
Surveying The Score
Trevor Philips
- Mission giver
- Trevor Philips
- Playable
- Trevor Philips, Michael De Santa, Franklin Clinton
- Location
- Vanilla Unicorn, Strawberry
- Target
- Union Depository
- Unlocked by
- Hang Ten
- Unlocks
- Bury the Hatchet, Surreal Estate
Player notes
Trevor, Michael and Franklin meet Lester in Trevor's office at the Vanilla Unicorn in Strawberry to prepare for the Union Depository robbery. With only a limited window to gather intelligence, they divide the work. Michael takes Franklin to the Union Depository while Trevor leaves with Lester to trace the route used by the security vans. The two pairs agree to complete their surveillance before the opportunity closes.
Michael drives Franklin to the Union Depository and studies the building's access points. They inspect the front entrance, then move around to look over the garage entrance at the rear. Both approaches appear to have light security. Their examination complete, the perspective shifts to Trevor as he drives Lester out of Los Santos toward Sandy Shores Airfield.
At the airfield, Trevor and Lester board Trevor's Frogger and fly back toward Murrieta Heights. They locate two Securicars travelling through the city and shadow them from above. Trevor proposes several possible places to intercept the convoy, but Lester dismisses each one. The vans eventually disappear into a tunnel beneath Integrity Tower, then emerge and enter the Union Depository through its garage access.
Lester decides the tunnel is the place to strike the security vans and asks Trevor to check the nearby Los Santos Transit excavation for an escape route. Trevor hovers the helicopter over the construction entrance while Lester examines the site. Trevor then returns him to Sandy Shores Airfield. The perspective returns to Michael, who drives Franklin home to Vinewood Hills and leaves him there.
Objectives
10 stepsIn the order the game gives them. The unnumbered steps only appear if you go off script.
- 1Get in your car. (Michael)
- 2Drive to the bank. (Michael)
- 3Scope out the back entrance. (Michael)
- 4Drive to the airfield. (Trevor)
- 5Get in the helicopter. (Trevor)
- 6Fly to Murrieta Heights. (Trevor)
- 7Search for the construction entrance. (Trevor)
- 8Hover near the construction entrance. (Trevor)
- 9Go to the airfield. (Trevor)
- 10Take Franklin to his house. (Michael)
Gold medal
5 requirementsEvery one of these in a single run earns the medal. Replaying the mission later counts.
Perfect Distance
Follow the vans without being warned on distance.
Cavity Search
Find the construction site within 20 seconds.
Under the Bridge
Fly under the bridge whilst following the security vans.
Tunnel Flight
Fly through the tunnel whilst following the security vans.
Time
Complete within 11:00.
Mission failed if
Any of these fails the mission and sends you back to the last checkpoint.
- รWasted
- รBusted
- รThe job was abandoned.
- รLester died.
- รLester was abandoned.
- รMichael's car was destroyed.
- รThe bank was alerted.
- รTrevor's truck was destroyed.
- รThe helicopter was destroyed.
- รThe security convoy has reached the city.
- รFranklin was left behind.
- รFranklin died.
- รThe security convoy was alerted.
- รThe convoy was lost.
Trivia
- โIf Deep Inside has not been completed, then Molly Schultz will message Franklin and berate him for the outstanding JB 700. During her message, she will incorrectly spell Devin Weston's surname as "Westin".
- โIn the GTA Online mission Escape Escort, which takes place months before the main story, the player has to escort three criminals after robbing the Union Depository, contradicting Trevor's comments about it never being robbed before during this mission. Lester also made the same statement in Casing the Jewel Store.
- โIf the player switches to Trevor and Lester immediately upon starting the mission, leading to a drive up the highway, they get to hear the two argue about respect.
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Last verified September 14, 2026
