Modern Tower

Modern Tower was the first expedition of Desmond Miles from the Grand Temple, in 2012.

Description
Shaun Hastings tracked down a power source for the Grand Temple. Upon learning of its location, he, Desmond, William and Rebecca Crane took their van into the city.

Dialogue
Shaun turned the radio off. Rebecca handed something to Desmond. William tossed Desmond a backpack with a parachute in it. Hours later, Desmond was in New York, getting out of a service elevator on the of the. Tossing up the elevator grate, he tested his earpiece. Desmond turned on the camera, which flew out of Desmond's hand. Desmond made his way through the construction site. When he got to a sliding door, he slid under it and almost fell over the side. He found himself looking over Manhattan. Desmond continued to make his way up cranes and across hanging beams and power cables to the top. Desmond kept climbing up until he finally reached the topmost floor, still under construction. Desmond free-ran his way to the top of the crane arm. Desmond made a Leap of Faith from the crane. Desmond struggled momentarily to open his parachute, but eventually succeeded and glided down towards the building, landing on the helipad. Making his way inside, he reached the room with the power cube, which was sealed under glass. Desmond smashed the glass with his elbow and retrieved the cube. As Desmond turned to leave, he was surprised by a figure in the doorway: Daniel Cross. Desmond interrupted Daniel by twisting his arm and clobbering his jaw with the power cube. Unconscious, Daniel lay on the floor while Desmond fled.
 * Radio Announcer: ...local utility companies have assured the public that they're completely prepared for the upcoming solar maximum. Disruptions to service are expected to be minimal...
 * Shaun: If only they knew...
 * Desmond: What's this?
 * Rebecca: A remote-operated camera. It'll provide us with a feed while you're on mission. This will let us talk to each other.
 * William: We're almost there so listen up. The artifact is in an office penthouse in lower Manhattan. At this time of night direct infiltration is going to get you noticed. I think we're better off having you drop in from above.
 * Desmond: What do you mean, above?
 * Desmond: Can you hear me? Testing. Testing. One. Two. Three.
 * Rebecca: Yup! Read you just fine. Now why don't you power up the camera...
 * Rebecca: I've got picture. Running diagnostics. Perfect! I've got a nice, strong signal. Just a heads up – there's no elevator access from here on out. You'll have to get up there the old fashioned way.
 * Shaun: Oh, that's a... Hold still. That's a lovely view!
 * Desmond: Seriously Shaun, fuck you.
 * Desmond: Jesus...
 * Rebecca: Look on the bright side – no security to worry about.
 * Shaun: And on the not-so-bright side, the slightest misstep means you're effectively... paste.
 * Rebecca: Shut up, Shaun.
 * Rebecca: Almost there, Desmond. Once you reach the top of the lit-up crane, you should be high enough to make the jump.
 * Desmond: Should?
 * Rebecca: It'll be fine. Don't worry.
 * Shaun: Well – you might want to worry a little. I'm pretty sure she was high when she was running the numbers.
 * Rebecca: Shaun!
 * Shaun: A joke. It was a joke... Or was it?
 * Rebecca: Jump when you're ready, but wait for my signal to open the chute. Timing's really important here. Too soon or too late and you'll miss the building.
 * Rebecca: Now! Open your chute now. Desmond?! Come on! You're running out of time!
 * Desmond: That wasn't so bad.
 * Daniel: So you must be Desmond. Not exactly what I expected. But I guess your kind doesn't have many options these days.
 * Desmond: Who are you?
 * Daniel: Ask your father. Now give me that.
 * Desmond: I don't think so.
 * Daniel: Look – I'm not supposed to kill you, but the bossman didn't say anything about fucking you up. So you've got to the count of – Uh! Arg!

Outcome
Desmond retrieved the first power source and inserted it into the Grand Temple.

Reference

 * Assassin's Creed III