WC4 Movie Index: Circe
Circe tank battle
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Some of the bloodiest fighting since Repleetah
Chart Room, BWS Intrepid.
Maverick: Lieutenant. Everybody here? All right.
Wilford: Colonel, I’m here in the Circe System, commanding the fleet action. Circe V, some of the bloodiest fighting I’ve seen since Repleetah days. There are a number of fires to put out here.
Maverick: Ready to review ’em, Admiral.
Wilford: The mercs have launched a tank offensive. Their target is the legal government’s northern climactic control centre, which keeps the planet’s polar ice cap in check. Now, destroying the complex will trigger massive floods. On Circe VII, we’re evacuating an island continent because of a chemical air strike launched there. Now, some of our ships are too large to land on the planet’s surface. So we’re using shuttles to bring people to them, and these need air cover. Finally, there seems to be a concentration of enemy activity near a particular jump point, but it isn’t clear what’s going on there. I’m downloading mission specifics and a pre-recorded briefing for each operation. I’ll leave you to size up the tactical situation, Colonel, and make the decision on how to proceed. Good luck.
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Sosa gives Blair a remote control
Maverick: Good.
Sosa: Sir.
Maverick: Oh, thanks. Alright.
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Loading briefing
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Pushing a button
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Mission Briefing (KA)
Wilford: Once you reach planetary orbit, you can head down to the surface for your attack. Shutting down the ground assault on Circe V will require maximum fire-power. Keep that control installation from being overrun. Wilford out.
Maverick: Okay, let’s do it.
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- Run-length: 00:27
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Mission Briefing (KB)
Wilford: Since there are so many people to move, we’re using frigates in the Circe VII evacuation. Now, these large vessels cannot land on the planet’s surface, so we’ve devised a shuttling procedure to get the refugees up to them. Now, these shuttles are, obviously, quite vulnerable going up and down that sub-orbital thread. We’d like you to cover their movement. These people have had enough problems without the enemy taking pot shots at them.
Maverick: Go to it, folks.
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- Run-length: 00:35
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Mission Briefing (KC)
Wilford: These particular waypoints – leading to a jump-point – have witnessed a concentration of enemy activity. Now, our data is sketchy at best: it isn’t clear what’s out there, but they’re moving around a lot. So, be on the alert for bogies at every point. And if you find them, hurt them. There’s no excuse for their crimes.
Maverick: Time to earn our pay.
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Panther unhappy with Maniac
Storage Hold, BWS Intrepid.
Panther: Just the man I wanted to see.
Maverick: Well. So what’s on your mind, Panther?
Panther: Your friend – the one with the over-active glands.
Maverick: <sigh> Maniac.
Panther: He seems to have a hard time understanding the words “no” and “not interested”. Do you get my meaning?
Maverick: Knowing Maniac, I think I do.
Panther: Well, if you don’t do anything about it, I will. And my way will hurt a lot more.
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Tempting, but I can't let that happen
Maverick: All right, I’ll talk to him. Not that it’s done much good in the past.
Panther: I wouldn’t wait too long if I were you. I’m getting ready to use him for target practice.
Maverick: Well, I would like to avoid bloodshed if we could. I’ll get on it.
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Maniac's on his own
Maverick: <chuckles> Come on, Colonel. I think it’ll mean a lot more coming from you.
Panther: Fair warning then.
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Maniac leads a charmed life
Galley, BWS Intrepid.
Maniac: Anyway, I fire a couple of missiles way over their heads, right? So they think I just can’t aim. Then, when I got my last heat seeker – BAM! They never know what hit ’em. They think it’s an accident.
Maverick: Yeah! Probably ’cause it was an accident.
Maniac: Excuse me – the boy is trying to learn ways to break out of the pack. You know, to find an edge. Now, he can learn to fly with shields up like grandma by listening to you. Or he could push the envelope a little bit.
Maverick: <chuckles> The only envelope you’ve ever pushed is the one addressed to common sense.
Catscratch: Well, he… he does have quite a kill score, sir.
Maverick: Maniac leads a charmed life. There’s one on every ship, but only one. Relying on luck, like he does, is a poor way to reach old age.
Maniac: There you have it, kid. You can reach old age – like a certain someone we know – and um… maybe get yourself a gold watch. Or, you can fly the stick with a little style, huh, little ’tude, and make a name for yourself. Tough call.
Maverick: But the choice is yours, Catscratch. Want your name on a gold watch… or a coffin?
Maniac: You gonna finish that?
Catscratch: Um… no.
Maniac: Really? What is that stuff?
Catscratch: I don’t know.
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- Run-length: 01:25
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It's a hefty data-squirt, Lieutenant
Combat Information Centre, BWS Intrepid.
Sosa: Sir, I think you’re going to find this very interesting.
Circean: Colonel, I just want to tell you how much your efforts have meant to all of us here in Circe.
Maverick: Just doing our duty. I’ll pass your thanks on to the crew.
Circean: Oh, we have something else we’d like to offer you. During the Kilrathi War, we built a pretty extensive eavesdropping web around the outer edges of this system. This civil war has narrowed our focus greatly, so there’s been little time to process what the web’s picked up: it’s mostly been archived. Parsing this encrypted stuff isn’t a priority for us, but maybe you’ll find some use for it. It’s a hefty data-squirt, Lieutenant. Hope you have the bandwidth.
Sosa: Hell, yes! Open the floodgates.
Maverick: Keep me posted on this.
Sosa: Yes, sir.
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- Run-length: 00:53
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Mission Briefing (K3)
Chart Room, BWS Intrepid.
Maverick: Good. Oh, great.
Wilford: Colonel, I’m going to take you away from your missions list. Now, we believe we’ve discovered the enemy’s main supply route. Now, since the Circean government is planning a new offensive as we speak, it’ll do a lot of good if you can shut down this supply line now. Here’s the nav-map.
Maniac: Right through a nebula!
Wilford: Now, that’s why we haven’t been able to find it till now. Convoys have been passing through there like clockwork.
Maverick: It’s time to cut it off.
Wilford: Chop it into little pieces, Colonel. Oh, one other thing. We’re picking up some very odd red-shift signals from a small artificial satellite circling the sixth planet. Now, we’d like to pluck this thing out of its orbit – take a closer look at it. Good luck.
Maverick: Who wants to tractor in that satellite?
Catscratch: I’ll volunteer for that one, sir.
Maverick: Any other takers? All right, Catscratch, looks like you get the milk run. Let’s go, people.
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- Run-length: 01:11
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I missed when it really counted, sir
Launch Deck, BWS Intrepid.
Maniac: Hey! Hey! Get over here! Get over here! What did I say?
Catscratch: Well, I– I…
Maniac: No, what did I tell you to…?
Catscratch: I’m really sorry, sir.
Maverick: I just want to know how you got in that predicament – it was supposed to be a milk run.
Catscratch: I suppose I got a little too clever, sir. I fired off a coupla missiles as decoys like Maniac was talking about, only I… I missed when it really counted, sir.
Maverick: I should have known. If I ever hear you handing out advice again, I will personally put a big red bull’s-eye on your back and declare it open season.
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- Run-length: 00:38
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Below the belt surgery
Maniac: Hey, I didn’t tell him he should do any of that stuff.
Maverick: And while we’re at it, Panther’s about ready to perform some below-the-belt surgery on you unless you can keep your testosterone levels in check.
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There's a lower asshole tolerance around here
Maniac: Well, I…
Maverick: Let me tell you something: there’s a lower asshole tolerance around here, old buddy. You’d better get with the program.
Maniac: I’ll check with you later.
Maverick: You know that stunt cost us – cost the Border Worlds – quite a lot.
Catscratch: I’m really sorry, sir.
Maverick: If we weren’t so desperate for pilots, I’d ground you in a minute, but… consider yourself on probation… for the rest of the decade.
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He'll stay in our hearts, always
Launch Deck, BWS Intrepid.
Maverick: There’s something particularly cruel, when combat takes the life of someone… so young. In this strange war we fight – which doesn’t yet have a name – some may think that Catscratch will be forgotten. They’re wrong. He’ll stay in our hearts, always.
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- Run-length: 01:03
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Your Kilrathi pals were pretty helpful with my cloaker gadget
Control Bay, BWS Intrepid.
Pliers: Hey, got some good news, kid.
Maverick: I can always use some of that.
Pliers: Your Kilrathi pals were pretty helpful with my cloaker gadget.
Maverick: You got it working?
Pliers: Yeah, the cats showed me how to get some extra charges outta the crystal that runs it. Problem is, I only got one of them crystals left, so you can forget about having a wingman along. Flying next to a guy who ain’t cloaked kinda defeats the purpose anyway, right? And, of course, the crystal is still gonna burn out sooner or later – hopefully later. Personally, I’d like to see us raiding those mines where they dig up those crystals, but they’re pretty deep in Confed territory. Anyway, care to run with it kid?
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Who needs wingmen?
Maverick: Make me invisible, Pliers.
Pliers: Your wish is my command, kid.
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I prefer a wingman
Maverick: Sorry, Pliers. If I can’t depend on it lasting for enough time, then getting stuck with no wingman to cover for me… I don’t think so.
Pliers: That’s the thanks I get for all my hard work.
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He didn't deserve to die (Failed to rescue Catscratch)
Upper Galley, BWS Intrepid.
Maverick: How ya doing?
Sosa: He… uh… he didn’t deserve to die.
Maverick: Nobody does – especially him.
Sosa: I know you tried – but…
Maverick: You wonder if I could have done more, so do I. It’s a question I’m going to be asking myself for a long, long time.
Sosa: He’s out there… along with my heart… both nothing more than space dust. People fly through it every day: they don’t even know it.
Maverick: During the last war I… I lost a loved one too. Matter of fact, I even punched out an old friend because of it. So if it makes you feel any better – go ahead.
Sosa: Go away… please.
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He went the distance for you (Refused to rescue Catscratch)
Upper Galley, BWS Intrepid.
Maverick: How ya doing?
Sosa: He went the distance for you, but you wouldn’t do the same for him.
Maverick: He would have understood.
Sosa: He put a lot of faith in you: blind faith.
Maverick: Careful, Lieutenant.
Sosa: Or what? You’ll punish me? What else can you really do? He’s out there – along with my heart – both nothing more than… space dust! People fly through it every day and don’t even know it.
Maverick: During the last war I… I lost a loved one too. Matter of fact, I even punched out an old friend because of it. So if it makes you feel any better – go ahead.
Sosa: Go away.
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How does our little boat fit in?
Combat Information Centre, BWS Intrepid.
Maverick: 46 hours.
Hawk: 46! It’s only been 20 for me.
Maverick: What?
Hawk: Since I slept.
Maverick: No, I’m talking about how long it’s been since Captain Eisen left. He hasn’t sent a trans, has he?
Panther: Not a glitch… Hope he makes it.
Maverick: Boy, for our sake, I hope he does too. I get the feeling that data he’s carrying ain’t gonna cut it.
Hawk: Yeah, it’s really thin.
Panther: But he’ll be able to argue his case convincingly.
Maverick: Yeah? What if he argues in front of the wrong people?
Panther: What do you mean?
Maverick: Look, Confed’s a much bigger machine than any of us can possibly imagine. That bastard Seether – and whoever he’s working with – can marshal incredible resources.
Hawk: Sure: mercenaries, pirates, Confed craft, our craft…
Panther: The unmarked ships.
Maverick: Yeah. All without the rest of Confed even knowing about it.
Panther: And, meanwhile, we come off looking like the bad guys.
Hawk: You get pushed, you push back.
Maverick: Uh huh – giving them legitimate cause to gear up for an all-out war.
Panther: The Assembly votes in 5 days…
Maverick: Yeah, and they haven’t got a clue as to what’s really going down…
Panther: Okay, so tell me… How does our little boat fit in?
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There's always hope
Maverick: We just gotta hope that Eisen gets to the right people.
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We die trying
Maverick: We get ready for the fight of our lives.
Hawk: Roger that.
Maverick: Thanks.
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Mission Briefing (K4A - Catscratch survived)
Chart Room, BWS Intrepid.
Maverick: Okay, good. Colonel. <sigh> All right, Lieutenant.
Sosa: I’ve given the Admiral a report of what occurred during the last mission, sir. Now, his response notes that the enemy pipeline is still flowing.
Maverick: <sigh> So it still needs shutting down.
Panther: It’s hard to beat the bad guys when they keep getting their supplies.
Sosa: Well, however, an enemy command-and-control centre has been located underground on Circe V. The Admiral’s giving you the option of delivering Lieutenant Colonel Dekker and his men for a precision strike.
Dekker: I’ve studied the schematics: if you can get us down there, we’ll need a few minutes to plant an implosion device that’ll turn the place into rubble.
Maverick: Well, it’s behind enemy lines, so a shuttle’s out of the question.
Hawk: Makes you wish you could fly invisible.
Maverick: We have to use the insertion pods.
Sosa: The Admiral stated that he’s got other Marines in the fleet who can handle this, so he requests that you make the call as to which operation makes the best use of the Intrepid’s resources, sir.
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Shut down the supply line
Maverick: <sigh> I don’t like starting something I can’t finish. Besides, we’ll contribute more to the offensive if we cut off the enemy’s supply line. Let’s go.
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Send Dekker in
Maverick: Let’s go for the heart: we’ll deliver Dekker and his men down there and back. Let’s go.
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Mission Briefing (K4B - Catscratch died)
Chart Room, BWS Intrepid.
Maverick: Okay, good. Colonel. <sigh> All right, Lieutenant.
Sosa: I’ve, um… I’ve given Admiral Wilford a report… of our progress. He informed me that an enemy command-and-control centre has been located underground on Circe V. The mission is to deliver Lieutenant Colonel Dekker and his men for a precision strike, sir.
Dekker: I’ve studied the schematics: if you can get us down there, we’ll need a few minutes to plant an implosion device that’ll turn the place into rubble.
Maverick: Oh boy, it’s behind enemy lines, so a shuttle’s out of the question.
Hawk: Makes you wish you could fly invisible.
Maverick: We’ll use the insertion pods to deliver Dekker and his men down there and back. All right, let’s go.
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- Run-length: 01:00
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We need what's on that ship
Wilford: Colonel, we’ve got an urgent situation: Intelligence reports an extraordinary Confed ship in your vicinity, with a top-secret cargo that could be highly critical to our efforts. It’s imperative that you disable and take control of this vessel. Repeat: Disable. Do not destroy it. We need what’s on that ship.
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- Run-length: 00:21