1560 (Wing Commander Prophecy cutscene)

1560
Production	Wing Commander Prophecy
Type	Plot
Series	H - H'rissith
Disc	CD3
Run Time	5m6s
Scenes	156-162
Locations	Rec Room, Ready Room, Briefing Room, Space (H'rissith), Space (Kilrah)

1560 is a cutscene from Wing Commander Prophecy. It plays after 1536.

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Transcript

MANIAC: You see, you don't know. You don't know, because Blair would fly on MY wing. Okay? Because Tolwyn, Eisen, they always... they'd check with the Maniac. You a Border Worlder? Come here for a second. Casey! My only friend. My only friend. Come here. Come here. Let's celebrate. Let's celebrate.

CASEY: What are we celebrating?

MANIAC: My voluntary demotion. I am no longer a squadron commander.

CASEY: But I thought you always dreamed of running your own squadron? Dreamed?

MANIAC: Yeah. Ha! It's more like a nightmare! Pilots whining all day about stats. You got the CAG screaming for results. It's all pain, no gain. Here. Let's toast! Let's toast. Maniac and Casey! All right. To the free, and easy life, of the Wing Commander.

ANDERSON: [loudspeaker] Lieutenant Casey. You are wanted in the ready room, at once!

MANIAC: They got that medal for you, kid, huh? Well, give the CAG a kiss for me, all right?

CASEY: Are you going to be all right? I'm the

MANIAC: Maniac. Of course I'm going to be all right. Listen. Hey, Casey, listen. You take my advice, all right? They're giving you the medals. You rake them in. When they want you to be squadron commander you tell them to shove it! All right? All right. Chalk up another one for the Maniac.

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WILFORD: Attention! Congratulations, Lieutenant. Its not every day a member of my command receives the Confed Flying Cross. Wear it with pride. Its well deserved.

CASEY: Yes, Sir. Thank you, Sir.

CAG: Assembly dismissed! Good job.

CASEY: Thank you.

BLAIR: Well done.

CASEY: Thanks!

STILETTO: A Confed Flying Cross and a promotion to the Midway's newest "Bad Ass" squadron. Not a bad day's work.

CASEY: Hey, you guys got promoted to the Wolf Pack with me.

MAESTRO: Where we will no doubt be hopelessly lost in your shadow. Let's celebrate!

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FINLEY: I downloaded these files from the data banks of the Ship Killer we just captured.

CAG: So, you're saying the wormhole these Aliens are using as their invasion point is artificial?

FINLEY: Well, artificially induced over a potential anomaly in their system which allows them access into Confed space. It took massive planning to pull this off, even with their technology. Here, look. After also analyzing the data from the beacon, Tactical thinks that the Aliens' initial foray into this system was recon only. I don't think that they expected to find us here. In any case, they didn't bring their whole fleet in.

CASEY: There's more?

FINLEY: Look closer at their structure. They're clearly reinforcing it for a permanent passage.

CASEY: And those plumes?

FINLEY: Judging from the IR emissions they could be the equivalent of cooling towers for the power array. The amount of heat generated to hold open a physical anomaly this size must be massive.

CASEY: So, what would happen if we took those out?

FINLEY: It could cause an overload... but I don't yet know enough about their technology to be sure. It might not matter. Judging from this, the towers appear heavily shielded. Probably take a full-on torpedo hit. We need to find a way to shut the whole array down. And soon.

CASEY: No problem. We have our new Plasma Weapon.

FINLEY: Yes, problem. Even if we worked around the clock to get this thing to even work with our technology-- which I'm not saying we can-- I'm not sure we won't blow ourselves to Kingdom Come the first time we try to use it.

CAG: Be sure. This may be the only chance we've got.

Characters

Speaking

• Commodore Christopher "Maverick" Blair
• Captain Daniel Wilford
• Commander Patricia Drake
• Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall
• Lieutenant Commander Aurora Finley
• 1st Liuetenant Liam Anderson
• 1st Lieutenant Lance Casey
• 1st Lieutenant Jean "Stiletto" Talvert
• 2nd Lieutenant Max "Maestro" Garrett

Non-Speaking

• 1st Lieutenant Terrence O'Hearn

Vehicles

• TCS Midway
• Wormhole Gate
• Tiamat

Translations

Wing Commander Prophecy's cutscenes were dubbed for the German release.

German

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DVD

A DVD version of Wing Commander Prophecy was developed but not released. It contained almost every cutscene from the CD-ROM release. Mark Day has provided a copy.

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Script

Shooting Script

A Wing Commander Prophecy Absolute Very Last Ultimate Final Draft Script dated April 30, 1997 and used during the game's shooting has been provided by Adam Foshko.

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INT. REC ROOM

Maniac sits at a table, drinking, a bottle on the table before
him. Holds up his glass to Casey as he comes in.

CASEY

Maniac!

MANIAC

(tipsy)

Casey! Casey, my only friend.

Let's celebrate.

Casey joins Maniac, who pours him a shot

CASEY

What are we celebrating?

MANIAC

My voluntary demotion. I am no

longer a sauadron commander.

CASEY

I thought you always dreamed about

running your own squadron?

MANIAC

Dream? Ha! More like a nightmare

Pilots whining to me about their

stats. The CAG screaming for

results. All pain, no pleasure.

Nothing but headaches... (beat) A

toast. To the simple, free and

easy life of a Wing Commander.

He drinks the toast. Then we hear...

PAVO

Lieutenant Casey. You are wanted

in the Ready Room, at once.

MANIAC

They're all ready to give you that

medal, Kid. KISS THE CAG FOR ME,

WILL YA?

CASEY

Are you going to be alright,

Maniac?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

MANIAC

Sure, Sure. Hey, Kid, take my

advice. Rake in their medals, but

they offer you a squadron...tell

them to shove it!

For just a moment, the mask falls away, and we see the pain
beneath. Then Maniac smiles, returns to his bottle.

INT. READY ROOM

(PLAYS)

The CAG, Spyder, Stiletto, Maestro, Zero, Blair, and many PILOTS
are all present, all standna, at attention as Captain Wilford
hands him an ornate black box.

CAPTAIN

Congratulations, Lieutenant. It's

not every day a member of my

command receives the Confed Flying

Cross. year it with pride. It's

well deserved.

CASEY

Thank you, sir.

They exchange salutes.

CAG

Assembly dismissed.

The CAG shakes Casey's hand and exits with the Captain. The
remaining PILOTS fall out and surround Casey. Adlibs all
around: great work, kid. Attaboy, Casey, etc. Most leave.
Finally, Stiletto and Maestro have a moment with our hero.

STILETTO

A Confed Flying Cross and a

promotion to Midway's Newes: Bad

Ass squadron. Not a bad day's

work.

CASEY

Hey, you guys got promoted to the

Wolf Pack with me.

MAESTRO

Where we will no doubt be

hopelessly lost in your shadow.

Let's celebrate!

They exit. Blair looks after them.

EXT. THE MIDWAY (CG)

The big carrier moves off into deep space.

EXT. KILRATHI SPACE

MEANWHILE: Wormhole is completed and comes to life. A huge
Dreadnought, folded, comes through. Unfolds and screams past.

Series H -- Preparations

EXT. SPACE AN EMPTY STARFIELD (CG)

Hold for a BEAT. Then the Midway drifts into view. We see a
makeshift gantry under construction on the bow--a partially
completed Ship Killing Plasma Weapon. The crystal matrix of the
stripped-out heart of this weapon glimmers in the makeshift
mounts under the Midway's intakes.

INT. BRIEFING ROOM (PLAYS AS MOVIE)

ON screen as a SERIES OF FUTURISTIC BLUEPRINTS flash by.

FINLEY (OS)

I downloaded these files from the

data banks of the Ship Killer we

just captured.

Cut to Casey and Finley as they report to Blair and the CAG.

CAG

So, you're saying the wormhole

these aliens are using as their

invasion point is artificial!?

FINLEY

Well, artificially induced over a

potential anomaly in their space

that allows them into access into

Confed space. It took massive

planning to pull this off—even

with their technology. Here look.

He pulls up another view.

FINLEY (CONT.)

After also analyzing the data from

the beacon, Tactical thinks that

the Aliens' initial foray into this

system was recon only. I don't

think that they expected to find us

there. In any case, they didn't

bring their whole fleet in.

CASEY

There's more?!

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

FINLEY

(nods)

Look closer at this structure.

They're clearly reinforcing it to

make it a permanent passage.

CASEY

(pointing)

What are those plumes?

FINLEY

Judging from the IR emissions, they

could be the eauivalent of cooling

towers for a power array. The

amount of heat generated by a

structure to hold open this

physical anomaly must be massive.

CASEY

What would happen if we took those

out?

FINLEY

It could cause an overload--but I

don't yet know enough about their

technology to be sure.

BLAIR

It may not matter. Judging from

this, the towers appear heavily

shielded. Probably take a full-on

torpedo hit. We need to find a way

to shut the whole array down. And

soon.

CAG

But destroying something this size

will take a lot more firepower than

the Midway has to offer.

RACHAEL

No Problem. We have the big gun we

need...right here.

She taps a console. The IMAGE we saw in the (G3) briefing of
the Ship Killer Plasma Weapon in operation comes up on the main
screen. Finley frowns:

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: (2)

FINLEY

Yes, Problem. Even if we worked

around the clock and could get this

thing to even work with our

technology-- which I am not saying

we can--I'm not sure we won't get

blown to Kingdom Come the first

time we try to use it.

BLAIR

(cutting in)

Be sure. It may be the only chance

we've got.

EXT. SPACE MIDWAY FLYBY- CG

FEATURE aangway under intakes, supporting large crystalline
structure.

12/18/96 Draft

A Wing Commander Prophecy First Draft Script dated December 18, 1996 has been provided by Billy Cain.

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INT. MIDWAY REC ROOM

As Casey ENTERS, Maniac is sitting at a table; drinking; a bottle on the
table before him.

MANIAC

(tipsy)

Join me, plebe. Let's celebrate.

Casey joins Maniac, who pours him a shot.

CASEY

What are we celebrating?

MANIAC

My voluntary demotion. I am no longer a

squadron commander.

CASEY

I thought you always dreamed about

running your own squadron.

MANIAC

Dream? Ha! Nightmare. Pilots whining

to me about their stats; the CAG

screaming for results. All pain, no

pleasure, nothing but headaches....A

toast. To the simple, free and easy

life of a Wing Commander.

He drinks the toast. Then we hear...

PAVO

Lieutenant Casey. You are wanted in the

Briefing Room.

MANIAC

They're all ready to give you that

medal, Kid. KISS THE CAG FOR ME, WILL

YA?

CASEY

See you later, Major.

MANIAC

Sure. Hey, Kid,take my advice. Rake in

their medals, but they offer you a

squadron... tell them to shove it.

PAVO

All Pilots report to the Briefing Room...

For just a moment, the mask falls away, and we see the pain beneath. Then
Maniac smiles, returns to his bottle. Casey EXITS through the Ready Room
door.

INT. MIDWAY BRIEFING ROOM

The CAG, Spyder, Stiletto, Maestro, Zero, Blair, and many pilots are all
present, all standing at attention as Captain Drake hands him a black box.
He opens it and looks at it (we do not see it)

CAPTAIN

Congratulations, Lieutenant. It's not

every day a member of my command

receives the Confed Cross of Valor.

Wear it with pride.

CASEY

Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

They exchange salutes. The Captain EXITS.

CAG

Assembly dismissed.

Everyone falls out, surrounds Casey. Adlibs all around: great work, kid.
Attaboy, Casey, etc. Finally, Stiletto and Maestro have a moment with our
hero.

STILETTO

A Confed Cross and a promotion to

Midway's top squadron. Not a bad day's

work.

CASEY

Hey, you guys got promoted to the Wolf

Pack with me.

MAESTRO

Where we will no doubt be lost in your

shadow.

They both laugh and EXIT. Casey is about to follow, when Blair approaches
him.

BLAIR

You deserve it, Casey. Just don't start

thinking of it as shield.

CASEY

I won't, sir.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED::

BLAIR

(after a beat)

Your old man would be proud.

He walks off.

INT. MIDWAY REC ROOM

The room is filled with pilots trying to relax from a hard life on the
front lines. Casey ENTERS via the Ready Room Door. Joins Maestro and
Stiletto at a table.

MAESTRO

I think this is where we get drunk and

celebrate.

STILETTO

In that order.

Spyder ENTERS and crosses to their table.

SPYDER

Casey. Have you got a second?

They move aside for some privacy.

SPYDER

Our Combat Air Patrol just brought in a

Confed distress beacon.

CASEY

Source?

SPYDER

(shrugs)

It's jump capable; could have come from

anywhere. Finley and the Chief are

taking a look at it, but it's in pretty

bad shape. It might provide us with

some additional intel... just thought you

might like to know.

EXT. THE MIDWAY (CG)

As the big carrier moves off into deep space...

ACT THREE--SERIES H PREPARATIONS

EXT. SPACE AN EMPTY STARFIELD (CG)

Hold for a BEAT. Then the Midway drifts into view. We SEE a makeshift
gantry under construction on the bow; a partially completed Ship Killing
Plasma Weapon. OFF this amazing image...

INT. MIDWAY BRIEFING ROOM (OPTIONAL)

ON screen as a SERIES OF FUTURISTIC BLUEPRINTS flash by.

FINLEY (OS)

I downloaded these files from the data

banks of the Ship Killer we just

captured.

PULL BACK TO INCLUDE Casey and Finley as they report to Blair and the CAG.

CAG

You're saying the wormhole these aliens

are using as their invasion point is

artificial!?

FINLEY

(pointing at screen)

Held open by four ion shielded,

intermagnetically linked towers.

Destroy those towers...

CASEY

And you close the wormhole and stop the

invasion.

BLAIR

God knows it's worth a try.

CAG

But destroying something this size will

take a lot more firepower than the

Midway has to offer.

RACHAEL

No Problem. We have the big gun we

need... right here.

She taps a console, and that IMAGE we saw in the (G3) briefing of the Ship
Killer Plasma Weapon in operation comes up on the main screen. Finley
frowns:

FINLEY

Yes, Problem. I'm not sure we can

recreate the alien's plasma weapon,

Commander.

BLAIR

(cutting in)

Be sure. It may be the only chance

we've got.

Shooting Schedule

A Wing Prophecy Green Schedule from the Origin Museum has been archived by Dominik Reichardt.

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