13 S

13_S
Production	Privateer 2: The Darkening
Type	Main Plot
Series	Mission C: Hal Taffin
Disc	CD1
Run Time	55s
Previous	CRIUS_T
Choice A	Offer him an Inventive... (Insufficient Credits or Credits)
Choice B	Put the Muscle on him...
Scenes	111-113
Locations	Taffin Reclamation

13_S is a main plot cutscene from Privateer 2: The Darkening. It is part of Mission C: Hal Taffin. It is accessed by visiting Taffin Reclamation on Crius after accessing the Canera file in the Commerce & Communications Network Public Records database. The player must choose whether or not to threaten Taffin.

• Download: 13_S.mp4

Choice A: Offer him an Inventive... (Insufficient Credits or Credits)		Choice B: Put the Muscle on him...

Transcript

HAL TAFFIN: Yeah? What is it? Who sent you? LEV ARRIS: Are you Hal Taffin?

HAL TAFFIN: Am I me? Then again, who's asking?

LEV ARRIS: My name's Lev Arris. I believe you're in possession of a medical pod.

HAL TAFFIN: Oh, no, not me. Uh-huh.

LEV ARRIS: The public database says you got it off the Canera.

HAL TAFFIN: Don't believe everything you read in the database. Now if you'll excuse me, I got a wayward biochip I got to de-discombobulate. Good day.

Characters

Speaking

• Lev Arris
• Hal Taffin

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.

• Download: 13_S-P2_25th_ANNIVERSARY_Hilliker_Cut.mp4

Betacam

A pair of Betacam SP tapes recovered from Digital Anvil have provided high quality versions of much of Privateer 2: The Darkening's Main Plot. These cuts are not final and digital effects are missing.

• Download: 13_S-Priv2-betacam-roughcut.mp4

Origin Museum VHS

A VHS tape digitized by Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum included versions of edits 7 through 74.

• Download: 13_S-P2_OM_Tape.mp4

Storyboards

A collection of Privateer 2 Storyboards has been provided by Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum. They cover the Main Plot cutscenes.

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Script

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

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SC.111 EXT . TAFFIN' S SHOP. CRIUS - DAY ( COMPUTER GENERATED ) BLUESCREEN ELEMENT

A cab pulls up to it.

SC.112 INT. TAFFIN'S SHOP

A lot of futuristic "paperwork" lying around on desks and
tables -- data solids, terminals buried under business. SFX:
CHIME. HAL TAFFIN gets up, moves INTO SHOT. He is a tall,
thin man, narrow-eyed, narrow-faced, suspicious-looking. The
door opens: Arris is there.

TAFFIN

Yes, what is it? Who sent you?

ARRIS

Are you Hal Taffin?

TAFFIN

I might be, then again...Who's asking?

ARRIS

My name's Lev Arris. I believe you're

in possession of a medical pod.

SC.113 ANOTHER ANGLE

Arris comes in a little way. Taffin suddenly looks alert.

TAFFIN

Oh no. Not me. Uh uh.

ARRIS

The public database says you got it

off the Canera

TAFFIN

(shakes his head)

Don't believe everything you read

in a database. Now if you'll excuse

me I've got a wayward bio-chip to

de-discombobulate. Good day.

CHOICE 1:      ARRIS (VO)		CHOICE 2:      ARRIS (VO)
Wonder if offering him other incentive would help? Maybe money?		Not much to this guy. Maybe putting a little muscle on him would make the difference.