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I'm a detective with the New York City Police Department. I arrived in Los Angeles to attend a Christmas reunion and reconciliation with my estranged wife Holly, who was attending a party thrown by her employer, the Nakatomi Corporation at its still-unfinished American branch office headquarters, the high-rise Nakatomi Plaza. When I refreshed myself from the flight in Holly's corporate room, we had an argument over the use of her maiden name, Gennero, but Holly was called away.
As the party continued, a group of terrorists led by Hans Gruber seized the building and held the partygoers as hostages in exchange for terrorist operatives in prison. In the confusion, I was able to disappear unnoticed into the building's maintenance areas and learned that Gruber is actually using the hostage situation as a cover to steal $640 million in bearer bonds stored in the building's vault. I was unable to stop Gruber from executing Joe Takagi, Holly's boss, when he refused to hand over the vault's combination.
I attempted to alert the local police by setting off the fire alarm, and Gruber's men came after me. I killed them, securing one of their radios, a quantity of C4 explosives and all the crucial detonators which one of Gruber's men was setting into prepared explosives. Gruber and his men listened over the radio as I contacted the Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Al Powell arrived to check the building, found nothing amiss and drove off, but I got his attention by dropping one of the corpses onto Powell's patrol vehicle. The situation rapidly escalated and the SWAT team arrived to storm the building. I attempted to get Powell to stop the SWAT team from walking into a trap but Powell couldn't convince his superiors. The SWAT team was repelled the SWAT armoured vehicle was disabled by a rocket launcher, and the police were out-gunned by the firepower of the terrorists. I dropped the C4 down the elevator shaft and destroyed the entire floor where the terrorists were firing from.
As the remainder of Gruber's men attempted to find me and the detonators, one of the hostages betrayed my identity to Gruber. Gruber used the radio to contact me, and demanded that I return the detonators or else he would shoot one of the hostages. I refused and Gruber killed the man who had sold out my identity, to the horror of the police force who heard everything on radio. I continued to keep moving through the building to try to learn Gruber's plans. Me and Gruber accidentally meet but Gruber gained my trust by passing himself off as an escaped hostage. But then Gruber's identity was discovered as he threatened to shoot me. When Gruber's men arrived I fled, dropping the detonators. The FBI arrived and took control of the situation. They shut off the building's power while they planned a helicopter raid onto the roof. However, Gruber had planned for the FBI's predictability -disconnecting the power opened the final electromagnetic lock on the vault and gave him access to the bonds. He used the recovered detonators to rig the helipad on the building's roof with explosives, knowing the FBI would attempt a sneak gunship attack on the building. After the FBI informed Gruber that his demands had been met, Gruber's men forced the hostages to the roof to be killed by the explosions, so they could escape in the confusion. I was able to get them back inside safely, but the FBI helicopter shot at me, believing I was one of the terrorists. The helipad exploded, the helicopter was destroyed and the two head FBI agents were killed in the explosion.
Gruber discovered from an over-eager reporter's investigative newscast that Holly Gennero was my wife. He held her hostage to prevent me from interfering in his getaway. I was down to my last two bullets, but I was able to lull Gruber into a trap, killing the last remaining terrorist and wounding Gruber, who fell backwards and out of the building through a window. Gruber managed to hang onto Holly's wristwatch, his weight dragging her out the window as well. I was able to unstrap the watch and let Gruber fall to his death. Meanwhile, Theo, Gruber's technological assistant, was detained by my limo driver, Argyle, after collecting the bonds. Me and Holly left the building together, and met Officer Powell face to face for the first time. Powell had previously confessed to me that he had not fired a gun since he accidentally shot a child years ago. One of the terrorists came out behind me and Holly with a gun, but Powell drew and shot him before he could harm me and Holly. When the overzealous reporter attempted to interview us as we were leaving the scene, Holly punched him in the face. We took off in Argyle's limo as the building was secured by the police.
As the party continued, a group of terrorists led by Hans Gruber seized the building and held the partygoers as hostages in exchange for terrorist operatives in prison. In the confusion, I was able to disappear unnoticed into the building's maintenance areas and learned that Gruber is actually using the hostage situation as a cover to steal $640 million in bearer bonds stored in the building's vault. I was unable to stop Gruber from executing Joe Takagi, Holly's boss, when he refused to hand over the vault's combination.
I attempted to alert the local police by setting off the fire alarm, and Gruber's men came after me. I killed them, securing one of their radios, a quantity of C4 explosives and all the crucial detonators which one of Gruber's men was setting into prepared explosives. Gruber and his men listened over the radio as I contacted the Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Al Powell arrived to check the building, found nothing amiss and drove off, but I got his attention by dropping one of the corpses onto Powell's patrol vehicle. The situation rapidly escalated and the SWAT team arrived to storm the building. I attempted to get Powell to stop the SWAT team from walking into a trap but Powell couldn't convince his superiors. The SWAT team was repelled the SWAT armoured vehicle was disabled by a rocket launcher, and the police were out-gunned by the firepower of the terrorists. I dropped the C4 down the elevator shaft and destroyed the entire floor where the terrorists were firing from.
As the remainder of Gruber's men attempted to find me and the detonators, one of the hostages betrayed my identity to Gruber. Gruber used the radio to contact me, and demanded that I return the detonators or else he would shoot one of the hostages. I refused and Gruber killed the man who had sold out my identity, to the horror of the police force who heard everything on radio. I continued to keep moving through the building to try to learn Gruber's plans. Me and Gruber accidentally meet but Gruber gained my trust by passing himself off as an escaped hostage. But then Gruber's identity was discovered as he threatened to shoot me. When Gruber's men arrived I fled, dropping the detonators. The FBI arrived and took control of the situation. They shut off the building's power while they planned a helicopter raid onto the roof. However, Gruber had planned for the FBI's predictability -disconnecting the power opened the final electromagnetic lock on the vault and gave him access to the bonds. He used the recovered detonators to rig the helipad on the building's roof with explosives, knowing the FBI would attempt a sneak gunship attack on the building. After the FBI informed Gruber that his demands had been met, Gruber's men forced the hostages to the roof to be killed by the explosions, so they could escape in the confusion. I was able to get them back inside safely, but the FBI helicopter shot at me, believing I was one of the terrorists. The helipad exploded, the helicopter was destroyed and the two head FBI agents were killed in the explosion.
Gruber discovered from an over-eager reporter's investigative newscast that Holly Gennero was my wife. He held her hostage to prevent me from interfering in his getaway. I was down to my last two bullets, but I was able to lull Gruber into a trap, killing the last remaining terrorist and wounding Gruber, who fell backwards and out of the building through a window. Gruber managed to hang onto Holly's wristwatch, his weight dragging her out the window as well. I was able to unstrap the watch and let Gruber fall to his death. Meanwhile, Theo, Gruber's technological assistant, was detained by my limo driver, Argyle, after collecting the bonds. Me and Holly left the building together, and met Officer Powell face to face for the first time. Powell had previously confessed to me that he had not fired a gun since he accidentally shot a child years ago. One of the terrorists came out behind me and Holly with a gun, but Powell drew and shot him before he could harm me and Holly. When the overzealous reporter attempted to interview us as we were leaving the scene, Holly punched him in the face. We took off in Argyle's limo as the building was secured by the police.
Private security tends to have to answer to the law. Only police get to hide behind that big blue shield.
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