SC 0010E

SC 0010E
Production	Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Type	Plot
Series	Introduction
Disc	CD1 (PC), CD1 (PSX), Side A (DVD)
Run Time	1m52s
Previous	SC_0010D
Scenes	14 & 16
Locations	Nephele III Bar, Nephele III Port

SC_0010E is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It is part of the introductory series of cutscenes. It plays if you select "Ain't my business." after SC_0010D.

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Transcript

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: I don't need to prove myself in some barroom brawl.

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Yeah, maybe they'll kill each other. We'd all be better off.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: So, what's this important matter you had to discuss?

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Colonel Christopher Blair of the Confederation Space Force Reserves, it's my duty to inform you: you're being recalled to active military service.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Haven't you heard, Maniac? The War's over

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: They sent me out here to get you.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Who did?

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: How should I know? Somebody high up. You know, they don't tell majors everything, you know. You know, after all the years I've spent in Confed. You know, I'll never understand Confed Command decisions anyway... Why they would put an aging earthworm back in the cockpit. Why I'm not a Colonel. You know, a guy gets lucky one mission, happens to vanquish an enemy we've been fighting for eons...

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: When do we leave?

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Oh, I've arranged for a couple of fighters. They're waiting in the port.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Let's go.

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MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Think you can remember how to get this baby off the ground? Oooh, nice liftoff... for a dinosaur. Been a few eons since you held a flightstick, eh, Colonel? Or did you find some sand princess to hold it for you back there? You don't have to answer that.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Maniac?

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Yeah, I know ... But you can't say you haven't missed my sparkling repartee just a little.

Characters

Speaking

• Colonel Christopher Blair
• Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall

Non-Speaking

• Colonel Seether
• Canteen Man

Vehicles

• F-86 Hellcat V (2)

DVD

The DVD Version of Wing Commander IV includes much higher resolution versions of almost every cutscene from the CD-ROM release.

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PlayStation

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Translations

Wing Commander IV's cutscenes were dubbed for the French and German releases.

French

PC

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PlayStation

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German

PC

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PlayStation

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Script

Shooting Script

A Wing Commander IV shooting script has been digitized from the collection of the University of Texas at Austin. A digital version (extracted below) was posted to Origin's Wing Commander IV website in 1996.

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To stay clear of trouble:

Blair TURNS BACK TO Maniac.

Blair I don't need to prove myself in some barroom brawl. Especially over a couple of hoods who're probably fighting over stolen goods.

Maniac Yeah, maybe they'll kill each other.

Blair We'd all be better off.

Blair checks on the fight again.

icy eyes now lets the man go and heads out.

near the exit, his gaze sweeps across the room and settles on blair, who meets the look with a chilling contempt all his own. icy eyes exits. Blair turns back to maniac.

finally, Seether switches off the laser-blade.

Seether You're going to wish you never met me.

Blair I already do.

Seether smiles a frighteningly evil grin as he backs away, a grin that looks like a death's head skull.

Seether Personally, I'm looking forward to the next time we meet.

he shoves people out of the way and disappears.

Blair returns to maniac who actually seems a little impressed.

Maniac 'course I woulda backed you up if he tried anything...

it's already history to Blair.

Blair So what's the 'important' matter you wanted to discuss?

Maniac smiles. he's going to savor the pleasure of this:

Maniac 'Colonel Christopher Blair of the Confederation Space Force Reserves, it is my duty to inform you that you are being recalled to active military service.'

blair is stunned.

Blair Haven't you heard, Maniac? The War's over.

Maniac (shrugs) They sent me out here to get you.

Blair Who sent you?

Maniac (goes off) How should I know? Somebody high up. They don't tell majors everything. You'd think after all the years of service I've put in, they'd -- I'll never understand Confed Command decisions... Why they want to put an aging earthworm back in the cockpit is beyond me. Why am I still a major? Just 'cause a guy gets lucky on one mission and happens to vanquish an enemy we'd been fighting for eons--

during Maniac's ranting, the shock in Blair's eyes is slowly replaced by "the glint," the gameface, the look of a man who's deprived himself of a certain pleasure for far too long. finally, he cuts Maniac off:

Blair When do we leave?

Maniac (beat) Uhh, I've arranged for a pair of fighters. They're waiting in the port--

Blair Let's go.

He heads for the exit. Maniac follows.

midgame: nephele iii star port -a1 A pair of Confed fighters blast out of the star port and head off into space...

Shooting Schedule

A Wing Commander IV production notebook has been digitized from the collection of the University of Texas at Austin.

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