User blog:WanderingSkull/Heists 101: Los Santos Heist Crew vs. MacRay Gang

Los Santos Heist Group


The Los Santos Heist Group is composed of three people, with expertise in various sets of skills (two of whom were former heist partners in the past), who "came out of retirement" per se and brought alonga new friend to plan the ultimate that has ever been done. Along the way they have participated in numerous events: fighting against gangsters, cartels, and triads, doing dirty work for corrupt government officials, taking down a portion of a private military contractor force, striving to live the golden life, and just plain pissing each other off. But all in all, these three have been through it and have formed life long respect and friendships with each other.

Michael DeSanta


Michael De Santa is a very complex person, even confused by his "good and evil" personality. Years of experience of crime and in prison, helped Michael become the criminal and person that he is today. Michael, being the opposite of Trevor, is thorough and rational when it comes to crime. This makes the others leave him to the planning and leading of robberies and missions, as he is usually the one to come up with a plan to a heist, alongside Lester. He also shows consideration for people caught up in robberies, an example is that, if you choose to impose as guards for the Union Depository heist, he'll give the guard he blackmailed a bar of gold for helping them get past security.

Franklin Clinton


Franklin Clinton is described as ambitious but perhaps to a fault and very eager to take on new illegal challenges. Franklin is also much more calmer than both Michael, who has a very short temper, and Trevor, who is practically violent and psychotic. Though Lamar drives him crazy at times, Franklin still cares for his best friend as he saves him from the Ballas with the help of Michael and Trevor during the events of Lamar Down. He is also the same toward Michael and Trevor as he is seen helping them out with most of their problemsFranklin is a young man and is capable of tackling challenging tasks that Michael and Trevor can't do and has a level of physical prowess that both Michael and Trevor lack. As being a repossession man he is a skilled person behind the wheel of any car. As during the GI demo, he was described as being able to make short work of the agents that were interrogating the target.

Trevor Philips


Trevor Philips has been described as a difficult person to deal with, extreme, impetuous, vengeful, psychopathic, sociopathic, unhinged, unpredictable, untamed, infamous, homicidal, and prone to violent outbursts and destructive rampages. He does everything in a psychopathic and relentless manner, (much different from Michael). Although Trevor is like this, he is honest about it and will never show hypocrisy. He has his own charm along with his own principles. Because he is a former military aviation pilot, he is skilled in both combat and piloting aircraft like helicopters. In the mission Game Informer saw, Trevor was the one that flew the team to the skyscraper they needed to get their target out of. In the aftermath, as the team was pursued by law enforcement helicopters, he proved to be an able pilot under pressure. Trevor is also the master of greed, ambition, and insanity (along with Michael and Franklin), and is seen in many GTA V screenshots performing many challenging (and some illegal) stunts. Some of those stunts include base jumping, jet-skiing, murdering, property destruction, and getting chased by the cops.

The MacRay Gang


"No matter how much you change, you still have to pay the price for the things you've done. So I got a long road. But I know I'll see you again - this side or the other."

- Doug MacRay

The MacRay Gang are a group of criminals led by Doug MacRay and Jem Coughlin. The group is famous for performing a variety of elaborate and successful heists under the guise of masks. Often funded by Irish crime boss Fergie, the MacRay Gang decides to pull off one final heist at Fenway Park due to the retirement of their leader, Doug. However, a mole, Doug's girlfriend and reason for retirement, reveals to the FBI their plans. The FBI engage in a shootout with the MacRay Gang, killing all of them except Doug, who leaves half of his heist prize to Clare and taking the rest with him to Florida.

Notable Members

 * Doug MacRay
 * Jem Coughlin
 * Dez Elden
 * Gloansy Magloan