Federal Investigation Bureau (FIB)

Overview

The Federal Investigation Bureau, known as the FIB or the Feds, is the HD Universe counterpart of the real-life FBI. In Liberty City it works out of the FIB Building in Easton, Algonquin, and handles federal criminal investigations and national security. Its agents carry Pistols, SMGs, Carbine Rifles, Pump Shotguns and, in The Ballad of Gay Tony, Automatic Shotguns, and the agency uses the FIB Buffalo, the Schafter and the Annihilator.

History

In GTA IV the FIB stays mostly in the background but shapes key moments. United Liberty Paper appears to work with it, and the FIB helps cover up the helicopter attack in Paper Trail. Anthony Corrado, Jimmy Pegorino's bodyguard, agrees to wear a wire and testify for the Bureau, which leads to Niko Bellic killing him in Flatline after Corrado is admitted to Westdyke Memorial Hospital. The agency also figures in To Live and Die in Alderney.

In The Lost and Damned, Agent Jones investigates Elizabeta Torres' drug business and The Lost MC and tries to turn Johnny Klebitz into an informant without success. Billy Grey agrees to testify against his former club to shorten his sentence. An FIB agent also tries to detain the drug mule Marta in Marta Full of Grace, and the Bureau's vehicles turn up in missions such as Politics.

Territory and activities

In normal gameplay FIB agents join a chase at four wanted stars, arriving in groups in FIB Buffalos to back up the LCPD. They attack more often at five and six stars and can fire SMGs from their cars. Agents wear body armor, so they take more hits than regular officers. They are usually middle-aged men in navy FIB jackets or in shirts and sweater vests with a badge on a neck chain. In the episodes' missions, agents appear in a wider range of outfits, including tactical vests.

Trivia

• The agency replaced the real FBI name used in the 3D Universe games.
• An agent describes the Bureau as corrupt in a good way.