10 S

10_S
Production	Privateer 2: The Darkening
Type	Cinematic Mission
Series	Lord Mike Vonx
Disc	CD3
Run Time	1m29s
Previous	ANHUR_T
Choice A	Well why not? Money's money.
Choice B	Nahh... I don't like this political stuff.
Scenes	344-347
Locations	Lord Vonx's Apartment

10_S is a cinematic mission cutscene from Privateer 2: The Darkening. It is part of Lord Mike Vonx. It is accessed by traveling to Lord Vonx's Apartment on Anhur after the player has received an e-mail. The player must choose whether or not to attack Vonx's shipment.

• Download: 10_S.mp4

Choice A: Well why not? Money's money.		Choice B: Nahh... I don't like this political stuff.

Transcript

LEV ARRIS: Vonx?

LORD MIKE VONX: That is I.

LEV ARRIS: It's, uhm, it's Lord Vonx, isn't it? I, I, I've seen you on the holo.

LORD MIKE VONX: I don't stand on ceremony at home, or many other places. Sit down, man.

LEV ARRIS: So, how can I help you?

LORD MIKE VONX: I have word of an arms shipment which will be making its way from Hephaestus to Anhur. It must be destroyed.

LEV ARRIS: Why?

LORD MIKE VONX: Because the arms being trans-shipped are intended for the civil war on Karaktikus. If they reach that planet, thousands of people will die who need not do so. That strikes me as reason enough. You and your ship come well spoken of. Will you take the comission? The price is 8,000, paid to you on confirmation of the destruction of that shipment. Gun camera shots will be sufficient.

LEV ARRIS: 8,000 is a lot for one ship.

LORD MIKE VONX: It's not a lot for saving 8,000 lives or so. Which it will.

Characters

Speaking

• Lev Arris
• Lord Mike Vonx

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: 10_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: 10_S-P2_OM_Tape.mp4

Script

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

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(Player receives the following e-mail from Lord Mike Vonx:

SC.343 ARRIS (COMPUTER GENERATED: NO VIDEO)

NEED TO TALK TO YOU RE: BUSINESS ARRANGEMENT SOONEST
PLEASE COME TO 48639 ARMATURE, IRNGATE, AMUR 339454
VONK)

When the player goes there:

SC.344 INT. VONX'S APARTMENT

A handsome place, well-appointed, the home of a
(futuristic) patrician. Tastefully decorated, spacious.

SC.345 ON THE DOOR

As LORD MIKE VONX answers the chime: a balding, good-
looking, cheerful man. Arris is standing there at the
door.

ARRIS

Uh, 'Vonx'?

VONX

That's I. Come in, ser.

SC.346 THE TWO OF THEM

Arris looks around him, impressed: then at his host again.

ARRIS

It's Lord Vonx, isn't it?

I've seen you on the

holo.

VONX

I don't stand on ceremony at

home. Or many other places.

Sit down, man.

SC.347 WIDER

They sit. Vonx leans forward: very no-nonsense, no time
wasted.

ARRIS

How can I help you?

VONX

I have word of an arms shipment

which will be making its way

from Hephaestus to Anhur. It

must be destroyed.

ARRIS

Why?

VONX

Because the arms being trans-

shipped are intended for the

civil war on Caractacus. If they

reach that planet, thousands

more people will die who need

not do so. That strikes me as

reason enough.

(beat)

You and your ship come well

spoken of. Will you take the

VONX(CONT...)

commission? The price is eight

thousand, paid to you on

confirmation of the destruction

of that shipment. Gun-camera

shots will do well enough.

ARRIS

Eight thousand is a lot for

blowing one ship.

VONX

It's not a lot for saving eight

thousand lives or so. Which it

will.

CHOICE 1:      ARRIS		CHOICE 2:      ARRIS
Well, why-not? Money's money.		Naaah...I don't like this political stuff.