Operation Paper Trail

Overview

Operation Paper Trail is a series of Contact Missions for 1 to 4 players, added on July 26, 2022, with The Criminal Enterprises update. Agent ULP, a senior IAA agent, swears the player in as a special field operative to investigate the Duggans, a petrochemical dynasty the agency suspects of driving up fuel prices. Missions start from IAA Headquarters on Power Street and Swiss Street in Pillbox Hill. Players who finished The Doomsday Heist get a different introduction call, referring to their earlier work together.

How it works

The six missions run in order:

1. ULP - Intelligence: gather intelligence on a conspiracy to defraud the public.
2. ULP - Counterintelligence: carry out covert operations against a competing government agency.
3. ULP - Extraction: find and extract an intelligence officer whose cover has been blown.
4. ULP - Asset Seizure: intercept a convoy moving the suspects' key hardware.
5. ULP - Operation Paper Trail: stake out and break up a deal involving the last piece of hardware.
6. ULP - Cleanup: enter an agency site and destroy every trace of the target software.

Mason Duggan figures in the storyline. Vehicles used include the Annihilator Stealth, Conada, Dubsta 6x6, Kamacho and Caracara 4x4, along with the Minigun and Flashlight. All six missions can be replayed from the Jobs menu after the finale.

Tips

• Stay covert in Counterintelligence. Being spotted makes it much harder.
• Bring a well-armored vehicle for Asset Seizure, since convoys fight back.

Rewards and unlocks

• Reduced prices for the Conada and the Greenwood.
• Counts toward Career Progress rewards in the Enhanced editions.