59 S

59_S
Production	Privateer 2: The Darkening
Type	Cinematic Mission
Series	Melissa Banks 2
Disc	CD2
Run Time	1m33s
Previous	HEPH_T
Choice A	In anything you have in mind... Yes!
Choice B	I may just sit this one out.
Scenes	359-362
Locations	Rampant Robot Bar

59_S is a cinematic mission cutscene from Privateer 2: The Darkening. It is part of Melissa Banks 2. It is accessed by visiting the Rampant Robot Bar on Hephaestus after the player has completed Melissa Banks 1. The player must choose whether or not to escort Banks again.

• Download: 59_S.mp4

Choice A: In anything you have in mind... Yes!		Choice B: I may just sit this one out.

Transcript

LEV ARRIS: Have we been introduced?

MELISSA BANKS: You've introduced yourself, when you blew away those goons who were trying to... ruin my day. You have the dryest lips, mister. Let me wet them for you a little. Cheers.

LEV ARRIS: Bottoms up.

MELISSA BANKS: That depends. Melissa Banks.

LEV ARRIS: Lev Arris.

MELISSA BANKS: Thanks for helping me out, Lev.

LEV ARRIS: It was a pleasure.

MELISSA BANKS: Was or is?

LEV ARRIS: Well, that depends. Who were those guys, anyway? Jealous boyfriends?

MELISSA BANKS: Something to do with my dead brother.

LEV ARRIS: I'm sorry.

MELISSA BANKS: He got killed a few months back. Only heard about it recently. Started asking questions. Then suddenly started finding people like that waiting out in the dark for me. The dark is no place to be alone in.

LEV ARRIS: What do you suggest?

MELISSA BANKS: I could use a wingman. Interested?

Characters

Speaking

• Lev Arris
• Melissa Banks

Translations

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

French

• Download: 59_S.mp4

Choice A: Tout bien réfléchi... c'est OUI !		Choice B: Je crois que je vais rester en dehors du coup...

German

• Download: 59_S.mp4

Choice A: Egal, was Du vorhast: ja!		Choice B: Vielleicht kann ich das aussitzen.

Spanish

• Download: 59_S.mp4

Choice A: Y todo lo que se te pase por la cabeza... ¡Sí!		Choice B: Quizás mejor en otra ocasión.

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: 59_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: 59_S-P2_OM_Tape.mp4

The Making of The Darkening

The Making of the Darkening includes behind-the-scenes footage from this scene.

EQ Magazine Interview

The EQ Magazine interview with Mathilda May includes footage of 59_S being filmed.

• Download: EQ_Magazine_Interview-mathilda_may.mp4

GamesMaster

The GamesMaster Privateer 2: The Darkening featurette includes behind-the-scenes footage from this scene.

• Download: GamesMaster_Feature_Privateer_2_The_Darkening.mp4

Unreleased Trailer

The Privateer 2 The Darkening Movie Promo Trailer posted to YouTube by DigitalVaultThe includes a clip from this scene.

• Download: Privateer_2_Trailer.mp4

Script

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

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(Player meets Melissa Banks.)

SC.357 EXT, SPACE ( COMPUTER GENERATED : NO VIDEO )

Arris is ship, zipping along.

SC.358 INT. ARRIS'S SHIP - CONSOLE VIEW (COMPUTER

GENERATED NO VTDEO)

SHIP'S COMPUTER VOICE

Voice mayday incoming. Repeats.

MELISSA BANKS (OS)

Mayday! Mayday! Am under attack,

badly outnumbered, any ship,

respond! Mayday! Mayday --

(Player sets coords, goes. In the following screen
interactive sequence he finds Banks defending herself well,
but, as she says, badly outnumbered. If he manages to
rescue her:)

MELISSA BANKS (VO)

Hey, thanks, buddy. Listen, I'm

heading back for Heph. Meet me in

the Rampant Robot and I'll buy you

a drink.

(If the player doesn't go straight there, he may forfeit
the rest of this scenario because it may interfere with
other ones. If he does head there promptly, though:)

SC.359 INT. RAMPANT ROBOT

Arris walks in, looking around him. When player clicks on
MELISSA BANKS:

Without much warning, Melissa walks up to him, puts her
arms around him, and kisses him thoroughly. This is an
extremely stunning and stacked woman. Various appreciative
HOWLS, YAWLS and WHISTLES from elsewhere in the bar, and
yells of "Lucky man!" and "Kiss her for me!"

After Melissa kisses Arris....

ARRIS

Have we been introduced?

:: MELISSA

You introduced yourself when

blew away those goons that were trying

to ruin my day.

(she licks her lips)

Hmm. You have the driest lips Mister

Let me wet them for you a little

SC.361 ANOTHER ANGLE

At the bar...

MELISSA

Cheers.

ARRIS

Bottoms up.

MELISSA

(raises an eyebrow)

Well. That depends

(Drinks, then holds out a hand)

Melissa Banks.

ARRIS

Lev Arris.

MELISSA

Thanks again for helping me out, Lev

ARRIS

It was a pleasure

MELISSA

Was? Or is?

Beat.

ARRIS

Well. That depends

Beat. She grins. She likes this one.

SC.362 ANOTHER ANGLE

ARRIS

Who were those guys anyway?

Jealous boyfriends

MELISSA

It's something to do with my dead brother

ARRIS

Oh.I'm sorry

MELISSA

He got killed some months back. I didn't

hear about it until recently, started asking

some questions then suddenly started finding

people like that waiting out in the dark for

me.

(eyes Arris)

The dark is no place to be alone in

ARRIS

What did you have in mind

MELISSA

I could use a wingman. Interested?

CHOICE 1:      ARRIS		CHOICE 2:      ARRIS
In anything you have in mind... yes!		I don't know...I think I might just sit this one out.