44 S
| 44_S | |
|---|---|
| |
| Production | Privateer 2: The Darkening |
| Type | Cinematic Mission |
| Series | Xavier Shondi 1 |
| Disc | CD1 |
| Run Time | 2m18s |
| Choice A | Why Not... |
| Choice B | Better Give it a Miss... |
| Scenes | 308-314 |
| Locations | Surgeon's Blunder Bar |
44_S is a cinematic mission cutscene from Privateer 2: The Darkening. It is part of Xavier Shondi 1. It is accessed by selecting Xavier Shondi at the Surgeon's Blunder Bar on Crius after the player has received an e-mail. The player must choose whether or not to escort Shondi's shipment.
- Download: 44_S.mp4
Transcript
XAVIER SHONDI: I hear you've got yourself a ship.
LEV ARRIS: You must have good ears.
XAVIER SHONDI: You've got a little time on your hands.
LEV ARRIS: Who's asking?
XAVIER SHONDI: Xavier Shondi, with an X.
LEV ARRIS: Lev Arris, with a why?
XAVIER SHONDI: Why?
LEV ARRIS: Why do you want me and my ship?
XAVIER SHONDI: I've got a shipment in. All nice gear. Requires a bit of escorting.
LEV ARRIS: I don't usually do escort work. It's something sensitive.
XAVIER SHONDI: I wouldn't say sensitive. A little moody, maybe.
LEV ARRIS: I charge extra for arms shipments, they tend to attract unwanted attention and I've got to know what it's for, otherwise no go.
XAVIER SHONDI: There's a nice little uprising on Karatikus.
LEV ARRIS: What, the mutants, eh?
XAVIER SHONDI: I prefer to think of them as genetically challenged. You got something against muties?
LEV ARRIS: Not if I can help it. So come on, Xavier with an x, what's the score?
XAVIER SHONDI: Guns, a transport.
LEV ARRIS: What are we talking, credit-wise?
XAVIER SHONDI: 8,000 up front, ditto on completion.
Characters
Speaking
Translations
Privateer 2: The Darkening's cutscenes were dubbed for the French, German and Spanish releases.
French
- Download: 44_S.mp4
German
- Download: 44_S.mp4
Spanish
- Download: 44_S.mp4
25th Anniversary
On May 20, 2020, Privateer 2: The Darkening director Steve Hilliker released The Darkening 25th Anniversary Restoration which featured footage restored from Betacam tapes. The footage has been edited down into a cinema cut but where available it is of much higher quality than the game's files.
Origin Museum VHS
A VHS tape digitized by Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum included versions of edits 7 through 74.
- Download: 44_S-P2_OM_Tape.mp4
The Making of The Darkening
The Making of the Darkening includes behind-the-scenes footage from this scene.
Script
A The Darkening Script Draft 7 used during the game's shooting has been provided by Erin Roberts.
SC.308 INT. SURGEON'S BLUNDER BAR CRIUS - DAY
Some kind of gambling game is going on there: people are
crowded around a table.
- CROWD
- Cheat! / Double my bet! / Hey,
- gimme that!
- (etc, ad lib)
When the player activates XAVIER SHONDI:
SC.309 ON ARRISHe's standing off to one side, leaning against a wall,
nursing a drink and watching the crowd.
SC.310 WIDERA tall, somewhat sinister-looking man comes toward him,
also holding a drink. This is XAVIER SHONDI. He gestures
at Arris in a "do-you-mind-if-I-lean-here-too" gesture.
Arris shrugs, nods: the man settles in beside him.
SC.121 CLOSER - ARRIS, SHONDI
- SHONDI
- I hear you've got yourself a ship.
- ARRIS
- You must have good ears.
- SHONDI
- Got a little time on your hands?
Arris looks down at his palms.
- ARRIS
- Dunno. Maybe it's just dirt. Who's
- asking?
- SHONDI
- (holds out his hand)
- Xavier Shondi. With an X.
- ARRIS
- Lev Arris. With a Y.
- SHONDI
- A why?
- ARRIS
- Why do you want me and my ship?
SC.312 ANOTHER ANGLEAs the two of them discuss their business while acting as if
they're much more interested in the game of [alleged] chance
going on in the middle of the room.
- SHONDI
- Got a shipment, ain't I? All nice gear.
- Requires a bit of escorting.
- ARRIS
- I don't usually do escort work.
- Something sensitive?
- SHONDI
- I wouldn't say sensitive. A little moody,
- maybe.
- ARRIS
- I charge extra for arms shipments.
- They tend to attract...unwanted
- attention.
- (beat)
- And I have to know what it's for.
- Otherwise, no go.
SC.313 NEW ANGLE - FAVORING SHONDI
- SHONDI
- There's a nice little,
- uh, uprising on Caracticus.
- ARRIS
- The mutant thing?
- SHONDI
- I prefer to think of them as genetically-
- challanged. You got something against
- muties?
- ARRIS
- Not if I can help it. So what's the
- score, Xavier with an X?
- SHONDI
- Guns. Transported.
- ARRIS
- What are we talking, Cred-wise? ARRIS
- SHONDI
- Eight thousand up front. Ditto on
- completion.
SC.314 FAVORING ARRISAs he considers it.
CHOICE 1:
ARRISCHOICE 2:
ARRISGood enough way to pick up a
few quick ones. Why not?Pretty good chance of
pirates out that way.
Better give it a miss
