The Cayo Perico Heist: Preparations

Why look elsewhere, kapitan, when we are standing in the answer! We obtain sonar jamming equipment, this submarine can swim through Mr. Rubio's hot tub and he would not feel a thing! Or if you prefer, I leave you just off the coast. Up to you.

Ah, the high-altitude option. You fly in above the radar, parachute in undetected. Such drops need specialist pilot, but I happen to know such a man.

El Rubio uses light aircraft to transport his many "goods and services" to the mainland. You disguise yourself, they let you land no problem. They will frisk you for weapons though.You want to fool them, you must pay someone to stash weapons on the island, and collect after you arrive.

A helicopter, yes. But not just any helicopter. Stealth technology. Invisible to radar. We choose the right drop zone, you have enough time to rappel down before anyone sees you. We will need specialist pilot, but I know just the man.

It's not subtle, but it works. The gunboat is fast, and fitted with high caliber, high rate of fire machine guns. Make D-Day landings look like strongly worded letter, yes?

An island like this, lots of boats coming and going. All full of unmarked cargo. Very easy to obtain such a vessel.

Code to open main safe in Mr. Rubio's vault. You want what he is hiding, this is the only way.

Opening bulletproof display case without destroying what's inside... not so easy. Plasma cutter should do the trick.

You want to get down to the vault, you will need to get through fingerprint scanner we saw. Only one way to do it: the severed hand of Mr. Rubio.Okay, there is second way: hacking tool. We'll call severed hand "Plan B".

You have found drainage tunnel. You want to go this way, you will need to cut through the gate. You will need specialist cutting torch to operate underwater. Make short work of any small locks you find too.

If you want to knock-knock on Mr. Rubio's compound, and you do not care who hears you, demolition charges are the way. Useful for opening many other things... like Russian military ration packs. Also, storage lockers.

America is not only the land of the free and the gun owner, it is land of paperwork, receipt, registration, serial number… and for this operation all unacceptable. We must be clean. And the closest thing to clean in Los Santos? Stealing from your rivals. I have found a gang who are bringing unregistered shipment... they are from Los Santos, so of course they are operating out of upmarket skyscraper office. I have sent you location.

You know one of the great benefits of private sector military? Always fresh supply of cutting-edge, unregistered firearms. Group called Merryweather are running a training exercise with new weapons somewhere... I do not know where. We start at their base, see if there is someone we can follow.

Mr. Rubio is expecting shipment of weapons for his private army. We could ensure that his delivery is unsuccessful...Every stash of weapons we destroy will mean one more guard using piece of shit rifle instead of heavy munitions.

You know [what] makes life difficult on operation such as this? Guards with body armor... it is like killing every man twice. We interrupt the shipment, we worry about one less thing.

If the guards are alerted, Mr. Rubio will call air support. Big headache for you. We have opportunity to disrupt their fleet. Think of it like taking painkiller in advance.