Primary Target | Side Operations Watch Dogs 2 guide, walkthrough
Last update: 12 December 2016
This mission will be added automatically after you've completed the side mission Kicking It Old School. The objective of this mission is to obstruct the joint efforts of NSA and Greystrom aimed at cyberterrorism, and preventing them from getting their hands on HaDoCk.
Fly on the Wall
The first objective of this mission is to intercept the communication between the NSA agents. Head for Oakland. The agent you're looking for is on the roof, on top of a multi-storey car park, which can be reached either on foot or by using Quadcopter. Hack his phone to eavesdrop on the conversation.
Another agent can be found a bit more to the south. Repeat the same procedure - approach the agent in person or using the Quadcopter and hack his phone [+9000 followers].
Countermeasure
This part of the operation will require you to raid an NSA hideout. Once you're there, begin with deploying the Quadcopter and hacking the terminal on the roof. It turns out you'll need to complete a network bypass minigame to do it. The game is not very hard as there is no time limit for unlocking subsequent nodes. Use the Quadcopter to easily reach subsequent interactive points.
Once you're done with the game, head for the box on the roof. Before you return to your own body, use the Quadcopter to scout the restricted area near the lift shown on the screenshot. Hack the lift and move it outside the restricted area. Lower the platform and, once again as Marcus, enter it. Raise the platform to reach the room easily (without killing or needing to avoid any of the guards patrolling the area). Find the box and hack it.
You will switch to a view from inside the building. Switch cameras until you're able to remotely hack the monitoring system. The action will result in completing this part of the mission [+9000 followers].
Focal Point
The last part of the mission involves hacking into Redbeard's private network. First, you'll have to reach his villa. It's a restricted area guarded by hired security and two robots (remember that you can disable them for short periods of time). You'll have to reach the box marked on the screenshot. To make things easier, use the Jumper. Even if it gets detected, Marcus will remain safe.
After you hack the box, you'll be shown the view from inside the new building. Here, you'll need to hack three devices - a router located right of the wall with monitors, a computer left of it, and the server room on the far side of the room. Hacking all three of them will complete the whole mission [+9000 followers].