This battle was the only operation left before the mission to capture Blanco was underway, assuming that the mercenary had already completed the other contracts to obtain the mission to capture Blanco. Marcela Acosta gave the mercenary the mission to basically kill off all of Carmona's troops so that the Island Fortress was no longer a threat to her operations when she would attempt to control key island areas around the lake and begin an operation to flush out UP Mercs and Pirates in the area to gain control over Venezuela.