30 S

30_S
Production	Privateer 2: The Darkening
Type	Main Plot
Series	Mission F: Shernikov
Disc	CD2
Run Time	2m38s
Previous	28_S
Scenes	143-145, 148-150
Locations	Shernikov Medical Supplies

30_S is a main plot cutscene from Privateer 2: The Darkening. It is part of Mission F: Shernikov. It plays if the player chooses "That was dumb, time to grovel!" in 28_S. This completes the mission.

• Download: 30_S.mp4

Transcript

LEV ARRIS: Serra, look, I'm sorry. Please, please listen, I... I really need this information and, and I don't know what to do to get it.

SHERNIKOV RECEPTIONIST: Not threatening people might be one place to start.

LEV ARRIS: Consider yourself unthreatened. Please, I really need your help.

LEV ARRIS: Is it uhm, is it allright then if I just wait until someone comes who I can take this up with?

SHERNIKOV RECEPTIONIST: Allright, but I can't guarantee anything different will happen. What's so special about this pod?

LEV ARRIS: I was in it. I was being transported for a medical facility and they, uhm, they left me with some physical problems that I won't be able to handle until I find out where that facility was. But the pod went down in the Canera.

SHERNIKOV RECEPTIONIST: My goodness.

LEV ARRIS: And some data was lost from the pod's memory and now it can't be traced. Listen, I, uhm, I have the pod's serial number if, if it would be of any help.

SHERNIKOV RECEPTIONIST: Come here. I really shouldn't be doing this. There, it was comissioned and paid for by a Jan Mitorr on Janus IV. Goodness. The record's almost twenty years old.

LEV ARRIS: What?

SHERNIKOV RECEPTIONIST: Anyway, there's his address. Though there's no guarantee he's there anymore. Was that all you came about?

LEV ARRIS: Yeah.

SHERNIKOV RECEPTIONIST: Right. I've transferred the information into your computer. Now you better get out of here before my boss gets back. I never saw you. Even if you do look a lot like my little brother.

LEV ARRIS: Serra, thanks very much.

SHERNIKOV RECEPTIONIST: Come on, get out before my boss sees you and asks what you wanted.

Characters

Speaking

• Lev Arris
• Shernikov Receptionist

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: 29-31_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: 30_S-Priv2-betacam-roughcut.mp4

Origin Museum VHS

A VHS tape digitized by Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum included versions of edits 7 through 74.

• Download: 30_S-P2_OM_Tape.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:)

ARRIS

(desperate)

Serra, look, I'm sorry...

please, please listen! I

really need this

information... and I don't

know what to do to get it.

WOMAN

(dry)

Not threatening people might

be one place to start.

ARRIS

Consider yourself

unthreatened. Please. I

really need your help.

She looks at him thoughtfully.... then hits the control that
drops him out of the security field.

SC.144 BACK TO ANGLE

ARRIS

Is it all right, then, if I

wait until someone comes who

I can take this up with?

WOMAN

All right...but I can't

guarantee anything different

will happen.

SC.145 WIDER

As Arris sits down. The woman goes back to her work, then
looks up after a moment.

WOMAN

What's so special about this

pod?

ARRIS

Well, I was in it. I was

being transported from

some medical facility...

and they left me with some

physical problems that I

won't be able to handle

until I find out where the

facility was. But the pod

went down in the Canera...

WOMAN

Oh, my goodness.

ARRIS

And some data was lost

from the pod's memory, and

now it can't be traced.

She looks at him thoughtfully.

(TO SC 148)

SC.146 DELETED

SC.147 DELETED

SC.148 INT. SHERNIKOV OFFICES - ARRIS, THE WOMAN

ARRIS

Listen, I have the pod's serial

number, if it would be any help

The woman looks at him -- then smiles at him slightly.

WOMAN

C'mere.

SC.149 CLOSER

He gets up and comes over to her desk. She taps at her
keypad.

WOMAN

I really shouldn't be doing this....

-- There. It was commissioned and

paid for by a Jan Mitorr, on Janus

IV... goodness!

ARRIS

What?

WOMAN

The record's almost twenty years

old... Anyway, there's his address.

Though there's no guarantee he's

there any more Was that all you

came about?

SC.150 ANOTHER ANGLE

ARRIS

Yes.

WOMAN

All right ...I've transferred

the info to your computer. Now

you'd better get out of here

before my boss gets back. I

never saw you.

(slight grin)

Even if you do look a lot

like my little brother.

ARRIS

Serra...thanks very much.

WOMAN

Go on! Get out before the

boss sees you and asks what

you wanted.

Arris smiles at her, waves, EXITS SHOT hurriedly.