SC 3510V

SC 3510V
Production	Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Type	Plot
Series	O - Sol
Disc	CD6 (PC), CD4 (PSX), Side B (DVD)
Run Time	3m45s
Previous	SC_3510U
Next	SC_3510W or SC_3510X
Scenes	354-358
Locations	The Great Assembly

SC_3510V is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It is the conclusion of Sol O2 and the start of the winning endgame. It follows SC_3510U.

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Transcript

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Space Marshal Tolwyn believes that our victory over the Kilrathi was a fluke. That we as a race need tinkering with. Engineering. If a few billion die along the way, well they weren't worthy anyway. Why can't we be more like the Kilrathi? Addicted to conflict. The only meaning to life being found in death. Tell us all, Admiral! Is that the price of freedom?

ADMIRAL TOLWYN: Mankind was at his zenith when fighting the Kilrathi. Now our society is crumbling. We have no goals, no focus. We've grown complacent and confused. Who will protect us when the next race tries to dominate us? Who can tell where that threat will come from, and when? No. We must be prepared. Progress only comes through struggle. Fighting keeps us fit. Conflict ensures our readiness and our survival. The Kilrathi understood this. They endured for millions of years and so shall we, if we continue fighting! If we continue to perfect our methods of killing...

MAJOR JAMES "PALADIN" TAGGART: I think we've heard enough. The Assembly will now vote.

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MAJOR JAMES "PALADIN" TAGGART: The 'nays' have it : there will be no war with the Border Worlds.

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MAJOR JAMES "PALADIN" TAGGART: This tribunal is now in session.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: That man has undermined everything.

CAPTAIN WILLIAM EISEN: Justice!

DOCTOR CLIVERS: You saw the results.

BLACK LANCE OFFICER: And I couldn't go on!

1ST LIEUTENANT VELINA SOSA: And it is your fault!

VET: The honorable Admiral Tolwyn.

MAJOR JAMES "PALADIN" TAGGART: This tribunal finds you guilty of crimes against humanity.

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NEWS ANCHOR: Space Marshal Tolwyn's appeal was denied today. Tolwyn is now slated for execution tomorrow.

Characters

Speaking

• Senator James "Paladin" Taggart
• Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
• Captain William Eisen
• Colonel Christopher Blair
• Black Lance Officer
• Doctor Clivers
• 1st Lieutenant Velina Sosa
• Evan Bean
• Barbara Miles

Vehicles

• TCS Amadeus
• F-86 Hellcat V
• F-107 Lance
• Kilrathi Transport (2)
• Kilrathi Shuttle (1)

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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CONDITION: Blair's score = 1 or more:

Blair 'Space Marshal' Tolwyn believes humanity's victory over the Kilrathi was a fluke. That we as a race need tinkering with. Engineering. If a few billion people die along the way -- well, they weren't worthy anyway. If only we could all be more like the Kilrathi ... addicted to conflict, the only meaning to life being found in death. Tell us all, Admiral ... Is that the price of freedom?

Tolwyn grips the podium in rage.

Tolwyn Mankind was at his zenith when fighting the Kilrathi! Now our society is crumbling. We have no goals. No focus. We've grown complacent and confused.

tolwyn pounds the podium to make his point.

tolwyn Who will protect us from the next race that wishes to dominate us?! Who can tell where this threat will come from? Or when? We must be prepared. Progress comes only from struggle. Fighting makes us fit. Conflict ensures our readiness and survival. The Kilrathi understood this: they endured for millions of years and so shall we if we continue fighting! If we continue to perfect our methods of killing--

Tolwyn stops short, suddenly realizing that Blair has taunted him into saying far more than he should... suddenly realizing that you can hear a pin drop: the assembly has withdrawn into stunned silence.

paladin I think we've heard enough. (beat) We shall now take the vote...

Go to Winning Endgame. Winning Endgame:

midgame: great assembly -Wend tolwyn hangs his head in shame...

Blair looks up to where an electronic "toteboard" shows the votes being tabulated... overwhelmingly, the vote is "no"... the assembly erupts in cheers...

paladin claps blair on the back. but blair looks at least as weary as he does glad... maybe what he's accomplished hasn't sunk in yet...

midgame: tribunal -wend -- tolwyn sits in front of a tribunal. cameras roll as a gavel BANGS.

-- we see a montage of witnesses testifying against tolwyn. There's the doctor from planet ft957 in telamon... There's the old confed vet blair captured... lt.ÿsosa... a former Black lancer... maniac... eisen... and finally, Blair himself...

-- the gavel BANGS again --

midgame: cell -wend tolwyn paces the tiny, brightly-lit cell... it is a far cry from the days when tolwyn strode super-carrier bridges and his own vast office...

tcn anchor (v.o.) ...Space Marshal Tolwyn's appeal was denied today. (beginning to fade) Tolwyn is now slated for execution on...

midgame: cell -wend now darkened, so much so that we can't see anything for a moment... then we see the bunk, but it's empty... we hear a tiny creaking sound...

we look up... a silhouetted figure hangs from the rafters...

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

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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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