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[[SC_0650A]] is a cutscene from [[Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom]]. It plays when the player visits Captain Eisen's cabin after [[Masa C2]]. It is not included in the PlayStation version.
[[SC_0650A]] is a cutscene from [[Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom]]. It plays when the player visits Captain Eisen's cabin after [[Masa C1]]. It is not included in the PlayStation version.


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<B>CAPTAIN WILLIAM EISEN</B>: Enter. Ah, Colonel. I'll be shipping out soon: I just wanted to make sure that no big deal was made of it.
<B>CAPTAIN WILLIAM EISEN</B>: Enter. �Ah, Colonel, good to see you.  


<B>COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR</B>: Yes, sir. Lately, some of the men haven't been so sure about the missions they've been flying for Confed.
<B>COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR</B>: Well, guess now you'll have more time to answer your mail. Captain Paulsen said something about new orders.


<B>CAPTAIN WILLIAM EISEN</B>: Oh?
<B>CAPTAIN WILLIAM EISEN</B>: I'm awaiting a transfer, that's the extent of my orders.


<B>COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR</B>: During the war with the Kilrathi, it was easy -- loyalty to Confed required little commitment. After all, what was the alternative? Now the war is over -- second-guessing is easy. I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be shooting down my own kind.
<B>COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR</B>: Oh, come on, sir. Someone's going to wake up and rescind this decision.  


<B>CAPTAIN WILLIAM EISEN</B>: Humans will always vie for power, Colonel. The Confederation may be far less than perfect, but, remember, it was the driving force behind our victory. It succeeded in uniting humanity in a way that no other institution had. That's our ultimate duty, isn't it?
<B>CAPTAIN WILLIAM EISEN</B>: Confed's a different place today; running a space ship is a different job than it used to be. Who knows, maybe they're doing me a huge favor. Now, I appreciate your concern, Colonel. Tell the crew... the old man is looking forward to new challenges.
 
<B>COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR</B>: Yes. The difficulty is... how best to execute it.
 
<B>CAPTAIN WILLIAM EISEN</B>: Well... Colonel, I sincerely wish you a long and happy life. It has been an honor and a pleasure serving with you.
 
<B>COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR</B>: Thank you, sir.
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Latest revision as of 17:33, 22 November 2023

SC 0650A
SC 0650A.png
Production Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Type Plot
Series C - Masa
Disc CD2 (PC), Side A (DVD)
Run Time 1m9s
Scenes 65
Locations Captain Eisen's Cabin



SC_0650A is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It plays when the player visits Captain Eisen's cabin after Masa C1. It is not included in the PlayStation version.

Transcript

CAPTAIN WILLIAM EISEN: Enter. �Ah, Colonel, good to see you.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Well, guess now you'll have more time to answer your mail. Captain Paulsen said something about new orders.

CAPTAIN WILLIAM EISEN: I'm awaiting a transfer, that's the extent of my orders.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Oh, come on, sir. Someone's going to wake up and rescind this decision.

CAPTAIN WILLIAM EISEN: Confed's a different place today; running a space ship is a different job than it used to be. Who knows, maybe they're doing me a huge favor. Now, I appreciate your concern, Colonel. Tell the crew... the old man is looking forward to new challenges.

Characters

Speaking

Non-Speaking

DVD

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

Translations

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

French

PC

German

PC

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.

eisen's cabin - eisen (optional) -c2 once again, eisen's at his terminal. he flips the kill switch as blair walks in, but to blair's surprise, he looks surprisingly upbeat.

blair (grins) Guess there's more time for keeping up with your mail now. (beat) Captain Paulsen spoke about new orders.

eisen I'm awaiting transfer. Those are the extent of my orders.

blair paces, agitated.

blair Someone's going to wake up and rescind this decision.

eisen (beat) Confed's a different place these days. Running a ship is a different job than it used to be... (beat) Just might be they're doing me one huge favor. (beat) I do appreciate the concern, Colonel. Tell the crew ... the old man's looking forward to new challenges.

Storyboards

A collection of Wing Commander IV storyboards has been digitized from the collection of the University of Texas at Austin. Additional lower resolution storyboards have been preserved from Origin's Wing Commander IV website.

University of Texas

Origin Website