SC 3510A

SC 3510A
Production	Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Type	Plot
Series	O - Sol
Disc	CD6 (PC), CD4 (PSX), Side B (DVD)
Run Time	1m58s
Previous	SC 8009A
Choice A	Seize the moment.
Choice B	Careful. Fools rush in...
Scenes	351-354
Locations	Space (Sol System), The Great Assembly

SC_3510A is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It is the beginning of Sol O2. It follows SC_8009A.

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Choice A: Seize the moment.		Choice B: Careful. Fools rush in...

Transcript

MAJOR JAMES "PALADIN" TAGGART: The Assembly is in session. Today we honor a man who has dedicated his life to the protection and defense of humanity. We congratulate him on his promotion to his new post: Space Marshal Tolwyn.

ADMIRAL TOLWYN: Esteemed senators, thank you for bestowing this honor upon me, and for allowing me to speak to you before you cast your momentous vote. Well, we can no longer ignore the obvious. The Border Worlds wage war against us, and we do nothing but issue decrees. We can no longer turn a blind eye. Let me lay out for you some of the more egregious transgressions that have been committed against innocent Confederation civilians. Yes, a formal Declaration of War is a very terrible thing. It should not be undertaken unless all options have been exhausted. I'm afraid to report to you that that is the case. We did not fight the Kilrathi for decades just to have an infection hollow us out from the inside. If there is a cancer amongst us, we must cut it out now! I urge you to vote yes on this declaration. Thank you.

Characters

Speaking

• Senator James "Paladin" Taggart
• Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn

Non-Speaking

• Colonel Christopher Blair

Vehicles

• F-107 Lance
• Shuttle (5)

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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Choice A: Vas-y, c'est le moment !		Choice B: Pas de précipitation. Tu pourrais tout gâcher !

PlayStation

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German

PC

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Choice A: Nutze den Augenblick.		Choice B: Vorsicht. Nichts überstürzen.

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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midgame: great assembly floor -o2 the assembly floor is packed... senators from star systems across the galaxy congregate... there's a quite palpable buzz...

tolwyn steps up to the podium, accompanied by paladin and other politicians. the audience quiets...

paladin addresses the assembly.

paladin For his tireless efforts to protect and guard humanity, we are here today to honor Admiral Tolwyn, and his promotion to a new post: Space Marshal.

the assembly breaks into thunderous applause as paladin affixes a medal to Tolwyn's chest...

after shaking hands with paladin, tolwyn moves to address the assembly. the applause subsides as he gazes out at the expectant faces.

tolwyn Esteemed senators -- thank you for bestowing this honor upon me. And ... for allowing me to speak before you cast your momentous vote. (beat) We can no longer ignore the obvious. The Border Worlds wage war against us, and we do nothing but issue decrees. We have turned a blind eye too long. How long before that eye itself is pecked out by this vulture who owes its very existence to us? (beat) Let me lay out for you the more egregious transgressions lately committed against innocent Terran civilians... midgame: Washington, D.C.. skyline -o2ÿÿ Blair's Black Lance fighter buzzes the Capitol Building on its way towards a landing...

DISSOLVE TO:ÿÿ midgame: assembly floor -o2 tolwyn wraps up his speech...

tolwyn ...yes, formal Declaration of War is a terrible thing. It should not be undertaken unless all other options have been exhausted. (beat) I'm afraid those options have indeed been exhausted...

as Tolwyn continues, a weary but determined colonel blair quietly enters the rear of the hall...

assembly floor -o2 Tolwyn ...We did not fight the Kilrathi for decades only to allow an infection to hollow us out from the inside. If there is a cancer amongst us, let us cut it out. You must vote yes on this Declaration --

murmurs of "here, here" and "aye" course through the assembly...

Blair must CHOOSE...

SPECIAL NOTE: Throughout the rest of this scene, choices will be presented in left and right columns. Like all choices presented in the entire script, the onscreen cues for these choices should never be consistent. In other words, Left Column choices should sometimes be at the top of the screen and sometimes at the bottom.

SPECIAL NOTE: A "point system" has been devised for "scoring" Blair in this confrontation... To step forward and be heard {+1 pt.}:

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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