Fighter or Thunderhead Bomber Jet take off from the area with the big vent. Rico can destroy it by grappling the plane and tethering it to something, sending it off its original course and with the pilot plunging to their death.

Rico reaches an area with a big vent, where he has to ride it up, using his parachute and then reach an area where he finds a computer. He plugs his grappler into it to let Mira remote hack the system to find Oscar Espinosa. After locating Espinosa at the top of the facility, a cut-scene starts.

There is an exchange between Espinosa and Gabriela.

Espinosa: "It is unlikely he has survived this long."
Gabriela: "This is not an ordinary man, Señor Espinosa."
Espinosa:"Sí. We might as well make sure." He presses a button and a technician comes in over the intercom.
Technician: "Sí, Señor Espinosa?"
Espinosa: "Let's see what Project Illapa can do, shall we?"
Technician: "Señor."
Espinosa: "It'll take a few moments for the Core to reach full power. Do you think you can keep him occupied until then?" Gabriela pulls out a walkie-talkie.
Gabriela: "This is Commander Morales. We have a threat on site. Activate Illapa's defenses, engage all artillery towers."

Rico is shown wingsuiting towards the tower where Oscar Espinosa is, but the anti-aircraft cannons belonging to the three defensive nodes around Illapa come online and the weather test also commences.

Espinosa: "That woman with Rico at the airport. Was that who I think it was?"
Gabriela: "...Sí."
Espinosa: "Deal with that, please."
Gabriela: "With pleasure."

The cannons do not hit Rico, but the core slams into Rico. Rico is momentarily knocked unconscious, then realizes his wingsuit is disabled. Rico pulls out his parachute, but can do nothing but helplessly watch as he is blown away from the tower by the wind and sends him plummeting to the ground.

Rico wakes up later[]

Rico awakes the next morning somewhere outside El Abismo and finds that his gear is broken. Mira manages to call him and tell him where she lives. Conveniently that's nearby and Rico walks there. Along the way, the player can admire the large river and steep cliffs, as well as the El Abismo bridge/settlement, where Mira lives.

Arriving at the bridge/town, Rico has to walk through it and jump across a broken walkway high above the river. After reaching Mira's residence, another cut-scene starts. Rico admits that he was wrong to attack Illapa alone and that Mira was right.

Gabriela then arrives in a Black Hand Dropzone Chopper and comes out along with six other Black Hand soldiers (the elite type) wielding SW9 Assault Rifles. She announces that someone from El Abismo attempted a terrorist attack against the Illapa facility and that if the perpetrator does not show themselves, she will conduct an exhaustive investigation that will involve checking every citizen's identity, which is likely her official way of saying she will raze the town. The scene now shows Rico, who is behind the wall corner, out of sight. He is uncertain whether he would give himself up, fight it out, or let Gabriela take them. Suddenly, a Black Hand soldier appears behind him, also wielding a SW9. Rico uses his grappler to melee the solder, and takes his SW9. But, Gabriela had heard the brief confrontation. She asks what is going on. She arrests Luis, but Mira surrenders herself before they leave. However, before Gabriela can take her away, the people watching suddenly pull out SMG-2s and aim at the Black Hand. Gabriela, anticipating this, had apparently pre-summoned a Firebrand Scout Chopper to attack anyone if they resisted. The Firebrand Scout Chopper kills two helpless rebels next to Izzy, then turns around to kill Luis. At this point, Rico then appears from the corner, grapples Gabriela to the ground and also grapples the helicopter to the ground, destroying the chopper. A shoot-out starts where the six Black Hand soldiers are defeated by Rico and Gabriela is forced to escape in the helicopter.

Luis and Mira talk to Rico and let him know that the people at the town were greatly inspired by Rico's action and wish to rebel against the Black Hand oppression. Rico approves of this and enlists Luis into the yet unnamed rebellion as Sargento.

The next mission "Casquillos Vacíos Reboot" begins immediately. This mission is an introduction to region strikes. Right now the below section summarizes it entirely.

Raid the weapons factory[]

This part of the mission is sort of like an introduction to region strikes.

The player then regains control of Rico, where he has to wingsuit to Casquillos Vacíos to get more weapons for the rebels, who would otherwise surely be killed in a Black Hand counterattack.

This section of the mission is basically a tutorial for the wingsuit as well as the AR lens.

Arriving at the old factory, Rico has to find three backup generators and destroy them and flip some electrical breakers, to turn on the factory. After destroying the three, Rico turns on the master override inside one of the buildings. It's mentioned that the factory is automated, so as soon as it activates, it'll start making guns (and presumably ammunition to go along with them).

In another cut-scene it's explained that the rebels are now able to not only defend themselves, but to properly 'hold their own' against Black Hand soldiers on an open battlefield - the front. Luis (now referred to as Sargento) mentions that these actions have inspired a whole army of chaos. Rico agrees that Army of Chaos is a good name for this rebellion.

When the mission finally ends, the player is prompted to open the map and advance the Army of Chaos into the neighboring Wachikuni region.

Glitch[]

Sometimes Mira might be replaced as a "Black Hand Spy" in the text below. See the picture below for reference.

Trivia[]

  • This is the first and so far only opening mission in a Just Cause game where Rico is not seen arriving in the new nation.
    • How he arrived in Solís though is revealed in a later mission.
  • The "Gabriela arrives" cut-scene demonstrates several features of the grappler (full list on the grappler page):
    • Grappling a helicopter to the ground destroys it. The Bloodhound Siege Heli requires at least 3 cables to pull on it at the same time and even then, it may take more than than one try.
    • NPCs can also be grappled. They can be hurt and ragdolled, but it'll take two to three cables.
    • The grappler can be used as a melee weapon.
  • If you wait long enough during the wingsuit sequence, Rico will say "It's fine. Just jump." This seems to be a fourth wall reference in that it appears to imply telling you that it's all right to jump even if you have a fear of heights.
  • The Firebrand Scout Chopper that was pulled down is unique in that it has an elite for a pilot. Usually only grunts operate choppers.
  • In an extremely strange thing, the Pasofino Pickup Sargento and his friend were leaning on has a license plate that changes. When Sargento and his friends pull out their SMG-2s, it is seen with the license plate "4VA LNCH." This is an Easter egg. However seconds later when Sargento's friend is gunned down, the license plate somehow changed to that of "CR4 50L1".

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