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Run This Town


Run This Town
Type Side Job
Giver Mr. Hands
Region Pacifica
DLC Phantom Liberty

Run This Town is a Phantom Liberty side job in which Mr. Hands asks V to help decide who rules Dogtown after Kurt Hansen. It starts with a call from Mr. Hands after Firestarter, at his suite in Heavy Hearts. Disguised as a feared Cuban cartel mercenary, V meets the two candidates, Chester Bennett and Jago Szabó, and the choices made lead to a tense showdown at Hansen's wake in the Black Sapphire.

Story

Hands's Urgent Job

The journal warns that Mr. Hands has something urgent lined up. Dogtown is about to heat up again, and Johnny recommends staying on top of it.

Mr. Hands insists on meeting at once. Gigs already started can be finished, but new gigs in Dogtown stay locked until V meets him. At Heavy Hearts, he locks the door and offers double V's usual rate. Turning him down fails the job.

Two Candidates

Two men want to replace Hansen. Chester Bennett was Hansen's chief aide. Jago Szabó was his head accountant. Mr. Hands prefers Bennett, for his military background and his ties to Hansen, which promise continuity. He calls Jago immature, and doubts that a bookkeeper can lead a place like Dogtown.

To sway the race, V will pose as Aguilar Nubiola, a respected mercenary of a Cuban cartel with close ties to Dogtown's leaders. Mr. Hands provides a behavioural imprint, a replica of Aguilar's gun and Aguilar's suit.

Jago

At a spot where Jago is due to meet the Voodoo Boys, V activates the imprint, waits for the Voodoo Boys and deals with them. When Jago arrives with his bodyguard, he is surprised to find "Aguilar". V tells him to drop out of the race. Jago can then reveal that Bennett has been negotiating with a front company backed by Arasaka, which opens an optional meeting with Bennett.

Bennett

At Bennett's usual meeting place with Arasaka, V takes out his bodyguard by the door, hides the body and waits in Bennett's car. When Bennett returns, he is shocked to see Aguilar and tries to explain himself. He can be talked round, or he turns hostile. In a fight, V can only use Aguilar's gun, with no scanning, implants or other weapons.

Hansen's Wake

Finally, V goes to the Black Sapphire for Hansen's wake as Aguilar. Jago is uneasy, because Bennett has brought in extra security. What follows decides who rules Dogtown, and who survives the night.

Run This Town Map Location and Walkthrough

The map shows Heavy Hearts, where the walkthrough sends V.

Run This Town map location:

Heavy Hearts

  1. Answer Mr. Hands's call after Firestarter and meet him at Heavy Hearts.
  2. Talk to Mr. Hands and take the shard on the table.
  3. Take Aguilar's imprint and Aguilar's gun, Mancinella.
  4. Take Aguilar's suit and put it on.
  5. Look in the mirror to activate the imprint, then talk to Mr. Hands.

Jago

  1. Go to the place where Jago will meet the Voodoo Boys.
  2. Activate Aguilar's imprint and wait.
  3. Get rid of the Voodoo Boys. Talking ends in a fight unless V has 16 Cool.
  4. Wait for Jago by the rock and talk to him.

Bennett (optional)

  1. Go to Bennett's meeting place before the wake.
  2. Activate the imprint and take out the bodyguard by the door.
  3. Hide the body and wait in Bennett's car.
  4. Talk to Bennett, or fight him with Aguilar's gun.

The Wake

  1. Go to the Black Sapphire, activate the imprint and take the lift.
  2. Talk to Jago.
  3. Play out the showdown between the candidates.
  4. Call Mr. Hands.

Map credit by Map Genie.

Choices

Who Rules Dogtown

For Bennett to lead, skip the meeting with him, or meet him without provoking him. At the wake, most paths end with Bennett in charge and Jago dead. Drawing a weapon and asking Bennett whether he would plunge Dogtown into chaos makes Bennett the leader while Jago survives.

For Jago to lead, meet Bennett, provoke him into attacking, and say that Jago will lead. At the wake, Jago can then come out on top, with or without Bennett surviving.

Mr. Hands's Verdict

Mr. Hands is pleased if Bennett leads and nobody dies. Otherwise he calls V unprofessional. If Jago leads and nobody died at the wake, Mr. Hands texts a few days later that he and Jago have met to talk business, and he seems very pleased with the more capable leader.

Rewards

Completing Run This Town pays €$ 8,000. It also rewards Aguilar's suit and Mancinella.

Tips

In Aguilar's disguise, V cannot scan or use other weapons, implants or grenades, so a fight with Bennett relies on the replica gun alone.

Notes

  • New Dogtown gigs are locked until this job's first meeting is done.

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