18 S

18_S
Production	Privateer 2: The Darkening
Type	Main Plot
Series	Mission C: Hal Taffin
Disc	CD1
Run Time	22s
Previous	13_S
Choice A	I'm really gonna push this punk!
Choice B	That was dumb... give him a break (Credits or Insufficient Credits)
Scenes	115
Locations	Taffin Reclamation

18_S is a main plot cutscene from Privateer 2: The Darkening. It is part of Mission C - Hal Taffin. It plays if the player chooses "Offer him an Inventive..." in 13_S. The player must choose whether or not to continue threatening Taffin.

• Download: 18_S.mp4

Choice A: I'm really gonna push this punk!		Choice B: That was dumb... give him a break (Credits or Insufficient Credits)

Transcript

LEV ARRIS: Now listen, Taffin, I don't have time for your paranoid games. Maybe you'll be a little more talkative.

HAL TAFFIN: Touch me and you're dead. Now go. Or stay. Yeah, yeah stay. I'll call the teeps, tell them how you threatened me, how I had to shoot you. Its happened before. They don't ask questions. They like me, the teeps.

Characters

Speaking

• Lev Arris
• Hal Taffin

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: 18_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: 18_S-Priv2-betacam-roughcut.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.115 NEW ANGLE

Arris moves in on Taffin.

ARRIS

I don't have time for your paranoid

games, Taffin. Maybe you'll be a

little more talkative if I....

Taffin turns. He has a gun, and it's leveled at Arris's
midsection. Arris stops.

TAFFIN

Touch me and you're dead. Now go.

Or stay. Yeah, stay and I'll call

the 'teeps, tell them how you

threatened me. How I had to shoot

you. It's happened before...they

don't ask questions. They like me

the 'teeps.

(ONLY IF PLAYER PREVIOUSLY CHOSE 2)

CHOICE 1:      ARRIS (VO)		CHOICE 2:      ARRIS (VO)
Who needs this?? I'm really going to push this punk!		That was dumb. Give him a break! Maybe he could use a little money.
(If 1: GO TO 116)		(IF 2: GO TO 118)