- Prerequisites: Complete Story Mission: The Atonement
- Rewards: “Affirmation” (Aircraft), $3,000
- Details: John has taken his plane and fled the ranch. Take to the skies and make sure he doesn’t get away.
DESTROY John’s Plane
Take to the skies in a particularly nimble aircraft, and catch up to John before raking his fuselage with your machine-gun fire. This is a classic dogfight, and the usual rules apply: Fire at John’s plane as you line it up with your weapon target, and don’t overheat the machine gun or you’ll have to wait a few seconds for it to cool down.
If you’re having trouble lining up your shot, slow the aircraft down from maximum speed so you can make tighter turns and can remain behind John longer. Continue this airborne attack until John loses control of his craft, and it plummets to the ground.
At this point, you should ditch your plane, using a parachute (perk) or a wingsuit (perk), or land the aircraft with some immediacy.
CATCH John before He Reaches the Bunker
If John doesn’t survive his plane’s crash-landing, this objective doesn’t appear. Should he manage to land the plane, he attempts to head west to the silo (his bunker, AKA “John’s Gate”). You have plenty of time to quickly search for a vehicle and immediately drive to John’s location. Ignore any cult blockades or other foes as you focus purely on finding John and then killing him. In this example, we spotted him at a gas station and ran over him with a quad.
After he gurgles his last, you remove the key from John’s necklace. The mission concludes.