Escort Duty

Escort Duty
Game:	The Getaway
For:	DCI Clive McCormack
Protagonist:	Frank Carter
Unlocked by:	Painting the Town Red
Unlocks:	The Vigilante
Difficulty:	Normal

Escort Duty is the seventeenth mission in The Getaway. It is given to protagonist Frank Carter by DCI Clive McCormack.

Mission

In the aftermath of the gang war at the NPC carpark, Frank is collecting evidence while the other police officers arrest any surviving gang members. A police officer compliments Frank on his work, but Frank is worried when he sees his boss McCormack driving up. McCormack is not happy with Frank for the way he handled the situation. Frank defiantly stated that he was doing his job and rebuked McCormack for not helping him. McCormack orders Frank to be at Jake Jolson's prison transfer and wants no more trouble from Frank. After Frank leaves, McCormack receives a phone call from Charlie Jolson who wants McCormack to make sure that the prison transfer is set up to let Jake escape. McCormack reluctantly agrees with Charlie as he personally believes that Jake is a psycho. Frank initially follows the prison convoy, but has to leave in order to chase a range rover which had rammed a police car off the road. Frank tried to rejoin the convoy but was too late as Jake was broken out by Mark Hammond and Eyebrows. Jake shot at Frank's car causing him to overturn. Frank caught a look of Mark's face as he drove off, leaving Frank in his car.

Mission briefing

Objectives

1. Protect the prison van convoy.
2. Rejoin the prison van convoy.

Script

At the garage in Chinatown, two police officers push an arrested Yardie to a car. They get in the car and drive off. Frank is kneeling on the floor and is collecting evidence. He puts it in a plastic bag. Two more officers push another arrested Yardie towards a police car.

Yardie: Get off me! Get off me, man!

A female officer walks past him.

Officer: Nice one, mate. You ain't getting slow in your old age.

Frank stands up.

Frank: Cheers, guys. I try and stay in shape, you know.

McCormack pulls up in his car.

Frank: Oh, no.

McCormack gets out of the car.

McCormack: What the Jesus fuckin' Christ do you call this? There's enough fuckin' claret spilt here to paint the whole fuckin' town red! This is not the A-Team, sonny!

Frank: What's your problem, Mac? I've just managed to pull off more collars in half an hour than Operation bloody Trident has in two years.

McCormack: Who do you think you are? Rambo? This is London, not fuckin' Hollywood! You've endangered the lives of hundreds of innocent bystanders! I've had enough of your slap-happy, cowboy approach to this job! You put too many lives at risk!

Frank: Including my own! When was the last time you put your life on the line for this job? You fucking desk jockeys. How many lives did I save here today? When the villains round here start carrying water pistols instead of lethal fuckin' weapons, then maybe I'll start clipping round the ear, until then, just let me do my fuckin' job, all right?

McCormack: Carter. Make sure you're at crazy Jake's transfer. I don't want any more of your fuck-ups. Do you hear?

Frank: I'm under cover. I don't do escorts.

McCormack: You'll do whatever I fucking tell you, do you hear? Now, get out of here!

Frank walks off. McCormack's phone rings.

McCormack: McCormack.

Charlie: I know who it is, you muppet. I rang, remember?

McCormack: Charlie.

Charlie: Well done. Now that we know who everyone is, I'd like to talk business. I want my nephew back on the streets. Is it sorted?

McCormack: Of course. You know the arrangements.

Charlie: Good. I know he's a little highly strung, but he's got a good heart and he means well.

McCormack: He's a fucking psycho, Charlie, a mad dog that needs fuckin' putting down.

Charlie: Yeah, he has his moments, but he's family. What can I do? Anyway, just make sure it goes smoothly. Don't disappoint me, McCormack.

Frank drives to the transfer and chases after the Range Rover that rams a police car off the road. After he races to meet up with the transfer van again. Frank speeds round the corner and drives towards Jake who has escaped from the transfer van. Jake fires at his car.

Jake: C'mon, you fuckin' bastards! Have some of this!

Jake continues firing at Frank's car. Frank shields his face from the incoming fire and the car swerves off the road and flips on to its side. Jake gets into Mark Hammond's car and they drive off. Frank sees Mark's face as they drive off.

Frank: Mark-fuckin'-Hammond!

Reward

This mission unlocks the eighteenth mission in the game, The Vigilante.