Some Enchanted Evening

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Some Enchanted Evening
Story Mission
Previous	Guadalicano Choo Choo
Next	Streets of Fire
Faction	Agency
Location	Mendoza International Airport
Rewards
Destabilized Provinces	Encarnacion, Provincia de Las Palmas, Provincia Caballeros, Costa Verde, Provincia de Castillo
Weapons Unlocked	Lance FDL
Vehicles at Safehouse	Delta MAH-15 Chimaera

Some Enchanted Evening is the fifteenth storyline mission in Just Cause (1).

Introduction

Mission information from the PDA: "President Mendoza has two sons: Luis and Tomaso. They will both attend the arms fair at Mendoza International Airport. Go there and assassinate the two brothers."

Rico is briefed at the Pocumtuck Nomad which, as usual, is parked at a beach. This time at the beach of a lake. No need to bring any special weapons, or vehicles as the mission technically supplies them.

Kane explains that the Mendoza International Airport is located in a resort area, called Paradiso Melledino and that it's home to Salvador Mendoza's private fleet of jets and helicopters. She also explains that there will be a weapons sale and demonstrations show there and that Mendoza's two sons, Luis and Tomaso will show up. The Guerrillas and the Rioja Cartel want them killed.

Use the gallery below for reference with the action.

Walkthrough

Rico is provided with a unique Agency Cutler-Randall Conquistador and told to catch a pilot, who's on his way to the fair.

Get in the car and chase him down. Skill with the Protec Grappler G3 will not be needed, as Rico won't have to catch him yet. Chase him until he gets to a Montano Cartel villa/plantation. Rico can run him over with a vehicle when he gets out of his Wallys GP.

There's a Delta MAH-15 Chimaera helicopter available somewhere around here for convenience (look for a nearby black dot on the map), but there's no restriction with the approach.

The fair will have 4 Automatic surface to air missile launchers, but those do not shoot at Rico at this time (assuming no heat), so it's safe to land a helicopter here. No military units, including the launchers, will attack until the alarm is raised.

The San Esperito International Arms Fair will have 3 Ballard M5B1 Scouts and 1 Ballard Centronel AAWV- 21 on big pedestals and 2 Aviv Scarab submachine guns and 2 Lance FDL sniper rifles on benches. If you got here early enough, you can test them out at the temporary shooting ranges before the targets arrive.

Luis and Tomaso Mendoza will go to a podium and make a speech. It is unknown who the speech is meant for, as the fair is quite unpopulated. At the most, there's only a few policemen and Montano Cartel gangsters patrolling the area.

Feel free to listen to their speech before you carry out your plans. The brothers will escape with the Ballards nearby.

Optionally, there are different strategies for how to eliminate them.

Option: Using a Ballard M5B1 Scout

For the assassination, the most versatile and reliable weapon is one of the 3 Ballard M5B1 Scouts.

Once you have shot at one of the brothers or at another military unit, all units will start attacking and some more will come out of the woodwork to join them. The military will send a helicopter or two after Rico at first so try to eliminate them before their missiles can destroy the Ballard.

After you've killed both, switch to the machine-gun. This will restrict the turret's physics glitch from interfering with the drive.

Now just relax and proceed to the new agency safehouse "Agency 05 Camp Babylon". Despite the significant heat, the Ballard series armored vehicles are completely bulletproof and nearly immune to ramming, so all pursuers are of minimal threat. Also on the road are extremely rare military Huerta Mesas which are, again, not a threat.

Due to heat, the military sends a Jackson Z-19 Skreemer to shoot missiles at you during this time. Try to destroy it quickly before the missiles decimate the Ballard.

If the Ballard has not been lost on the way, it can be saved at the safehouse garage.

Option: Using a Delta MAH-15 Chimaera

If you take out all the Ballard series armored vehicles and Automatic surface to air missile launchers, with for example an armored vehicle of your own, the sky is yours. The Delta MAH-15 Chimaera can easily handle the couple of waves of helicopter pursuit by flying backwards to face whatever is approaching.

Go to Agency 05 Camp Babylon

Which ever way the brothers are eliminated, the final goal is to get to the new agency safehouse "Agency 05 Camp Babylon". When you get to the safehouse, there will be a cut-scene showing the funeral of Mendoza's sons.

Trivia

• Kane is a bit misinformed in this mission.
  • The town Paradiso Melledino does have a shanty town on the beach, but there's nothing there to indicate that it's a resort.
  • She also believes that the airport is home to Salvador Mendoza's private fleet of jets and helicopters. There are only two planes there. One is a cargo plane (Alexander AX-14) and the other (Stirling Jet Exclusive 9) could be private, but there are no helicopters.
• The mission's title is a reference to the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune from the musical South Pacific. Other than the name, there's no connection to the mission.
• This mission may be the first time the player encounters a Delta MAH-15 Chimaera, unless the player liberated Maria Dolorosa Military Camp in Isla Maria Dolorosa, encountered one during heat/side missions, or otherwise obtained one after reaching the highest rank in the Guerrillas/Rioja Cartel. However, this mission is likely to be the first time the player encounters one.
• This mission is the only time you will find SAMs at a civilian airport. In fact this is the only time you can find them at Mendoza International Airport.
• Oddly, if you don't catch up with the helicopter pilot in time and he takes off, there doesn't seem to be any penalty. The pilot will just get in the helicopter and the objective will automatically cut to "Go To Mendoza International Airport".
• In some game version(s) (need specifying), the Whiptail Gyrocopter is unlocked for heavy drop after this mission, rather than Guadalicano Choo Choo.
• The number of provinces destabilized by this mission is the highest so far in the game, at 5.
• This mission features some relatively rare, or hard to obtain vehicles:
  • This is the only story mission where the Delta MAH-15 Chimaera is featured and the only mission of any kind to include a military one.
  • This is one of the few missions where you can see a Ballard Centronel AAWV- 21 outside of a military base. This is a somewhat rare vehicle. It is possible to obtain it by using it for the escape.
  • This mission is the only time an unmarked Wallys GP is used by an enemy.
  • This is the only time the Agency Cutler-Randall Conquistador can be found. It is possible to keep it by delivering it to a safehouse garage and being quick enough to rejoin the mission by another vehicle.
  • This is the only mission where San Esperito Military Huerta Mesas (which are usually a rare sight) are featured as opposed to the more common San Esperito Police Department versions.

Gallery

The unique Agency Cutler-Randall Conquistador.

The 4 Automatic surface to air missile launchers at the airport during this mission only.

2 Barclay Phantoms and 2 Aviv Scarabs on display.

Luis and Tomaso see from afar.

Up close.

The Delta MAH-15 Chimaera you have to take to Mendoza International Airport. If the pilot gets in (and you grapple to him) he will not fly towards that place.

The Ballard Centronel AAWV- 21, being "escorted" by a San Esperito Military Huerta Mesa and 3 MVs.

Video

This video shows the mission and how to get the unique Agency Cutler-Randall Conquistador