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|caption = "Salting the Earth...Again" mission completion screen in ''Saints Row 2''.
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|objective = • Grab a '''[[Shark|water craft]]''' and get to the yacht {{br}} • Get to the '''yacht''' {{br}} • Kill the '''[[Ultor]] execs''' {{br}} • Get to the '''[[Python|speedboat]]''' and chase down the last exec
  
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"'''Salting the Earth...Again'''" is the penultimate [[Missions in Saints Row 2|mission]] in ''[[Saints Row 2]]''.
  
"'''Salting the Earth...Again'''" is the penultimate [[Missions in Saints Row 2|mission]] in ''[[Saints Row 2]]''.
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{{quote|Ultor execs enjoy surprise retirement party|[[Stilwater Gazette]] newspaper headline}}
  
{{quote|Ultor execs enjoy surprise retirement party|[[Stilwater Gazette]] newspaper headline}}
   
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== Description ==
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==Overview==
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At the [[Saints Hideout]], [[The Protagonist]] receives a package from an unknown sender addressed to them. Inside is a newspaper clipping revealing [[Ultor]]'s current fundraising gala aboard a yacht. Spotting an opportunity for revenge against Ultor's recent hostilities, The Protagonist heads out to crash their party despite [[Pierce]]'s best efforts to dissuade them, who advises on how it could be a trap and reminds The Protagonist of their history aboard yachts, as the explosion aboard [[Richard Hughes]]' yacht{{ref|'''Mission''': [[Saints and Martyrs]]}} placed The Protagonist into a [[Timeline|years]]-long coma.{{ref|'''Cutscene''': 2nd Times A Charm}}
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At the [[Saints Hideout]], [[Playa]] receives a package from an unknown sender addressed to them. Inside is a newspaper clipping revealing [[Ultor]]'s current fundraising gala aboard a yacht. Spotting an opportunity for revenge against Ultor's recent hostilities, Playa heads out to crash their party despite [[Pierce]]'s best efforts to dissuade them, who advises on how it could be a trap and reminds Playa of their history aboard yachts, as the explosion aboard [[Richard Hughes]]' yacht{{ref|'''Mission''': [[Saints and Martyrs]]}} placed Playa into a [[Timeline|five year]] coma.{{ref|'''Cutscene''': [[#cut1|2nd Times A Charm]]}}{{ref|5 years SR2|'''Website''': [http://sr2.saintsrow.com/overview.php ''Saints Row 2'': Official Site]}}
   
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After reaching the yacht, The Protagonist slays all of the executives partying aboard. [[Dane Vogel]] watches the carnage unfold from his office at the top of the [[Phillips Building]]. It becomes apparent that the executives aboard the yacht belonged to the Ultor board of directors, and Vogel sent The Protagonist the package, manipulating them into killing the executives to further his own goals, and in retaliation for the threats made against him in the boardroom at the end of the previous mission.{{ref|'''Mission''': [[Pyramid Scheme]]}} Knowing that he now fully controls Ultor, Vogel asks his secretary [[Jaime]] to set up a press conference for him{{ref|'''Cutscene''': Dane's Triumph}}, initiating the events of the final mission.{{ref|'''Mission''': [[...and a Better Life]]}}
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After reaching the yacht, Playa slays all of the executives partying aboard. [[Dane Vogel]] watches the carnage unfold from his office at the top of the [[Phillips Building]]. It becomes apparent that the executives aboard the yacht belonged to the Ultor board of directors, and Vogel sent Playa the package, manipulating them into killing the executives to further his own goals, and in retaliation for the threats made against him in the boardroom at the end of the previous mission.{{ref|'''Mission''': [[Pyramid Scheme]]}} Knowing that he now fully controls Ultor, Vogel asks his secretary [[Jaime]] to set up a press conference for him{{ref|'''Cutscene''': [[#cut2|Dane's Triumph]]}}, initiating the events of the final mission.{{ref|'''Mission''': [[... and a Better Life]]}}
   
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=== Story ===
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===Story===
 
{{story|game=2|mission|Bodies of the Ultor Board of Directors littered the water this morning, as a corporate gala turned into a blood bath. This is the second time a massacre has occurred on the open water here in Stilwater...fortunately there were no explosions.}}
  
{{story|game=2|mission|Bodies of the Ultor Board of Directors littered the water this morning, as a corporate gala turned into a blood bath. This is the second time a massacre has occurred on the open water here in Stilwater...fortunately there were no explosions.}}
   
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== Gameplay ==
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==Gameplay==
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[[File:Salting the Earth...Again.png|250px|thumb|Gameplay from the mission.]]
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[[File:Salting the Earth...Again - Execs Killed counter.png|250px|thumb]]
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In perhaps the most difficult [[Missions in Saints Row 2|mission]] in the game, players must kill six executives aboard a yacht to the northeast of the [[Saint's Row]] District. In the [[Tornado#Patch|patched]] version of the game, the two [[Tornado]]s fire rockets, and there are absolutely no checkpoints throughout the entire mission. However, if the game has not been updated or patched at all, the Tornados lack the ability to fire their missiles and the mission is generally quite easy.
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The objective of this mission is to kill six executives aboard a yacht to the northeast of the [[Saint's Row]] District. In the [[Tornado#Patch|patched]] version of the game, the two [[Tornado]]s fire rockets, and there are absolutely no checkpoints throughout the entire mission. However, if the game has not been updated or patched at all, the Tornados lack the ability to fire their missiles and the mission is generally quite easy.
   
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;{{a|obj1|Grab a '''water craft''' and get to the yacht}}
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Begin by heading to the [[Saints Row Mega Condo]] and jumping aboard the Shark on the dock. If the game isn't patched, drive to the yacht and a Tornado arrives and follows, but does nothing. If the game is patched, immediately disembark from the Shark after boarding it and wait for the message that an Ultor attack helicopter soon arrives. Use the small roof overhead as cover and engage the Tornado on foot; heavy firepower should down it fairly quickly, then get back on the Shark and drive to the yacht peacefully (the Tornado is not replaced).
  
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Begin by heading to the [[Saints Row Mega Condo]] and jumping aboard the Shark on the dock.
   
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;{{a|obj2|Get to the '''yacht'''}}
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Another strategy, although more riskier, is to drive to the yacht and exit from the Shark every time the Tornado fires its missiles. The Protagonist smashes awkwardly into the water, but the missile lock is lost and it should crash into the water. This strategy must be repeated multiple times before reaching the yacht.
  
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If the game isn't patched, drive to the yacht and a Tornado arrives and follows, but does nothing. If the game is patched, immediately disembark from the Shark after boarding it and wait for the message that an Ultor attack helicopter soon arrives. Use the small roof overhead as cover and engage the Tornado on foot; heavy firepower should down it fairly quickly, then get back on the Shark and drive to the yacht peacefully (the Tornado is not replaced).
   
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Another strategy, although more riskier, is to drive to the yacht and exit from the Shark every time the Tornado fires its missiles. Playa smashes awkwardly into the water, but the missile lock is lost and it should crash into the water. This strategy must be repeated multiple times before reaching the yacht.
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If a Tornado has been obtained by the player previously through any method, retreiving it from a garage before the mission and using it will make short work of the enemy Torandos and most enemies on the boat before needing to abandon it to kill the ones that remain on the interior.
  
   
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If a Tornado has been obtained previously, retrieving it from a garage before the mission and using it makes short work of the enemy Torandos and most enemies on the boat before needing to abandon it to kill the ones that remain on the interior.
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After reaching the yacht, the five executives are all located inside the center of the yacht at various levels. The yacht's defenses consist of little more than a few Ultor security guards, but the game's framerate may drop notably during this section of the mission. The sixth and final executive attempts to flee on another boat; head to the marker to board a [[Python]] speedboat and give chase. Another Tornado arrives and give chase; ignore it and quickly focus all firepower on the enemy boat. Ideally, it should fall very quickly. Remember that, unfortunately, failure results in the entire mission restarting from the beginning.
  
   
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;{{a|obj3|Kill the '''Ultor execs'''}}
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== Rewards ==
  
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After reaching the yacht, the five executives are all located inside the center of the yacht at various levels. The yacht's defenses consist of little more than a few Ultor security guards, but the game's framerate may drop notably during this section of the mission.
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The sixth and final executive attempts to flee on another boat; head to the marker to board a [[Python]] speedboat and give chase. Another Tornado arrives and give chase; ignore it and quickly focus all firepower on the enemy boat. Ideally, it should fall very quickly. Failure results in the entire mission restarting from the beginning.
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==Rewards==
 
{{rewards
  
{{rewards
 
|cash = $25,000
  
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== Newscast ==
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==Newscast==
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<section begin=Salting the Earth...Again />
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{{section|Newscasts|Salting the Earth...Again}}
  
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| It was to be the gala to end all galas...and regretably for the [[Ultor]] Board of Directors...it was. The mirth born of profits and over priced vodka gimlets was drowned out by gunfire, as [[Playa|an unknown assailent]] killed the party with more efficiency and brutality than any line dance could. I'm [[Jane Valderamma]], [[channel 6]] news.
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| Jane Valderamma
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| MUS_SHARED_00067 News update (Salting the Earth...Again).ogg
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}}<section end=Salting the Earth...Again />
   
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== Trivia ==
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==Trivia==
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[[File:Newspaper ep03 Salting the Earth...Again.png|thumb|282px|The [[Stilwater Gazette]] newspaper clipping shown upon completion of the mission.]]
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[[File:Newspaper ep03 Salting the Earth...Again.png|thumb|282px|The [[Stilwater Gazette]] newspaper clipping from the completion screen and [[Newspaper Clipboard]].]]
 
* While 6 Ultor Directors are murdered in this mission, there appear to be 8 in the ending cutscene of the previous mission, "[[Pyramid Scheme]]". The fates of the 2 Directors not attending the gala aren't revealed, but it can be inferred that Vogel either had them eliminated offscreen, or else forced them to make him the de facto leader of Ultor.
  
* While 6 Ultor Directors are murdered in this mission, there appear to be 8 in the ending cutscene of the previous mission, "[[Pyramid Scheme]]". The fates of the 2 Directors not attending the gala aren't revealed, but it can be inferred that Vogel either had them eliminated offscreen, or else forced them to make him the de facto leader of Ultor.
 
* There are several references and allusions in this mission to the first ''[[Saints Row]]'' and its final mission, "[[Saints and Martyrs]]":
  
* There are several references and allusions in this mission to the first ''[[Saints Row]]'' and its final mission, "[[Saints and Martyrs]]":
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** The title, "Salting the Earth...Again", is a reference to the cutscene that plays in the final mission of ''Saints Row'' (and what the final mission is erroneously known as), "Salting the Earth".
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** The title, "Salting the Earth...Again", is a reference to the cutscene that plays in the [[Saints and Martyrs]] mission, "Salting the Earth".
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** The yacht in this mission belongs to the game's antagonists, [[Ultor]], and is being used as a fundraising gala according to the newspaper clipping in the opening of the mission; the yacht in "Saints and Martyrs" belongs to that game's antagonist, Alderman [[Richard Hughes]], who planned to host a fundraising gala aboard his yacht later that night (according to [[Jane Valderamma]] in the [[Newscast]] that plays during [[Saints Row credits|the credits]]).
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** The yacht in this mission belongs to the game's antagonists, [[Ultor]], and is being used as a fundraising gala.{{ref|image=Newsclip_ultorfund.png|The newspaper clipping from the opening of the mission}} The yacht in "Saints and Martyrs" belongs to that game's antagonist, Alderman [[Richard Hughes]], who planned to host a fundraising gala aboard his yacht later that night.{{ref|newscast|'''Newscast''': {{section|Saints and Martyrs|Saints and Martyrs}} }}
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** In the opening cutscene, [[Pierce]] sarcastically quips, "''Well, your history with boats is pretty solid, so, uh, this seems like a good idea...''", referring to [[The Protagonist]] being placed into a coma after Hughes' yacht exploded at the end of the ''Saints Row''.
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** In the opening cutscene, [[Pierce]] sarcastically quips, "''Well, your history with boats is pretty solid, so, uh, this seems like a good idea...''", referring to [[Playa]] being placed into a coma after Hughes' yacht exploded at the end of the ''Saints Row''.
 
** There are no checkpoints in this mission, similar to all of the [[Missions in Saints Row|missions in ''Saints Row'']].
  
** There are no checkpoints in this mission, similar to all of the [[Missions in Saints Row|missions in ''Saints Row'']].
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*It is possible to complete this mission with a [[Tornado]], but after the final cutscene, it is teleported to the dock beside the [[Saints Row Mega Condo]], with the tail embedded in concrete.
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* It is possible to complete this mission with a [[Tornado]], but after the final cutscene, it is teleported to the dock beside the [[Saints Row Mega Condo]], with the tail embedded in concrete.
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* The boat driver with the last exec can be obtained by killing the driver and entering it. It is impossible to normally control the boat though as it goes by a scripted path.
   
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==Transcript==
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=== "2nd Times A Charm" cutscene ===
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==={{a|cut1|"2nd Times A Charm" cutscene}}===
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{{dialogue|"2nd Times A Charm" cutscene
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|The Protagonist|What's this?
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|Playa|What's this?
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|Pierce|Don't know. I found it here and it was addressed to you.
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|Pierce|Don't know, I found it here and it was addressed to you.
 
|Pierce|Lookin' to crash a party?
  
|Pierce|Lookin' to crash a party?
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|The Protagonist|Thinkin' about it.
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|Playa|Thinkin' about it...
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|Pierce|
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|Pierce|Well, your history with boats is pretty solid, so, uh, this seems like a good idea...
  
 
|Pierce|I think I'm gonna go find Shaundi...
  
|Pierce|I think I'm gonna go find Shaundi...
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|The Protagonist|Good idea.
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|Playa|Good idea.
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|Pierce|Don't you care who send it?
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|Pierce|Don't you care who sent it?
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|The Protagonist|Nope.
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|Playa|Nope.
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|Pierce|But it's probably a trap.
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|Pierce|But it's probably a trap...
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|The Protagonist|Yep.
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|Playa|Yep.
 
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{{dialogue|"Dane's Triumph" cutscene
 
|Jaime|Mr. Vogel, will you be needing a car to take you to the party?
  
|Jaime|Mr. Vogel, will you be needing a car to take you to the party?
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|Dane Vogel|That's alright Jaime, I think I'm going to skip it this year. Oh and Jaime?
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|Jaime|Yes sir?
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|Dane Vogel|Please move my things to my new office...and set up a press conference.
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|Jaime|You were promoted Mr. Vogel?
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|Dane Vogel|I'm about to be...
 
|Jaime|Sir?
  
|Jaime|Sir?
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|Dane Vogel|That's alright, Jaime. I think I'm going to skip it this year. Oh, and Jaime?
  
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|Jaime|Yes, sir?
  
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|Dane Vogel|Please move my things to my new office. And set up a press conference.
  
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|Jaime|You were promoted, Mr. Vogel?
  
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|Dane Vogel|I'm about to be.
  
 
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==Gallery==
 
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Salting the Earth...Again The Protagonist.png|The Protagonist reads the newspaper clipping from the package addressed to them.
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Salting the Earth...Again - Playa looking at newspaper.png|Playa reads the newspaper clipping from the package addressed to them
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Salting the Earth...Again Pierce The Protagonist.png|The Protagonist heads out to the yacht, despite Pierce's objections.
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Salting the Earth...Again - Pierce and Playa.png|Playa heads out to the yacht, despite Pierce's objections
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Salting the Earth...Again Dane Vogel.png|Dane Vogel watches the chaos unfold from his office in the Phillips Building, safe in the knowledge that he's about to get a promotion.
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Salting the Earth...Again Dane Vogel.png|Dane Vogel watches the chaos unfold from his office in the Phillips Building, safe in the knowledge that he's about to get a promotion
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Newsclip ultorfund.png|The newspaper clipping from the opening cutscene.
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Newsclip ultorfund.png|The newspaper clipping from the opening cutscene
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Newsclip yachtexplosion.png|The newspaper clipping from the opening cutscene.
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Newsclip yachtexplosion.png|The newspaper clipping from the opening cutscene
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Editing Salting the Earth... Again .JPG|Gameplay from the mission.
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Salting the Earth... Again - looking out the window.jpg|Salting the Earth... Again - looking out the window
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Salting the Earth...Again - Execs Killed counter.png|Salting the Earth...Again - Execs Killed counter
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Loading screen ep03 01 Salting the Earth...Again.png|Loading screen used after completing completing this mission
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Loading screen ep03 03 Salting the Earth...Again.png|Loading screen used after completing completing this mission
 
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"Salting the Earth...Again" is the penultimate mission in Saints Row 2.

Ultor execs enjoy surprise retirement party
— Stilwater Gazette newspaper headline

Overview[]

At the Saints Hideout, Playa receives a package from an unknown sender addressed to them. Inside is a newspaper clipping revealing Ultor's current fundraising gala aboard a yacht. Spotting an opportunity for revenge against Ultor's recent hostilities, Playa heads out to crash their party despite Pierce's best efforts to dissuade them, who advises on how it could be a trap and reminds Playa of their history aboard yachts, as the explosion aboard Richard Hughes' yacht[1] placed Playa into a five year coma.[2][3]

After reaching the yacht, Playa slays all of the executives partying aboard. Dane Vogel watches the carnage unfold from his office at the top of the Phillips Building. It becomes apparent that the executives aboard the yacht belonged to the Ultor board of directors, and Vogel sent Playa the package, manipulating them into killing the executives to further his own goals, and in retaliation for the threats made against him in the boardroom at the end of the previous mission.[4] Knowing that he now fully controls Ultor, Vogel asks his secretary Jaime to set up a press conference for him[5], initiating the events of the final mission.[6]

Story[]

Upon completion of the Mission, this description is available at Newspaper Clipboards.

Bodies of the Ultor Board of Directors littered the water this morning, as a corporate gala turned into a blood bath. This is the second time a massacre has occurred on the open water here in Stilwater...fortunately there were no explosions.

Gameplay[]

Salting the Earth..

The objective of this mission is to kill six executives aboard a yacht to the northeast of the Saint's Row District. In the patched version of the game, the two Tornados fire rockets, and there are absolutely no checkpoints throughout the entire mission. However, if the game has not been updated or patched at all, the Tornados lack the ability to fire their missiles and the mission is generally quite easy.

Grab a water craft and get to the yacht

Begin by heading to the Saints Row Mega Condo and jumping aboard the Shark on the dock.

Get to the yacht

If the game isn't patched, drive to the yacht and a Tornado arrives and follows, but does nothing. If the game is patched, immediately disembark from the Shark after boarding it and wait for the message that an Ultor attack helicopter soon arrives. Use the small roof overhead as cover and engage the Tornado on foot; heavy firepower should down it fairly quickly, then get back on the Shark and drive to the yacht peacefully (the Tornado is not replaced).

Another strategy, although more riskier, is to drive to the yacht and exit from the Shark every time the Tornado fires its missiles. Playa smashes awkwardly into the water, but the missile lock is lost and it should crash into the water. This strategy must be repeated multiple times before reaching the yacht.

If a Tornado has been obtained previously, retrieving it from a garage before the mission and using it makes short work of the enemy Torandos and most enemies on the boat before needing to abandon it to kill the ones that remain on the interior.

Kill the Ultor execs

After reaching the yacht, the five executives are all located inside the center of the yacht at various levels. The yacht's defenses consist of little more than a few Ultor security guards, but the game's framerate may drop notably during this section of the mission.

Get to the speedboat and chase down the last exec

The sixth and final executive attempts to flee on another boat; head to the marker to board a Python speedboat and give chase. Another Tornado arrives and give chase; ignore it and quickly focus all firepower on the enemy boat. Ideally, it should fall very quickly. Failure results in the entire mission restarting from the beginning.

Rewards[]

Newscast[]

It was to be the gala to end all galas...and regretably for the Ultor Board of Directors...it was. The mirth born of profits and over priced vodka gimlets was drowned out by gunfire, as an unknown assailent killed the party with more efficiency and brutality than any line dance could. I'm Jane Valderamma, channel 6 news.
— Jane Valderamma

Trivia[]

Newspaper ep03 Salting the Earth..

The Stilwater Gazette newspaper clipping from the completion screen and Newspaper Clipboard.

  • While 6 Ultor Directors are murdered in this mission, there appear to be 8 in the ending cutscene of the previous mission, "Pyramid Scheme". The fates of the 2 Directors not attending the gala aren't revealed, but it can be inferred that Vogel either had them eliminated offscreen, or else forced them to make him the de facto leader of Ultor.
  • There are several references and allusions in this mission to the first Saints Row and its final mission, "Saints and Martyrs":
    • The title, "Salting the Earth...Again", is a reference to the cutscene that plays in the Saints and Martyrs mission, "Salting the Earth".
    • The yacht in this mission belongs to the game's antagonists, Ultor, and is being used as a fundraising gala.[7] The yacht in "Saints and Martyrs" belongs to that game's antagonist, Alderman Richard Hughes, who planned to host a fundraising gala aboard his yacht later that night.[8]
    • In the opening cutscene, Pierce sarcastically quips, "Well, your history with boats is pretty solid, so, uh, this seems like a good idea...", referring to Playa being placed into a coma after Hughes' yacht exploded at the end of the Saints Row.
    • There are no checkpoints in this mission, similar to all of the missions in Saints Row.
  • It is possible to complete this mission with a Tornado, but after the final cutscene, it is teleported to the dock beside the Saints Row Mega Condo, with the tail embedded in concrete.
  • The boat driver with the last exec can be obtained by killing the driver and entering it. It is impossible to normally control the boat though as it goes by a scripted path.

Transcript[]

"2nd Times A Charm" cutscene[]

Playa: "What's this?"
Pierce: "Don't know, I found it here and it was addressed to you."
Pierce: "Lookin' to crash a party?"
Playa: "Thinkin' about it..."
Pierce: "I think I'm gonna go find Shaundi..."
Playa: "Good idea."
Pierce: "Don't you care who sent it?"
Playa: "Nope."
Pierce: "But it's probably a trap..."
Playa: "Yep."
— "2nd Times A Charm" cutscene

"Dane's Triumph" cutscene[]

Jaime: "Mr. Vogel, will you be needing a car to take you to the party?"
Dane Vogel: "That's alright Jaime, I think I'm going to skip it this year. Oh and Jaime?"
Jaime: "Yes sir?"
Dane Vogel: "Please move my things to my new office...and set up a press conference."
Jaime: "You were promoted Mr. Vogel?"
Dane Vogel: "I'm about to be..."
Jaime: "Sir?"
— "Dane's Triumph" cutscene

Gallery[]

Salting the Earth..

Playa reads the newspaper clipping from the package addressed to them

Salting the Earth..

Playa heads out to the yacht, despite Pierce's objections

Salting the Earth..

Dane Vogel watches the chaos unfold from his office in the Phillips Building, safe in the knowledge that he's about to get a promotion

Newsclip ultorfund

The newspaper clipping from the opening cutscene

Newsclip yachtexplosion

The newspaper clipping from the opening cutscene

Salting the Earth..

Salting the Earth... Again - looking out the window

Salting the Earth..

Salting the Earth...Again - Execs Killed counter

Loading screen ep03 01 Salting the Earth..

Loading screen used after completing completing this mission

Loading screen ep03 02 Salting the Earth..

Loading screen used after completing completing this mission

Loading screen ep03 03 Salting the Earth..

Loading screen used after completing completing this mission


References[]

  1. ↑ Mission: Saints and Martyrs
  2. ↑ Cutscene: 2nd Times A Charm
  3. ↑ Website: Saints Row 2: Official Site
  4. ↑ Mission: Pyramid Scheme
  5. ↑ Cutscene: Dane's Triumph
  6. ↑ Mission: ... and a Better Life
  7. ↑ Image: The newspaper clipping from the opening of the mission
  8. ↑ Newscast:
    Jack Armstrong: "This just in to the newsroom, a deadly explosion has rocked the waterfront. Our Jane Valderamma is already at the scene."
    Jane Valderamma: "Jack, waterfront residents and the press, who were setting up their cameras and microphones to cover the gala fund-raiser scheduled for mayoral candidate's Hughes' campaign, were treated to an amazing site a few moments ago as the yacht registered to the alderman exploded in a shower of brass and mahogany. We were a safe distance away so no one here was injured, as far as we can tell, but we have no word as to who - if anyone - was actually aboard. We don't know how this happened, why this happened, or even who was on the boat - if anyone - as no survivors have been located. I was inside the press tent when it happened, but witnesses outside say that the peaceful, serene evening was suddenly punctured by a viscous explosion that not only reduced the alderman's yacht to a pile of floating debris, but knocked out windows and swamped smaller boats throughout the marina. Jack."
    Jack Armstrong: "Jane, while you were giving that report we attempted to contact Alderman Hughes' press secretary, and there was no answer. Do we know where the alderman is?"
    Jane Valderamma: "No we do not, Jack. I've asked around and no one from the press cord noticed any official movement on the boat, as it's early in the evening and the event was not scheduled to begin for another couple of hours."
    Jack Armstrong: "Do we know if this was an accident, or yet another attempt on the life of a public official?"
    Jane Valderamma: "Jack, we don't have any definitive answers on that, and with almost no details emerging yet, we still do not know if this was something as silly as a galley or a fuel tank explosion... but in the light of recent events, we cannot rule out the possibility that this was more than just an accident. Reporting live from the waterfront, this is Jane Valderamma. Back to you, Jack."
    Jack Armstrong: "Thank you, Jane, and stay dry. Stay tuned as we get more details on this unfolding event, we will bring them to you immediately. In the newsroom, I'm Jack Armstrong."


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