52 S

52_S
Production	Privateer 2: The Darkening
Type	Cinematic Mission
Series	Bill Maddox
Disc	CD3
Run Time	1m23s
Choice A	Sounds like a good deal...
Choice B	Nah! I don't think so...
Scenes	337?-341
Locations	Shadow Play Bar

52_S is a cinematic mission cutscene from Privateer 2: The Darkening. It is part of Bill Maddox. It is accessed by selecting Bill Maddox at the Shadow Play Bar on Anhur after the player has received an e-mail. The player must choose whether or not to escort Maddox's shipment.

• Download: 52_S.mp4

Choice A: Sounds like a good deal...		Choice B: Nah! I don't think so...

Transcript

BILL MADDOX: Ser... Arris, isn't it?

LEV ARRIS: Yeah, thanks for telling the whole world.

BILL MADDOX: Word has it you do odd space jobs here and there?

LEV ARRIS: What of it?

BILL MADDOX: I found my old grandpa Doug's journal. It's a MacArthur model 6 journal master mark 41.

LEV ARRIS: Lucky old grandpa Doug.

BILL MADDOX: Don't mind if I do, I'll have a beer. You'll have to speak up, ear drums got a little dented. Too many explosions.

LEV ARRIS: What's your problem?

BILL MADDOX: Next tuesday. Now, came across an entry, he left an old warehouse full of hardware on Bex, just before he died. The equipment is still there.

LEV ARRIS: I think I get the picture.

BILL MADDOX: No, I'm not religious myself. All you've got to do is go and pick the stuff up. Clever guy like you should be able to do that.

LEV ARRIS: Yeah, but how will I know how to find the place?

BILL MADDOX: Just land, and a friend of mine will have the stuff loaded for you.

LEV ARRIS: What's in it for me?

BILL MADDOX: My knee is fine. It's my ears.

LEV ARRIS: Payment.

BILL MADDOX: Oh! 6,000 and I'll throw in holo book I wrote about military hardware through the ages.

Characters

Speaking

• Lev Arris
• Nelson Ramirez

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: 52_S-P2_25th_ANNIVERSARY_Hilliker_Cut.mp4

Origin Museum VHS

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

• Download: 52_S-P2_OM_Tape.mp4

DigitalVaultThe

On January 8, 2011 DigitalVaultThe posted two videos of four Privateer 2 cutscenes from a high quality source. Their origin is unknown.

• Download: 52_2-P2-DigitalVaultThe.mp4

YouTube Description

Forgotten great extract 2 from Privateer 2 The Darkening. Directed by Steve Hilliker

Link

• YouTube

Script

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

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BILL

Ser...Arris, isn't it?

His voice is very loud.

TWO SHOT

Including BILL MADDOX. He's a little man, with a slightly
weaselly look about him.

ARRIS

Thanks for telling the whole world.

BILL

Word has it you do odd space jobs,

here and there.

ARRIS

What of it?

SC.339 CLOSER - BILL AND ARRIS

Bill shows Arris a small, beat-up data pad.

BILL

I found my old grampa Doug's

journal. It's a MacArthur model

six journal master mark forty one.

ARRIS

Lucky old grampa Doug.

BILL

Don't mind if I do. I'll have a beer.

Arris just stares back at him.

BILL

You'll have to speak up. Ear drums

got a little dented. Too many

explosions.

ARRIS

What's your problem?

BILL

Next Tuesday. Now...

(taps at its controls)

Came across an entry -- he left an

old warehouse full of hardware on Bex

just before he died. The equipment is

still there.

ARRIS

I think I get the picture.

BILL

No. I'm not religious myself.

Arris pulls a face. It's hard work talking to this guy.

BILL

All you gotta do is go and pick the

stuff up. Clever guy like you should be

able to do that.

ARRIS

I'd have to be able to find the

place.

BILL

Just land and a friend of mine will have

the stuff loaded for you.

SC.341 NEW ANGLE - CLOSER

ARRIS

What's in it for me?

BILL

My knee's fine. It's my ears that...

ARRIS

Payment.

BILL

Oh. Six thousand. And I'll throw in

holo-book I wrote about military

hardware through the ages.

CHOICE 1:ARRIS		CHOICE 2: ARRIS
Sounds like a good deal.		No I don't think so.