SC 0780A

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SC 0780A
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Production Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Type Plot
Series C - Masa
Disc CD2 (PC), Side A (DVD)
Run Time 1m14s
Scenes 78
Locations Officer's Lounge



SC_0780A is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It plays when the player clicks on "Talk to Maniac." in the Officer's Lounge after Masa C2. It is not included in the PlayStation version.

Transcript

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Hey, there you are!

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Well... Compliments of the Maniac.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: �What'd I do, win the lottery?

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Hmmm? Oh, get one for me... next time.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: So, how did it go with that biochemist?

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: I struck out, Colonel, big time.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Well, like you always say... there're other nuggets in the asteroid belt.

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Oh yeah, yeah. Hope so. Hey Colonel, did you like being on the farm?

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: It had its moments.

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Yeah, someday, huh? I... I just remembered something I got to do.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: See you around.

Characters

Speaking

Non-Speaking

DVD

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

Translations

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

French

PC

German

PC

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.

officers' lounge - maniac -c3 CONDITION: This REQUIRED scene available ONLY IF Blair chose "to obey orders" in Scene -C3.

maniac pushes a glass blair's way.

maniac Compliments of the Maniac.

blair What'd I do, win the lottery?

maniac (distracted) Hmm? (beat) You can buy one for me ... next time.

blair So how did it go with the biochemist?

maniac (beat) I struck out, Colonel. Big time.

maniac keeps looking off, clearly preoccupied. blair's puzzled by this rare display of honesty.

blair Well, like you always say -- there're other nuggets in the asteroid belt.

maniac Yeah... I hope you're right...

he stands up.

maniac Did you like being on the farm, Colonel?

blair It had its moments.

maniac considers this, nods.

maniac Someday... (beat) I just remembered something I have to do.

blair Okay. See you 'round.

maniac exits.

Storyboards

A collection of Wing Commander IV storyboards has been digitized from the collection of the University of Texas at Austin. Additional lower resolution storyboards have been preserved from Origin's Wing Commander IV website.

University of Texas

Origin Website