6 S

6_S
Production	Privateer 2: The Darkening
Type	Main Plot
Series	Introduction
Disc	CD1
Run Time	1m35s
Previous	CRIUS_L
Locations	Crius Hospital

6_S is a live action cutscene from Privateer 2: The Darkening. It is part of the introductory series of cutscenes. It plays the first time the player lands on Crius after CRIUS_L. It flashes back to a conversation with Dr. Janna Frevel at Crius Hospital. It is the final part of the game's introduction.

• Download: 6_S.mp4

Transcript

DR. FREVEL: It was quiet a crash. If it hadn't been for that pod, I doubt you'd have survived.

LEV ARRIS: But why was I in the pod?

DR. FREVEL: Well, you're far enough along in your recovery that it's safe to tell you. You were suffering from amniotrophic ossecular degeneration.

LEV ARRIS: Is that bad?

DR. FREVEL: Bad? It was fatal, but not anymore. You were given the self viral specific for AOD as soon as you were thawed. Your bone marrow only took about a week to get back in order. Lucky you were in one of those older pods. Dr. Loomis said they were built to last. Oh, ah, Dr. Loomis is the one who uncorked you.

LEV ARRIS: I haven't met him.

DR. FREVEL: No, he was scheduled to start his holiday before you were conscious again. He, ah, he'll be back at the end of the month. Anyway, you were probably a holdover freeze. When you were diagnosed there was still no cure, so they froze you down til there was one. Lucky for you the AOD cure's been with us for some time now.

LEV ARRIS: Lucky, yeah. Have they found out just why the ship crashed yet?

DR. FREVEL: No, they're still investigating it. So far nothing concrete's turned up. One theory is that the ship's anomaly gave out, but there were rumors about some sort of sabotage or hostile action. Oh it's going to be weeks yet before anything's settled.

Characters

Speaking

• Lev Arris
• Dr. Frevel

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: 6_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: 6_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

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

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SC.81 COLOUR DRAINS OUT OF THE SCENE. EXT. CRIUS

Blurry shapes chase one another across the shot: then we
get a shot of ARRIS'S FACE, seen as if he's looking at
himself in the mirror. This is almost immediately replaced
by another face (blurry at first) seen close up: that of
the female DOCTOR we saw shot earlier. This is a flashback
to an earlier conversation.

DOCTOR

It was quite a crash. If it

hadn't been for the pod, I

doubt you would have survived.

SC.82 EXT. CRIUS HOSPITAL-DAY

Arris is standing out on the terrace of the solarium-like
area from which we saw him abducted. The doctor stands
beside him.

ARRIS

But why was I in the pod?

DOCTOR

Well, you're far enough along in

your recovery that it's safe to tell

you. You were suffering from

amyotrophic ossicular degeneration.

ARRIS

Is that bad?

DOCTOR

(laughs a little)

Bad? It was fatal. But not any more.

DOCTOR (CONT)

You were given the self-viral specific

for AOS as soon as you were thawed: your

bone marrow took about a week to get

back in order. Lucky you were in one of

those older pods, Doctor Loomis said:

they were built to last. Doctor Loomis

is the one who uncorked you.

ARRIS

I haven't met him.

DOCTOR

No, he had a holiday scheduled to start

before you were conscious again. He'll

be back at the end of the month. -- At

any rate, you were probably a "hold-over"

freeze -- when you were diagnosed, there

was still no cure. They froze you

down till there was one. Lucky for

you, the AOD cure has been with us

for a while now.

ARRIS

Lucky...yeah. Have they found out

just why the ship crashed yet?

SC.83 ANOTHER ANGLE - THE TWO OF THEM

The Doctor shakes her head.

DOCTOR

They're still investigating it.

Nothing concrete has turned up. One

theory was that the ship's anomaly

gave out. There were rumors about

some kind of sabotage, or hostile

action --

SC.84 CLOSER - FAVORING THE DOCTOR

DOCTOR

(shakes her head)

It's going to be weeks yet before

thing's certain.

SC.85 INT. SHIP-BACK TO NORMAL, CONSOLE VIEW (GAME ONLY,

COMPUTER GENERATED : NO VIDEO)

ARRIS (VO)

Crius...?

SC.86 EXT. ARRIS'S SNIP (COMPUTER GENERATED: NO VIDEO)

Zooming away and OUT OF SHOT through D-space.