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"Follow The Law" is a Campaign Story mission in Need for Speed: Heat.

It is the twelfth mission of the Campaign Story, and the third mission of chapter 3.

Following Ana and the player meeting with Eva Torres, they're given a location in Port Murphy to investigate.

Completing the mission will progress the player to "Party Crashers", the fourth and final mission of chapter 3 in the Campaign Story.


Prerequisite[]

Before the player can start the mission, they must be at REP LVL 19 or higher and have completed the previous mission from Ana: "Proposition".

The mission recommends the player use a car with a 240 performance rating or higher and a grippy setup for on-road.

Transcript

Mission preparation
Ana
Okay, I just got her message, looks like this place is by the port.
Meet you there when you're ready.
Player
Where are you going?
Ana
I wanna find out anything I can on Torres. We need to know who we're dealing with here.
Player
From who?
Ana
No idea. Whoever it is they wanna meet.
Player
Think it's safe?
Ana
They picked a parking lot North of the beach. Means there'll be plenty of people. Even so, think you could -
Player
I'm in.
Ana
Thanks. See you there.

Port Murphy[]

"Glad I let that go to voice mail"[]

Location[]

The start location for the mission is in Port Murphy.

Synopsis[]

The player meets up with Ana at a location in Port Murphy given to them by Torres.

As the player and Ana stake out the location given by Torres, Ana receives a voice mail from Jordyn and she isn't pleased with the attention Ana and the player are getting from taking down Danny Shaw.

They agree they should try and keep the attention for as long as possible as it'll help their chances of getting into The League.

Transcript

Ana
Glad I let that go to voice mail - it was Jordyn, and she's p-issed.
Player
What did we do?
Ana
Taking out Shaw's big news, it's all anyone's talking about. Spotlight's on us now.
Player
Let's make sure it stays there.
Ana
Hell yeah.
Player
Hey, coming up on the right.

Follow The Law (Part 1)[]

Shadow the cop car and see what they're up to (Part 1)[]

Objective[]

Follow the target PCPD Ford Crown Victoria patrol car without making them too suspicious.

Failure[]

The player will fail the objective if they lose the target car or reach 100% suspicion.

Synopsis[]

The player and Ana follow a PCPD patrol car around Port Murphy as it meets another PCPD patrol car in the container yard and a High-Speed Task Force Corvette.

Route[]

 

Transcript

Objective start
Ana
What are we waiting for - let's follow it.
Following target
Ana
So, we're really tailing a cop.
Player
What could go wrong.
Ana
A lot. A lot could go wrong.
Player
That text say anything about where we're tailing this cop to?
Ana
Nope. Guess we're gonna find out. Hopefully not die trying.
Cop enters container yard
Ana
I think he went into the container yard.
Entering container yard
Ana
Dunno about you but this doesn't look like the type of place to hand out parking tickets.
Approaching hand off
Ana
Whoa-whoa-whoa. Stop here.
Player
What are they doing?
Ana
Looks like our boy just had some keys tossed to him.
Completed hand off
Ana
We go forward they're gonna see us. Try backing up, go the way we came.
Leaving container yard
Player
You manage to find out anything on Torres?
Ana
Not much. Only she's part of Mercer's unit and they been doing this shit for a while now. Just lately it's gotten out of control.
Player
Maybe she's telling the truth?
Ana
We'll see.
Passing container cranes
Ana
I wonder how you get started doing that stuff.
Player
Money. Status.
Ana
Sounds familiar.

Park Here[]

Objective[]

Park in the highlighted spot without arousing the suspicion of the target PCPD Ford Crown Victoria patrol car.

Synopsis[]

The target PCPD Ford Crown Victoria patrol car approaches a High-Speed Task Force Chevrolet Corvette Interceptor.

The player and Ana have to park their car to avoid suspension as the meeting takes place. After the Corvette drives away, so does the Crown Victoria.

Failure[]

The player will fail the objective if they reach 100% suspicion or leave their parking spot until the target has passed them.

Transcript

Park Here
Ana
He's stopping. Park up ahead.
Parked in location
Ana
We need to be quiet. He'll spot us!

Shadow the cop car and see what they're up to (Part 2)[]

Objective[]

Follow the target PCPD Ford Crown Victoria patrol car without making them too suspicious.

Synopsis[]

The player and Ana continue following a PCPD patrol car around Port Murphy until it arrives at a nearby lockup.

Failure[]

The player will fail the objective if they lose the target car or reach 100% suspicion.

Route[]

 

Transcript

PCPD Ford Crown Victoria patrol car leaves
Ana
Okay we're clear. Let's go.
Following target
Player
You and Lucas speaking yet?
Ana
Nope. We've argued before, newsflash. But not like that. Think it's best I stay away for a while.
There's something he's not telling me, something about him and Papi.
Player
I thought those guys were tight.
Ana
Pft. You didn't live with 'em.
Approaching lockup
Ana
Looks like he's stopping at the lockup. Pull over and wait.

Park Here[]

Objective[]

Park in the highlighted spot without arousing the suspicion of the target PCPD Ford Crown Victoria patrol car.

Synopsis[]

The target PCPD Ford Crown Victoria patrol car approaches a Lockup.

The player and Ana have to park their car to avoid suspension as they approach the lockup.

Failure[]

The player will fail the objective if they reach 100% suspicion.

Transcript

Park Here
Ana
Looks like he's stopping at the lockup. Pull over and wait.


Follow The Law (Part 2)[]

Keep on the Ferrari's tail and see where it goes[]

Objective[]

Follow the target custom Ferrari F40 without making them too suspicious.

Failure[]

The player will fail the objective if they lose the target car or reach 100% suspicion.

Synopsis[]

The player and Ana follow a PCPD patrol car to a lockup in Port Murphy, and find them taking out a custom Ferrari F40 for a drive. They decide to follow it and figure out what Torres wants them to find.

The Ferrari leaves Port Murphy and heads to a warehouse in east Frontera Hills.

Route[]

 

Transcript

Objective start
Ana
I take it that's the stock. Think we're gonna need to put our foot down to follow this one.
Following Ferrari F40
Ana
I think I know the owner of this F40.
Player
You do? What happened?
Ana
She got the same deal as me. Thing gets impounded then it vanishes. No records, nothing.
Leaving Port Murphy
Ana
Look at this asshole, driving this thing like it's his.
Player
The owner ever report it?
Ana
That goes missing same as the car. It's our word against theirs. And our word don't mean shit around here.
Approaching warehouse junction
Ana
It's taking a left down that road. Keep tailing but slow down.
Approaching warehouse
Ana
Pull up here.
Yeah, this totally looks legit.
Player
Let's find out.

Chop Shop[]

Synopsis[]

Ana and the player discover the High-Speed Task Force has been stealing cars from racers and stripped of their parts to be resold.

Transcript

Ana
The cars in here must be worth a fortune.
Player
I've raced against some of these.
Ana
What are they doing here?
Holy shit... this is big.
Player
Like 'trunk fulla money' big.
Ana
That's not...
Mother fu-
Player
Easy.
Ana
What the hell?!
Player
So much for getting your car back.
Ana
Bastards!
Cop
You should've seen his face last night when I loaded it on the truck, thought he was gonna cry.
Worker
Frank would've loved that.
Ana
Okay, I'm with Torres. Screw Mercer - this needs to stop.
Player
If we're doing this, we need a plan.
Ana
We'll figure something out.

Rewards[]

Completing the mission rewards the player with 20,000 and 8,000.

Trivia[]

  • In the chop shop, a silver BMW M3 GTR (E46) can be seen on the back of the tow truck.