SC 2600A

SC 2600A
Production	Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Type	Plot
Series	L - Speradon
Disc	CD4 (PC), CD3 (PSX), Side B (DVD)
Run Time	1m2s
Next	SC_2600C
Scenes	260
Locations	Chart Room

SC_2600A is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It is the start of the briefing for Speradon L1. Is followed by SC_2600C.

• Download: SC_2600A.mp4

Transcript

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Lieutenant. Everybody here? All right.

ADMIRAL DANIEL WILFORD: Colonel, I'm here in Speradon commanding the fleet action. As you know, we're here to raid a shipyard, but there are several other targets we'd like to acquire first.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Well, I'm ready to review 'em, Admiral.

ADMIRAL DANIEL WILFORD: Now, this is a testing site within an asteroid belt where Confed shakes down their newly-built fighters. We'd love to confiscate a few. Second, the ringed planet in this system is orbited by a weapons-manufacturing plant: another prime target. And, finally, we've zeroed in on a carrier -- poorly guarded -- undergoing some ad-hoc repairs near the outermost planet. Now, I'm downloading mission specifics and a pre-recorded briefing for each operation. I'll leave you to size up the tactical situation, Colonel, and make the decision on how to proceed. Good luck.

Characters

Speaking

• Admiral Daniel Wilford
• Colonel Christopher Blair

Non-Speaking

• Colonel Jacob "Hawk" Manley
• Colonel Tamara "Panther" Farnsworth
• Lt. Colonel John "Gash" Dekker
• Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall
• 1st Lieutenant Velina Sosa
• 2nd Lieutenant Troy "Catscratch" Carter

DVD

The DVD Version of Wing Commander IV includes much higher resolution versions of almost every cutscene from the CD-ROM release.

• Download: SC_2600A.mp4

PlayStation

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Translations

Wing Commander IV's cutscenes were dubbed for the French and German releases.

French

PC

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PlayStation

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German

PC

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PlayStation

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Script

Shooting Script

A Wing Commander IV shooting script has been digitized from the collection of the University of Texas at Austin. A digital version (extracted below) was posted to Origin's Wing Commander IV website in 1996.

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briefing l1: pilots/dekker/wilford-remote - chart room -l1 Blair enters. the usual group is there. Maniac and Dekker stare daggers at each other.

wilford comes up on a live feed via the wall screen.

wilford (wall screen) Colonel, I'm here in Speradon, commanding the fleet action. As you know, we're here to raid a shipyard -- but there are several other targets we'd like to acquire first.

blair Ready to review them, Admiral.

Appropriate graphics and animations accompany each thumbnail mission description as Wilford presents it:

a map plays across the wall screen -- illustrating a test site in an asteroid belt.

wilford (v.o.) This is a testing site within an asteroid belt where Confed shakes down their newly-built fighters. We'd love to 'confiscate' a few.

the visual on the wall screen changes, showing an orbital weapons-manufacturing plant.

wilford (v.o.) Second, the ringed planet in this system is orbited by a weapons-manufacturing plant. Another prime target.

the wall screen visual changes again, displaying a carrier in "dry-dock."

wilford (v.o.) Finally, we've zeroed in on a carrier, poorly guarded, undergoing some ad-hoc repairs near the outermost planet.

Wilford returns to the wall screen.

wilford (wall screen) I'm downloading mission specifics and a pre-recorded briefing for each operation. I'll leave you to size up the tactical situation, Colonel, and make the decision on how to proceed. Good luck.

Wilford disappears from the wall screen and --

The wall screen will now provide the mission selection interface...

Blair will CHOOSE one mission from a "MENU" of 3ÿmissions (we suggest each mission's nav-maps be available to cycle through):

A) Scoop up fighters from a testing ground; B) Attack an orbiting weapons-manufacturing plant; C) Attack a carrier undergoing repairs.

After Blair makes a decision, one of the following pre-recorded mission-specific briefings from Admiral Wilford will play on the wall screen: