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"When a Plan Comes Together" is a mission in Saints Row IV.

Everything's in place. It's time to end this once and for all.
— Quest description

Overview[]

Playa contacts Benjamin King and asks him to get the crew to Kinzie's Warehouse to plan how to get rid of the Zin. While talking to Benjamin however, there is static in the background, which Playa shrugs off as Kinzie messing with the line.

Upon getting there, they wait for Matt Miller's arrival, who rushes in and informs them of a lot of Zin are heading to their location. Asha tells the crew that they should be able to get into position and ambush them, but Shaundi notices on the monitor that ambushing them would not be possible and leads to the Saints making an emergency stand in the warehouse.

The crew goes to repel the attack, but the Zin throw Suppression Grenades to suppress Playa's and any Homies Super Powers for the mission's duration and they fight with only firearms. As Matt and Asha take a bike back to The Ship, the others take care of more Zin and Destructors. Benjamin and Pierce cover Playa, Johnny, Shaundi, Fun Shaundi and Kinzie so they can get to the Eagle. Playa has to cover Benjamin and Pierce back to The Ship, clearing roadblocks and destroying pursuing Zin. Eventually, the Eagle takes critical damage and crash lands on the rooftop of Super Ethical Reality Climax. The group enters the building and the game starts up, and Playa has to kill many Zin and Professor Genki to get out while. After heading into the prize room, Shaundi and Fun Shaundi splits away from the group while Kinzie, Johnny and Playa drives the Genkimobile to get away and continue to cover Benjamin and Pierce from more roadblocks before they can get to the Sunset Park Gateway.

Benjamin contacts Playa and tells them Pierce and him are pulling out of The Simulation. Playa notices the interference that occurs at the start of the mission and then questions Kinzie how the Zin found them. However, Zinyak intervenes and lands in front of the Genkimobile and cripples the car and stunning the Saints. Zinyak pulls Kinzie out of the car and proceeds to violently smash her against the vehicle while Johnny tries to stop him, only to fail and have Zinyak capture Kinzie. Shaundi then informs Playa and Johnny to get back to The Ship immediately, leading to "All Hands on Deck".

Gameplay[]

Go to Kinzie's Warehouse
Survive attack
Destroy tanks
Cover Saints
Go to roof
Take helicopter
Destroy tanks

This objective only occurs if the tanks were not previously destroyed.

Cover Saints
Protect car
Scout ahead
Destroy roadblock
Protect car
Destroy roadblock
Enter building
Defend Kinzie
Kill aliens
Kill Genki
Go to prize room
Protect car
Destroy roadblock
Protect car

Rewards[]

Trivia[]

  • The mission title is a reference to The A-Team, in which John "Hannibal" Smith often says "I love it when a plan comes together."
  • This mission can be started via a mission marker inside Kinzie's Warehouse, rather than via the Hub.
    • In addition, the mission marker may appear there after beating the game, allowing to replay this mission and "All Hands on Deck".
  • Playa and Homies losing their Super Powers is a scripted event, so avoiding the Suppression Grenade does not stop Playa or any Homies losing their Powers. It is possible to completely exit the building and fly away before powers are disabled.
  • During this mission, Asha and Matt ride a Bloody Cannoness while Ben and Pierce drive a Saints Hammer. These vehicles, and the Eagle, spawn immediately when the mission starts, but none of them can be entered or destroyed.
  • The Eagle crashing is a scripted event, and if the Helicopter isn't at the right altitude, it flies upwards as it crashes in order to crash on the correct roof.
  • After crashing on the roof, it is impossible to jump off of it. Jumping off the roof warps Playa back onto the roof.
  • The mission script file indicates that Donnie was intended to be the person who was kidnapped.[2]
  • There is a blue and white "m16" variant of the Eagle. This mission is m16, but the m16 Eagle is not used during this mission.
  • This is the only mission in the series where 4 homies are recruited.
  • Genki's health is 40000 in singleplayer, while in Co-op it is 70000.
  • During the Super Ethical Reality Climax portion, Male Voice 3 says "Big Money, Big Prizes, I love it!", which is a quote from the presenter in the 1990 Midway arcade game Smash TV.[3]

Transcript[]

Prologue[]

Playa - Female 1: "All right King, it's time to shut down this hell hole... are you ready?"
Playa - Female 2: "Let's end this once and for all. Are you ready?"
Playa - Female 3: "We're ending this thing tonight...are you ready, King?"
Playa - Male 1: "So King, your plan ready to go?"
Playa - Male 2: "It's time to take out Zinyak. Are you ready?"
Playa - Male 3: "It's time. Are you ready to tear the simulation down?"
Nolan North: "So King, is your plan ready to go?"
Phone Call: "Sure thing. Let's do this. *static*"
Phone Call: "What was that?"
Playa - Female 1: "Doesn't sound like anything good..."
Playa - Female 2: "This thing could be breaking down on its own..."
Playa - Female 3: "Probably Kinzie breaking something..."
Playa - Male 1: "Dunno. Maybe Kinzie's futzing with the line."
Playa - Male 2: "Fuck it, doesn't matter..."
Playa - Male 3: "Ugh, the reception's gotten shitty..."
Nolan North: "Dunno. Maybe Kinzie's futzing with the line."
Playa - Female 1: "Get eveyone over to Kinzie's, we gotta move fast."
Playa - Female 2: "Get the Saints together, the sooner we're out of here, the better"
Playa - Female 3: "Tell everyone to meet up at Kinzie's...I'll be there soon."
Playa - Male 1: "Do me a favor: Get everyone to Kinzie's place. I'll be there soon."
Playa - Male 2: "Round up the Saints, I'll be there soon"
Playa - Male 3: "Look, just spread the word, we're meeting at Kinzie's."
Nolan North: "Do me a favor: Get everyone to Kinzie's place. I'll be there soon."
— "Pre Mission Phone Call"

Unsorted[]

Re-arrange these into the in-game order, and update to description lines with details about when each occurs

Playa: "I'm not late to the briefing am I?"
King: "We haven't started yet, I'm waiting on Miller."
Playa: "I still feel bad about punching Matt in the face."
King: "He'll get over it."
Playa: "Or he'll kill me in my sleep."
King: "That's always a possibility too."
Gat: "Whoa, whoa, whoa, guys, guys. Can we just get to murdering already?"
Matt: "We got a problem!"
Gat: "Nooooooow we're talking..."
Playa: "What's up?"
Matt: "The Zin are coming!"
Kinzie: "Here?!"
Shaundi: "That's probably why he said it's a problem."
Asha: "Alright, let's take cover we should be able to ambush them."
Shaundi: "Not so sure about that."
— When a Plan Comes Together opening cutscene
We walked away, right?
— Johnny Gat, "Chopper Down"

Playa - Female 1: "Everyone okay?"
Playa - Female 2: "Everybody okay?"
Playa - Female 3: "Everyone okay?"
Playa - Male 1: "Everyone okay?"
Playa - Male 2: "Everyone okay?"
Playa - Male 3: "Everyone okay?"
Nolan North: "Everyone okay?"
— "Chopper"
Shaundi: "We're going down!"
Playa - Female 1: "Hold tight!"
Playa - Female 2: "Hang on!"
Playa - Female 3: "Jesus!"
Playa - Male 1: "Everybody, hold on!"
Playa - Male 2: "Ohhhh shit!"
Playa - Male 3: "Brace yourselves!"
Nolan North: "Everybody, hold on!"
— "Chopper Falling"
Johnny Gat: "Pierce and Ben are getting into that car. Let's cover them!"
Playa - Female 1: "I'm on it."
Playa - Female 2: "No problem."
Playa - Female 3: "You got it."
Playa - Male 1: "On it!"
Playa - Male 2: "Got it."
Playa - Male 3: "Sounds good."
Nolan North: "On it!"
— "Cover B and P"
Johnny Gat: "These Zin have some high-tech shit. What's their arsenal like?"
Kinzie: "Oh! The Zin have all kinds of a cool stuff. I wish I could get into their armory and see what they're prototyping. They even have murderbots!"
Johnny Gat: "Murderbots? That's my kind of household appliance."
— "Cover B and P Convo"
Okay, I found somewhere for us to... Oh no!
— Kinzie, "Found a Spot"

Zach: "Bobby, look! Professor Genki has entered the arena!"
Bobby: "It's always a special occasion when the Professor takes the stage. Let's watch the master at work."
Johnny Gat: "That's Genki, huh? Yeah, he looks crazy."
Playa - Female 1: "That fucking cat isn't walking out of here alive!"
Playa - Female 2: "Assassinate the man-cat!"
Playa - Female 3: "Kill the professor!"
Playa - Male 1: "Aim for his big stupid head!"
Playa - Male 2: "Take him out!"
Playa - Male 3: "Now's our chance. Kill him!"
Nolan North: "Aim for his big stupid head!"
Shaundi SR2: "Boss, he's kinda helping us..."
Playa - Female 1: "Not. Walking. Out of here. Alive."
Playa - Female 2: "It's apotheosis. To become a God, I must kill him."
Playa - Female 3: "You can't control the man-cat, now put him down!"
Playa - Male 1: "Die, you fucking man-cat!"
Playa - Male 2: "First rule of life, Shaundi: never trust a man-cat."
Playa - Male 3: "The man-cat must fall!"
Nolan North: "Die, you fucking man-cat!"
— "Genki Arrive"
Playa - Female 1: "This is so much better than a spa day..."
Playa - Female 2: "BIG MONEY! BIG PRIZES! I LOVE IT!"
Playa - Female 3: "Oh Lordy..."
Playa - Male 1: "Ain't nothin' unethical about that!"
Playa - Male 2: "Ah ha ha ha! AH HAHAHAHA!"
Playa - Male 3: "Johnny, you having fun yet?"
Nolan North: "Ain't nothin' unethical about that!"
Shaundi SR2: "I feel like this should be set to music!"
Johnny Gat: "I wish every game was like this."
Shaundi: "This game's a lot more fun from this end!"
Kinzie: "Just a little bit longer..."
— "Genki Assault"
Playa - Female 1: "That's..."
Playa - Female 2: "That's..."
Playa - Female 3: "That's..."
Playa - Male 1: "That's..."
Playa - Male 2: "That's..."
Playa - Male 3: "That's... fuck me."
Nolan North: "That's..."
Kinzie: "Our way out of here. Oh! It's beautiful! I'll drive!"
Shaundi SR2: "Whoa. Trippy car."
Playa - Female 1: "This has trainwreck written all over it..."
Playa - Female 2: "When was the last time you drove?"
Playa - Female 3: "Do you even have a license?"
Playa - Male 1: "Kinzie, you never drive."
Playa - Male 2: "Kinzie... do you even know how to drive?"
Playa - Male 3: "Please don't kill us, Kinzie..."
Nolan North: "Kinzie, you never drive..."
— "Genki Car"
Shaundi SR2: "Oh look, a cat. Is this a pet store?"
Playa - Female 1: "Johnny... you're about to meet your spirit animal."
Playa - Female 2: "If by pet store you mean "murder show", then yes."
Playa - Female 3: "It's more like a homicidal fever dream with fabulous prizes..."
Playa - Male 1: "A cat? FUCK. Of all the buildings in Steelport, we crash on Genki's? Seriously?"
Playa - Male 2: "Yeah... a crazy, murder filled pet store...."
Playa - Male 3: "God I wish it was..."
Nolan North: "A cat? FUCK. Of all the buildings in Steelport, we crash on Genki's? Seriously?"
Johnny Gat: "Super Ethical Reality Climax. Who names this shit?"
— "Genki Drop-Off"
Shaundi: "Is that all?"
Kinzie: "Looks like it. Oh my gosh..."
Playa - Female 1: "Kinzie?"
Playa - Female 2: "What, what is it?"
Playa - Female 3: "What now..."
Playa - Male 1: "What? More of them?"
Playa - Male 2: "What is it?"
Playa - Male 3: "Is everything okay?"
Nolan North: "What? More of them?"
Kinzie: "Let's get to the prize room!"
Johnny Gat: "That was fun. They got more games like this in Steelport?"
— "Genki End"
Zach: "Good shot by the contestant! Genki's sure to feel that one."
Bobby: "It takes a particularly skilled player to take on Professor Genki."
Zach: "Especially after facing the considerable might of the Zin Empire."
Bobby: "Of which we are required to extol the virtues."
— "Genki Fight"
Playa: "Where to now?"
Shaundi: "Doesn't matter! The Zin just found us."
Playa - Female 1: "Kinzie, get us out of here..."
Playa - Female 2: "Damn it, we need a way out!"
Playa - Female 3: "Kinize, can you find us a way out?"
Playa - Male 1: "Kinzie! Find us a way out!"
Playa - Male 2: "We need to find a way out!"
Playa - Male 3: "We gotta get outta here, Kinzie!"
Nolan North: "Kinzie! Find us a way out!"
Kinzie: "On it!"
— "Genki Inside"
Johnny Gat: "So where to?"
Kinzie: "You know, I generally don't like getting involved in these things but this is really exciting!"
Playa - Female 1: "Welcome to the wacky world of murder, what do we do next?"
Playa - Female 2: "Yes, your personal growth is very exciting, now tell us what we're supposed to do."
Playa - Female 3: "It's great seeing you enjoy the outside world, but we need to stay focused Kinzie. What's next?"
Playa - Male 1: "Kinzie, focus. What do we do now?"
Playa - Male 2: "Yeah fresh air is exciting, what do we do now?"
Playa - Male 3: "Yeah I get it, life beyond a computer is mysterious and beautiful. Now can you snap out of it and tell me what we're supposed to do?"
Nolan North: "Kinzie, focus. What do we do now?"
Kinzie: "Ben's plan was to overload the simulation. We can still do that but not if the Zin know our every move."
Playa - Female 1: "You can make us stealthy again, right?"
Playa - Female 2: "But that's something you can handle, right?"
Playa - Female 3: "But you've already figured out a work around, right?"
Playa - Male 1: "But you can make sure they don't, right?"
Playa - Male 2: "But you know how to stop them?"
Playa - Male 3: "Can you come up with a work around?"
Nolan North: "But you can make sure they don't, right?"
Kinzie: "Yes, but I need to get back to the ship so I can find a way to cut them off. Once that's done, it's just a matter of finding the weakest point in the simulation."
Playa - Female 1: "Okay then... let's head home."
Playa - Female 2: "Then let's go home."
Playa - Female 3: "Let's get back to the ship then."
Playa - Male 1: "Get us to a safe spot so we can get back to the real world."
Playa - Male 2: "All right, let's get back home."
Playa - Male 3: "Sounds good... let's go home."
Nolan North: "Get us to a safe spot so we can get back to the real world."
— "Genki Ride"
Playa - Female 1: "Everyone in the chopper!"
Playa - Female 1: "Hurry people!"
Playa - Female 1: "Saints, we are leaving!"
Playa - Female 2: "Everybody in!"
Playa - Female 2: "In the chopper, now!"
Playa - Female 2: "Inside, now!"
Playa - Female 3: "Everyone inside!"
Playa - Female 3: "Let's go, people!"
Playa - Female 3: "Let's load up and go!"
Playa - Male 1: "Everybody in!"
Playa - Male 1: "Get in! Get in!"
Playa - Male 1: "Hurry! Inside!"
Playa - Male 2: "Hurry!"
Playa - Male 2: "Inside, now!"
Playa - Male 2: "Load in!"
Playa - Male 3: "Go! Go! Go!"
Playa - Male 3: "Let's get the fuck outta here!"
Playa - Male 3: "Let's go!"
Nolan North: "Everybody in!"
Nolan North: "Get in! Get in!"
Nolan North: "Hurry! Inside!"
— "Get To The"
Kinzie: "Aaahhh!"
Johnny Gat: "You alien fuck!"
Johnny Gat: "Boss, you need to get back to the ship. Now."
— "Grabbed by Zinyak"
Playa - Female 1: "Kinzie, you find us a safe place yet?"
Playa - Female 2: "Kinzie, where should we take this thing..."
Playa - Female 3: "Where are we going, Kinzie..."
Playa - Male 1: "Kinzie, where to?"
Playa - Male 2: "All right, where to?"
Playa - Male 3: "What's the best way outta here, Kinzie?"
Nolan North: "Kinzie, where to?"
Kinzie: "Okay, um, hold on I'm scanning."
Playa: "Scan fast."
— "In the Chopper"
Ooh, is that a killing floor?
— Johnny Gat, "Is That a Killing"

Ben King: "Pierce and I will hold them here! Just get everyone else to safety, player!"
Pierce: "We got this!"
— "King Stays Behind"
Zinyak: "My dear, for someone who claims to be among the best and brightest of their species your master plan is terribly pedestrian."
Playa: "No!"
— "Kinzie Taken"
Playa - Female 1: "How the fuck did they find your sanctum?"
Playa - Female 2: "I thought this place was safe, Kinzie... what happened?"
Playa - Female 3: "Damn it Kinzie, how did they find us?"
Playa - Male 1: "How the hell did they find us?"
Playa - Male 2: "How'd they find us?"
Playa - Male 3: "Kinzie, any ideas on how they found us?"
Nolan North: "How the hell did they find us?"
Kinzie: "I don't know!"
Johnny Gat: "Who cares? Let's just kill 'em."
— "Mission Start"
Kinzie: "Watch out! They're using some sort of suppression grenade! They're probably trying to counteract your powers."
Playa - Female 1: "I don't need powers to kill these bastards..."
Playa - Female 2: "Fuck me..."
Playa - Female 3: "Why can't I have nice things..."
Playa - Male 1: "Why does everyone keep taking away my super powers?"
Playa - Male 2: "This is some bullshit!"
Playa - Male 3: "Powers. No powers. Doesn't matter, they're dead."
Nolan North: "Why does everyone keep taking away my super powers? Fuck!"
— "No Superpowers"
Johnny Gat: "Why are we running? I'm down for some murder."
Playa - Female 1: "If we lose the heat we can get back to the plan..."
Playa - Female 2: "Benjamin had a plan, we're going to see it through."
Playa - Female 3: "The sooner we lose these guys, the sooner we can get back to the plan."
Playa - Male 1: "Ben says he has a plan. We need to lose this heat and then..."
Playa - Male 2: "We need to regroup so we can back King's play."
Playa - Male 3: "We can murder later, right now we need to get the plan back on track..."
Nolan North: "Ben says he has a plan. We need to lose this heat and then..."
Shaundi: "Whatever the plan was, it went out the fucking window. We need to focus on surviving."
— "Roof Ascend"
Playa - Female 1: "Keep moving! We gotta get to the roof!"
Playa - Female 2: "We need to get to the roof!"
Playa - Female 3: "Roof's this way!"
Playa - Male 1: "Everybody! To the roof!"
Playa - Male 2: "Move it people!"
Playa - Male 3: "Chopper's this way!"
Nolan North: "Everybody! To the roof!"
— "Roof"
Shaundi: "We need to find a safe place for Pierce and Ben to go!"
Shaundi SR2: "We're not going to my place."
— "Scout Ahead"
Shaundi: "You guys go ahead. Me and... other me will head out on our own."
Shaundi SR2: "Sweet. Bonding time."
— "Shaundis Split"
Kinzie: "Uh-oh."
Playa - Female 1: "Uh-oh? What do you mean "uh-oh""
Playa - Female 2: "Kinzie... what did you do?"
Playa - Female 3: "That's the bad kind of "uh-oh" isn't it..."
Playa - Male 1: "Uh-oh? Kinzie, what uh-oh?"
Playa - Male 2: "The fuck you mean "Uh-oh"?"
Playa - Male 3: "Christ, what now..."
Nolan North: "Uh-oh? Kinzie, what uh-oh?"
Shaundi: "Boss, the game is on."
Kinzie: "It started by itself! I can't shut it down!"
Zach: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a very special episode of Professor Genki's Super Ethical Reality Climax!"
Playa - Female 1: "Bring on the man-cat..."
Playa - Female 2: "Johnny... you're about to be a happy man."
Playa - Female 3: "Here we go..."
Playa - Male 1: "Aw shit."
Playa - Male 2: "Here we go again..."
Playa - Male 3: "Big money. Big prizes. I love it..."
Nolan North: "Aw shit."
Bobby: "The floor is active and the doors are locked. Nobody gets out--"
Zach: "Including us!"
Bobby: "...until, that is, the contestants rack up enough points to fill the Murd-O-Meter!"
Johnny Gat: "Shit. I'm down. Let's do this."
— "Super Ethical Activate"
Pierce: "Hey, we gotta go! There's too many of them."
Ben King: "There's a helicopter on a nearby roof! We can use it to get everyone to safety."
Playa - Female 1: "All right everyone, let's stick together..."
Playa - Female 2: "Follow me!"
Playa - Female 3: "Come on Saints, let's move!"
Playa - Male 1: "Everybody, follow me!"
Playa - Male 2: "Let's move people!"
Playa - Male 3: "This way!"
Nolan North: "Everybody, follow me!"
Asha: "Matt and I will head out on our own."
Matt Miller: "We what?"
Asha: "Take care of your people. We'll catch up."
Playa - Female 1: "Whatever."
Playa - Female 2: "Got it."
Playa - Female 3: "See ya on the other side..."
Playa - Male 1: "Fine."
Playa - Male 2: "Cool."
Playa - Male 3: "Stay safe."
Nolan North: "Fine."
Johnny Gat: "Before we do anything, we need some breathing room. Let's take out those tanks!"
— "Tank Assault"
Zach: "Look at all the contestants today!"
Bobby: "And all new targets as well! The Zin Empire have taken it upon themselves to face the challengers. Truly, a bold move on their part."
Zach: "You're not kidding. The Zin are the fiercest opponents in the universe, Bobby."
Bobby: "This should be a tough fight for the Saints."
Zach: "Yes indeed."
— "Z and B Convo1"
Bobby: "The Zin are falling before the might of these contestants."
Zach: "They sure are. Look at how they're mowing down the opposition."
Bobby: "Goes to show you how much having a team behind you can really come in handy."
Zach: "I wish we had a team behind us."
Bobby: "What we have is the love and support of Zinyak. What else could we possibly need?"
Zach: "Nothing at all, Bobby. Nothing at all."
— "Z and B Convo2"
Zach: "And there you have it, folks! Genki is down."
Bobby: "Down but never out, Zach."
Zach: "So true, Bobby. So true."
— "Z and B Outro"
Ben King: "Hey, player, Pierce and I are pulling out of the simulation. Meet you back on the ship."
Playa - Female 1: "Earlier I was talking to King and that conversation cut out too... any idea what's causing that?"
Playa - Female 2: "Kinzie, that's the second time communications have messed up... what's happeneing?"
Playa - Female 3: "Kinzie, you have any idea why our communications have gotten so bad?"
Playa - Male 1: "Where is that static coming from? And how did the Zin find us? I thought your hideout was safe, Kinzie."
Playa - Male 2: "Kinzie, what's that static? I heard it earlier."
Playa - Male 3: "Kinzie...is that normal? Or is someone messing with our connection?"
Nolan North: "Where is that static coming from? And how did the Zin find us? I thought your hideout was safe, Kinzie."
Kinzie: "I don't know. Zinyak must be..."
Johnny Gat: "Yo, watch out!"
— "Zinyak Arrive"

Gallery[]

When a Plan Comes Together - security camera

The Zin arriving outside Kinzie's Warehouse to ambush the Saints

When a Plan Comes Together - Survive Attack

The Saints repelling the ambush

When a Plan Comes Together - Destroy Tanks

Playa repelling the ambush

When a Plan Comes Together - Destroy Tanks, tank exploding

Playa destroying the Destructors

When a Plan Comes Together - Destroy Tanks, flying Eagle

Playa taking out the Destructors with the Eagle

When a Plan Comes Together - Destroy Roadblock

Playa clearing a roadblock for Pierce and Ben

When a Plan Comes Together - Eagle crashing

The Helicopter crashing

When a Plan Comes Together - Kill Aliens with murder meter

Playa using the turret to eliminate the Zin attackers

When a Plan Comes Together - Kill Genki

Professor Genki joins in with the Zin attack

When a Plan Comes Together - Protect car

Playa protecting the car while Kinzie drives

When a Plan Comes Together - Zinyak takes Kinzie

Zinyak incapacitating Kinzie while Playa and Johnny are disorientated


References[]

  1. Note: Silently added after completing the mission.
  2. Game data file: m16.lua
  3. YouTube: Super Smash TV - Big Money, Big Prizes quote


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