SC 2240A
| SC 2240A | |
|---|---|
| |
| Production | Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom |
| Type | Plot |
| Series | K - Circe |
| Disc | CD4 (PC), Side B (DVD) |
| Run Time | 1m38s |
| Next | SC_2240C |
| Scenes | 224 |
| Locations | Chart Room |
SC_2240A is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It is the start of the briefing for Circe K1. Is followed by SC_2240C. It is not included in the PlayStation version.
- Download: SC_2240A.mp4
Transcript
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Lieutenant. Everybody here? All right.
ADMIRAL DANIEL WILFORD: Colonel, I'm here in the Circe System, commanding the fleet action. Circe V, some of the bloodiest fighting I've seen since Repleetah days. There are a number of fires to put out here.
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Ready to review 'em, Admiral.
ADMIRAL DANIEL WILFORD: The mercs have launched a tank offensive. Their target is the legal government's Northern climactic control center, which keeps the planet's polar ice cap in check. Now, destroying the complex will trigger massive floods. On Circe VII, we're evacuating an island continent because of a chemical airstrike launched there. Now, some of our ships are too large to land on the planet's surface. So we're using shuttles to bring people to them, and these need air cover. Finally, there seems to be a concentration of enemy activity near a particular jump point, but it isn't clear what's going on there. I'm downloading mission specifics and a pre-recorded briefing for each operation. I'll leave you to size up the tactical situation, Colonel, and make the decision on how to proceed. Good luck.
Characters
Speaking
- Admiral Daniel Wilford
- Colonel Christopher Blair
Non-Speaking
- Colonel Jacob "Hawk" Manley
- Colonel Tamara "Panther" Farnsworth
- Lt. Colonel John "Gash" Dekker
- Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall
- 1st Lieutenant Velina Sosa
- 2nd Lieutenant Troy "Catscratch" Carter
DVD
The DVD Version of Wing Commander IV includes much higher resolution versions of almost every cutscene from the CD-ROM release.
- Download: SC_2240A.mp4
Translations
Wing Commander IV's cutscenes were dubbed for the French and German releases.
French
PC
- Download: SC_2240A.mp4
German
PC
- Download: SC_2240A.mp4
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.
briefing k1: pilots/dekker/wilford-REMOTE - chart room -k1 Blair enters. the usual group is there. Maniac and Dekker stare daggers at each other.
wilford comes up on a live feed via the wall screen.
wilford (wall screen) Colonel, I'm here in the Circe System, commanding the fleet action...
images of the bloody ground war now flow across the wall screen.
wilford (v.o.) Circe V. Some of the bloodiest fighting I've seen since Repleetah days.
Blair and Dekker exchange brief looks as wilford's image returns to the wall screen.
wilford (wall screen) There are a number of fires to put out here.
blair Ready to review them, Admiral.
Appropriate graphics and animations accompany each thumbnail mission description as Wilford presents it:
wilford (wall screen) The mercs have launched a tank offensive.
maps of the tank battle appear on the wall screen...
wilford (v.o.) Their target is the legal government's Northern climactic control center, which keeps the planet's polar ice cap in check. Destroying the complex will trigger massive floods.
the wall screen now shows shuttles lifting into a planet's atmosphere...
wilford (v.o.) On Circe VII, we are evacuating an island continent because of a chemical airstrike launched there. Some of our ships are too large to land on the planet's surface. So we're using shuttles to bring people to them -- and these need air cover.
the wall screen now shows demolished ships, and sortie triangulations...
wilford (v.o.) Finally, there seems to be a concentration of enemy activity near a particular jump point. But it isn't clear what's going on there.
wilford reappears on the wall screen.
wilford (wall screen) I'm downloading mission specifics and a pre-recorded briefing for each operation. I'll leave you to size up the tactical situation, Colonel, and make the decision on how to proceed. Good luck.
Wilford disappears from the wall screen and --
