0980 (Wing Commander Prophecy cutscene)

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0980
WCP Cutscene 0980.png
Production Wing Commander Prophecy
Type Plot
Series E - T'lan Meth
Disc CD2
Run Time 2m31s
Previous 0960
Scenes 98-100
Locations Rec Room, Alien Torture Room



0980 is a cutscene from Wing Commander Prophecy. It plays after 0960.


Transcript

FINLEY: You're up late. I thought all pilots needed their beauty sleep.

CASEY: I've given up sleep.

FINLEY: How long have you been up?

CASEY: Oh, 72 hours... maybe.

FINLEY: You can't keep doing that to yourself. Sooner or later it's going to affect your work, not to mention your health.

CASEY: So what makes you burn the midnight oil?

FINLEY: Now that we found a way to cut through the Alien jamming, we finally made contact with the Cats on E'Loy.

CASEY: And?

FINLEY: And, what I found was very strange. It seems that after the capitol city of E'Loy was attacked and destroyed, most of the Kilrathi disappeared.

CASEY: Disappeared? You mean, were killed.

FINLEY: No, I mean disappeared. Apparently, the aliens took a great many prisoners. Thousands. The few who remained sent me a data bundle on the alien craft. I'm processing that now but...

CASEY: But what?

FINLEY: As soon as I uploaded the data, I lost all contact with the Kilrathi. All the systems checked out. They're just not there. It's almost as if...

CASEY: As if, the E'loy had been consumed, like in the Kilrathi prophecy.

-

WARLORD: Who are you? You have killed many!

BLAIR: What do you want?

WARLORD: YOU!

-

FINLEY: Hey! Are you all right?

Characters

Speaking

Vehicles

Translations

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

German

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.

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.

Finley, dressed casually, sitsat the neutral table. Casey
approaches, looking a little haggard, also just wearing his
shirt and pants FEATURE a Tea Set on the table, with a Candle
nearby.

FINLEY
You're up late. I thought pilots
needed their beauty sleep.
CASEY
I've given up sleep.
FINLEY
(concerned)
How long have you been up?
CASEY
72 hours...maybe.
FINLEY
You can't keep doing this to
yourself. At some point it going
to affect your work, not to mention
your health.
(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

CASEY
Maybe...I just can't sleep.
(changing the subject)
More importantly, what could
possibly be making you burn the
midnight oil?

Finley knows it's pointless to argue.

FINLEY
Now that I've found a way to cut
through the alien jamming, we
finally made contact with the Cats
on E'Loy.
CASEY
And?
FINLEY
And... what I found was very
strange. It seems that most of the
Kilrathi disappeared when the
capitol city of E'Loy was attacked
and destroyed.
CASEY
Disappeared? You mean killed.
FINLEY
No, I mean disappeared. Apparently
following the attack the aliens
took a great many pisoners.
Thousands. The few who survived
felt so fortunate that they sent me
a data bundle on the alien craft.
I'm processing that now. Eu:
CAEY
There's more?
FINLEY
Right after their data upload, I
lost contact with the Kilrathi
right. All the systems check
out...they're just not there. It's
almost as if--
CASEY
--as if, the Kn'thrak has consumed
E'loy.
(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: (2)

Casey looks closely as Finley dips a tea bag into her cup. ECU
tea bag, as it rises out of the hot liquid and dangles.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. ALIEN TORTURE ROOM

A vague form, reminding us of the tea bag. Through a white hot
bath of light and lashings of red and yellow wisps reflected
through the smoke and atmosphere, we finally discern a pair of
boots. We hear sounds we cannot understand. Wailing. Growls.
High pitched whines.

Camera cranes up. CU a pair of boots suspended over this light.
Is it fire? Plasma? The boots swing slightly, wrapped in a
membranous substance that covers the legs and waist. Camera
continues to crane up. REVEAL Blair, his flight suit torn, in a
ripped shirt. He's suspended upricht in a void, but tlt.ed back
at an unpleasant angle. He lifts his head blearily.

FULL REVEAL of Blair, with small tendrils attached to his arms
neck and face. A cacophony of sounds blasts him. He reels.
sunds swirl to form words.

ALIEN VOICE
You have killed many...
BLAIR
(painfully)
Tf it's information you want...this
is gonna take a while.

The light grows painfully bright and a blast of smoke and wind
hits Blair from below. He's clearly suffering.

ALIEN VOICE
Now see what we see...the beauty of
suffering ...the bliss of death.
Through you, even the unaligned may
see.
BLAIR
Go to hell!

Another blast, even more painful than the first. Blair writhes
in pain, flooded by the excruciating light. Then the light
slowly recedes.

BLAIR
(weakly)
Who are you...?

Scratches and aliens sounds can be heard, no words. Blair again
sees shadows moving.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

BLAIR
(yelling)
What do you want?!!
ALIEN VOICE
(after a long pause)
YOU!!

ECU Blair's eye. The tissue is pulled back by the tendrils.

MONSTER VISION: Camera, color shifted to the UV, moves
impossibly fast from far away to ECU Blair's eye. He SCREAMS!

INT. REC ROOM

Continuation of previous scene with Finley. We pull out of
Casey's eye as he stares straight ahead. Finley snaps her
fingers in front of his face.

FINLEY
--Hey, HEY!
(Casey snaps out of
Are you alright?
CASEY
(shakes it off)
My God. I've been hanging around
Zero too much.

The candle continues to burn. He sees it and wonders.

12/18/96 Draft

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

INT. MIDWAY REC ROOM (GUMP)

Finley is at the bar. She comes up...

FINLEY
Have a drink?
CASEY
Oh, thanks, Aurora. What’s new in your
camp?
(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

She gets closer to him.

FINLEY
You know, now that I've found a way to
cut through the alien jamming, we've
made contact with the Kats on E'Loy.
CASEY
Would these transmissions be
classified?
FINLEY
(nods)
Strictly need to know for senior
officers. If a certain Lieutenant were
to hear about it he'd be risking a
court martial.
CASEY
(a grin)

What are you waiting for? Spill the beans.

FINLEY
What was once the capital city of E'Loy
has been lain to waste. The Kilrathi
have uploaded data on the alien craft
and I'm processing it now.
CASEY
Do they require assistance?
FINLEY
There are too few Kat left to help. And
apparently they count themselves lucky.
The aliens took many prisoners...
(long pause)
CASEY
And...?
FINLEY
And... that's it. I lost contact right
after their data upload. I've been
trying to reestablish communication for
the last several hours to no avail.
CASEY
Not that I wanted to hear anything
more.
(CONTINUED)

INT. ALIEN SHIP TORTURE CHAMBER

A helpless, bound Blair has been strapped into a bizarre, alien-shaped
chair in a starkly lit chamber. Various machines are positioned around the
chair, ready to be moved into place when needed.

BLAIR
Who are you? What do you want?

Blair's chair suddenly swivels around, and a bank of bright lights shine
down into his face. His eyes blink. Beyond the lights we can barely make
out several shadowy figures.

Blair struggles against his bindings as he hears strange rustlings and
moans in the shadows; sees bizarre shapes moving toward him.

BLAIR
Whatever you're planning to do; get it
over with. I'm a busy man.

An adjustable appendage shaped like a giant wrench whines down from above
so that its open jaws frame Blair's head.

Two thin, metal rods emerge from either side of the "wrench." As their
blinking tips touch his temples, Blair reacts with a start.

BLAIR
Damn you!

A GLOWING GLASS KNIFE now whines down from the ceiling on a steel armature.
It descends toward the helpless Blair. He struggles, but there's nothing he
can do. Ever so slowly, the knife nears his left eye. Blair screams.

INT. MIDWAY REC ROOM

-- As Casey abruptly wakes up, having fallen asleep on one of the tables.
He is alone in the Rec Room; clearly troubled by the lingering images of
the dream.

At least it was just a nightmare -- or was it?

Shooting Schedule

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