56 S

56_S
Production	Privateer 2: The Darkening
Type	Cinematic Mission
Series	Bernice Barlow
Disc	CD2
Run Time	2m17s
Choice A	7000 ??? For one Shithead! Sounds Fair!
Choice B	This isn't a smart way to make a living.
Scenes	350-354
Locations	Rampant Robot Bar

56_S is a cinematic mission cutscene from Privateer 2: The Darkening. It is part of Bernice Barlow. It is accessed by traveling to the Rampant Robot Bar on Hephaestus after the player has received an e-mail. The player must choose whether or not to assassinate Barlow's boss.

• Download: 56_S.mp4

Choice A: 7000 ??? For one Shithead! Sounds Fair!		Choice B: This isn't a smart way to make a living.

Transcript

BERNICE BARLOW: Well, well.

LEV ARRIS: I'd, uhm, offer to buy you a drink, but you, uhm, you seem to be, uh, pretty well equipped.

BERNICE BARLOW: Yeah, that's what they all say, and it's always a fool who listens.

LEV ARRIS: Why?

BERNICE BARLOW: Haven't I seen you around here before?

LEV ARRIS: I thought that was supposed to be my line.

BERNICE BARLOW: I'm serious. You're that hot pilot, aren't you? You free this week?

LEV ARRIS: I am, but, uhm, I was hoping to hang onto my liver a while longer.

BERNICE BARLOW: A humorist... Tell me, ser hot pilot, you ever killed anybody?

LEV ARRIS: It's hard to avoid in my line of work.

BERNICE BARLOW: Do you want to kill someone else? I can pay.

LEV ARRIS: Who'd you have in mind?

BERNICE BARLOW: My old boss. It's the oldest story in the book. He says to me, Bernice, someday you're going to have my job. But first you need a little coaching. And I believed him. oh he coached me allright, and when promotion time came around, guess who got promoted? And guess who guess who got bimbo tracked?

LEV ARRIS: As you say, an old story.

BERNICE BARLOW: And a very old solution. Heart failure, oh. His. You interested?

LEV ARRIS: Depends on the payment.

BERNICE BARLOW: Cash on the barrelhead. And when I hear he's dead, 7,000.

Characters

Speaking

• Lev Arris
• Bernice Barlow

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: 56_S-P2_25th_ANNIVERSARY_Hilliker_Cut.mp4

Script

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

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(The player meets Bernice Barlow in the Rampant Robot on
Hephaestus.)

SC.350 INT. RAMPANT ROBOT, HEPHAESTUS

The Hephaestus version of a "fern bar". Green things
growing everywhere, robots holding potted plants, a small
meandering stream running through (with robot fish in it).

When the player clicks on BERNICE BARLOW below:

SC.351 ON BERNICE BARLOW

Sitting off to one side with a carafe of something blue.
She's about halfway down it, and doesn't look like stopping
any time soon. A handsome woman, tall, statuesque, but
with a mean and angry look in her eye. Arris ENTERS SHOT.
She looks up at him challengingly.

BERNICE

Well?

ARRIS

(mildly)

I'd offer to buy you a drink, but

you seem to already be pretty well

equipped.

BERNICE

Yeah, that's what they all say.

(makes a face)

And it's only a fool that listens.

BC.352 ANOTHER ANGLE

As Arris sits down by her -- but at a respectful distance.

ARRIS

Why?

BERNICE

(cocks her head at him)

Haven't I seen you around here

before?

ARRIS

I thought that was supposed to

be my line.

BERNICE

(LAUGHS)

No, I'm serious. You're that hot

pilot, aren't you. You free this

week?

ARRIS

(slightly dubious)

Yes, but I was hoping to hang

onto my liver a while longer.

SC.353 CLOSER - THE TWO OF THEM

BERNICE

A humorist. Listen, ser hot

pilot -- you ever killed

anybody?

ARRIS

It's hard to avoid, in this

line of work.

BERNICE

Wanna kill somebody else? I

can pay.

ARRIS

Who'd you have in mind?

BERNICE

My old boss.

SC.354 FAVORING BERNICE

BERNICE(CONT'D)

The oldest story in the book.

He says to me, "Bernice, you're

going to have my job some day.

But first you're going to need

some coaching."

(snorts)

And I believed it. Well, he

BERNICE (CONTD)

coached me, all right. But

when promotion time comes along,

guess who got promoted? And

guess who got bimbo-tracked?

ARRIS

As you say...an old story.

BERNICE

With an old solution. Heart

failure. His.

(beat: sidelong)

You interested?

ARRIS

Depends on the payment.

BERNICE

Cash on the barrelhead...when

I hear he's dead, seven thousand

CHOICE 1:      ARRIS		CHOICE 2:      ARRIS
Seven thousand for stamping on one big...sounds fair.		Killing corporate execs isn't a smart way to make a living. It gets you noticed.