9 S

9_S
Production	Privateer 2: The Darkening
Type	Main Plot
Series	Mission A: Dr. Loomis
Disc	CD1
Run Time	1m40s
Previous	7_S
Scenes	95-98
Locations	Crius Hospital

9_S is a main plot cutscene from Privateer 2: The Darkening. It is part of Mission A: Dr. Loomis. It plays if the player chooses "Maybe I should back off a little..." in 7_S. This completes the mission.

• Download: 9_S.mp4

Transcript

LEV ARRIS: Doctor, look, I've got problems. I think maybe you've got them too, from the way you look, but at least you remember your past life. I know how to do things, but not how I know how to do them. I've got no past. That pod I came in is the only link with who I was and you're the only one who saw it.

DOCTOR LOOMIS: Okay. There were suggestions that we should forget your case ever happened.

LEV ARRIS: Suggestions from who?

DOCTOR LOOMIS: No names, just a lot of veiled threats. You arrived in a pretty beat up pod, Arris. Custom-built, not one of the off-the-peg models. At least ten years old.

LEV ARRIS: Ten years?

DOCTOR LOOMIS: It could have been older. And you hadn't been in a hospital. There was no practitioners seal on the pod when we opened it. The pod displays wouldn't show any reg number or planet origin. But we didn't have a lot of time to bother about that, you were already in thaw cycle. The crash had started the pod's resuscitiation routines. They took the thing away, I don't know where. More than that, I can't tell you and I think the less we're seen together, the better. Good luck, Ser Arris, you're going to need a whole lot of it.

Characters

Speaking

• Lev Arris
• Doctor Loomis

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: 9_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: 9_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: 9_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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IF 2 :

SC.95 NEW ANGLE

ARRIS

Doctor...I've got problems.

I think maybe you've got

them too, from the way you

look. But at least you

remember your past life. I

know how to do things...but

not how I know to do them.

I've got no past. That pod

I came in is the only link

with who I was...and you're

the one who saw it.

TO SC 96)

SC.96 INT. CRIUS HOSPITAL - CONFERENCE ROOM 3

The doctor looks thoughtfully at Arris.

DOCTOR LOOMIS

(Sighs)

Okay. There were suggestions that

we should forget your case ever

happened.

ARRIS

Suggestions from whom?

DOCTOR LOOMIS

No names. Just a lot of veiled threats.

(Shakes his head)

You arrived in a pretty beat up pod,

Arris. Custom built, not one of the

'off-the-peg' models. At least ten

years old.

ARRIS

Ten years...?

SC.97 WIDER

DOCTOR LOOMIS

It could have been older. And you

hadn't been in a hospital -- there was

no practitioner's seal on the pod when

DR LOOMIS(CONT....)

we opened it. The pod display wouldn't

show any reg. Number or planet of origin.

But we didn't have a lot of time to bother

about that. You were already in "thaw"

cycle: the crash had started the pod's

resuscitation routines.

(shakes his head again)

They took the thing away, but I don't

know where. The police might -- they

take care of vehicle registration.

SC.98 ANOTHER ANGLE

The doctor is really twitching now. He gets up and starts to
leave.

DR. LOOMIS

Beyond that...I can't help you.

And I think the less we're seen

together the better. Good luck,

Ser Arris.

(Beat, he looks at Arris)

You're going to need a whole lot

of it.

He exits hurriedly. Arris stares at his hands for a moment,
then gets up.