SC 1750A

SC 1750A
Production	Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Type	Plot
Series	G - Orestes
Disc	CD3 (PC), Side A (DVD)
Run Time	2m
Scenes	175
Locations	Galley

SC_1750A is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It plays when you select "Talk to Melek." in the Galley after Orestes G1. It is not included in the PlayStation version.

• Download: SC_1750A.mp4

Transcript

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: We should be jumping to Pasqual soon. You should be safe there.

MELEK: As you know, Colonel, we Kilrathi dismantled all of our war ships under the terms of our treaty with the Confederation. Thus, we have no means of defending ourselves.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: We'll get you home, Melek.

MELEK: But why is a new war waged upon us? My race no longer presents a threat. What happened to the Terran concept of absolution?

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: It's still alive... in most of us.

MELEK: Forgive me, Colonel. I am railing at the man who I should be thanking. I wish I could properly express my gratitude for your assistance here.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Consider it payback.

MELEK: What is this word ... 'payback'?

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Well, you may recall that a few years ago you had the chance to kill me and didn't.

MELEK: It's a decision I do not regret.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Oh, there is one thing that you might be able to help us out on. Those two ships that attacked us? They came at us cloaked.

MELEK: Yes...?

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Well, you Kilrathi always had us beat when it came to cloaking. So if there is anyone with experience in your convoy. I've got a chief mechanic that would love some advice.

MELEK: You're suggesting high-tech payback? Consider it done.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Thanks, Melek.

Characters

Speaking

• Chancellor Melek
• Colonel Christopher Blair

DVD

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

• Download: SC_1750A.mp4

Translations

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

French

PC

• Download: SC_1750A.mp4

German

PC

• Download: SC_1750A.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.

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upper galley - Melek (optional) -g2 Melek stares out through the damaged viewport...

Blair We should be jumping to Pasqual soon.

Melek As you know, Colonel, we Kilrathi dismantled all of our war ships under the terms of our treaty with the Confederation. Thus, we have no means of defending ourselves.

Blair We'll get you home, Melek.

Melek But why is a new war waged upon us? My race no longer presents a threat. What happened to the Terran concept of 'absolution'?

Blair (heartfelt) It's still alive ... in most of us.

Melek nods, realizing he's preaching to the converted.

Melek Forgive me, Colonel. I am railing at the man who I should be thanking. I wish I could properly express my gratitude for your assistance here.

Blair Consider it payback...

Melek cocks his head, not understanding.

melek What is this word ... 'payback'?

Blair You may recall that just a few years ago, you had the chance to kill me ... and didn't.

Melek It's a decision I do not regret.

Blair smiles, starts to walk away, then turns back.

Blair There is one thing you might be able to help us out on. Those ships that attacked us both out there -- they came at us 'cloaked.'

melek Yes...

Blair Well, the Kilrathi always had us beat when it came to cloaking... (beat) Well, we can use any edge we can get. If there's someone with experience in your convoy... I'm sure our chief mechanic would love some advice...

melek You're suggesting ... 'high-tech payback'?

blair smiles.

melek Consider it done.