81 S

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81_S
81 S.png
Production Privateer 2: The Darkening
Type Cinematic Mission
Series Auntie Maria Gabriel
Disc CD1
Run Time 1m03s
Choice A Is This Legal?.... Forget It !
Choice B Well... Why Not?
Scenes 427-428
Locations Blessed Brew Bar


81_S is a cinematic mission cutscene from Privateer 2: The Darkening. It is part of Auntie Maria Gabriel. It is accessed by selecting Maria Gabriel at the Blessed Brew Bar on Bex after the player has received an e-mail. Gabriel asks Lev Arris to transport her to Hephaestus; the player must choose whether or not to accept.

Choice A: Well..... Why Not?
     
Choice B: Is This Legal?.... Forget It !
     


Transcript

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: Ser Arris?

LEV ARRIS: Yes, Aunt?

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: Can I ask you a favor?

LEV ARRIS: Depends.

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: A paid favor.

LEV ARRIS: My favorite kind.

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: Can you get me out of here?

LEV ARRIS: Sorry?

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: I don't particularly want to be here. Unfortunately, some people want my money to be here.

LEV ARRIS: Your money?

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: I've just come in to some. Quite a lot, actually. If I don't move pretty fast now, these people are going to get it.

LEV ARRIS: But what can I do, Auntie?

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: Get me off-planet now. I'll give you 3,000 credits to get me to Hepheastus.

Characters

Speaking

Translations

Privateer 2: The Darkening's cutscenes were dubbed for the French, German and Spanish releases.

French

Choice A: Ma foi, pourquoi pas ?
     
Choice B: C'est légal, ça ? Non, je laisse tomber !
     

German

Choice A: Nun..... Warum nicht?
     
Choice B: Das soll legal sein? Vergessen Sie's!
     

Spanish

Choice A: ¿Por qué no?
     
Choice B: ¿Esto es Legal?.... ¡Olvídalo!
     

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.

Mythic VHS

A VHS tape digitized from the Origin material at EA Mythic indluded versions of edits 78 through 98.

Script

A The Darkening Script Draft 7 used during the game's shooting has been provided by Erin Roberts.

(Player and Auntie Maria Gabriel.)

SC.425 INT. BLESSED BREW BAR, BEX

As before. When the player clicks on SISTER MARIA GABRIEL:

SC.426 ON ARRIS

Having himself a drink in an alcove.

AUNT (OS)
Ser Arris...


SC.427 ANOTHER ANGLE

Including AUNT MARIA GABRIEL, who has come up quietly
behind him. She is an extremely handsome-looking woman in
the habit of the Hom religion.

ARRIS
Yes, Aunt?
AUNT
(whispers)
Can I ask you a favor?
ARRIS
Depends.
AUNT
A paid favor.
ARRIS
My favorite kind.
AUNT
Would you get me out of here?


SC.428 WIDER

As she slips into the alcove beside him.

ARRIS
Sorry?
AUNT
I don't particularly want to be
here. Unfortunately...some
people want my money to be here.
ARRIS
Your money?
AUNT
I've just come into some.
Quite a lot, actually.
But if I don't move
pretty fast, now...
(looks around her nervously)
These people are going to
get it.
ARRIS
What can I do, Auntie?
SISTER
Get me offplanet. Now. I'll
give you three thousand
credits to get me to Heph-
aestus.


CHOICE 1:
     ARRIS
      CHOICE 2:
     ARRIS
Is this legal? Forget it. Well ...why not?