Holovids - Privateer 2: The Darkening

This page links to a complete collection of cutscenes which appeared in Privateer 2: The Darkening as well as a variety of behind the scenes and marketing material.

Cutscenes

Main Plot

Introduction

Introduction
	Canera The Canera is ambushed and crashes into Mendra City.
	Credits Opening credits.
	Crius Hospital Lev Arris recovers at Crius Hospital but is pursued by two teams of assassins.
	Sinner's Inn Lev Arris recovers at Crius Hospital but is pursued by two teams of assassins.
	Choice A Sounds illegal... I don't like the sound of it		Choice B Maybe I can get a bargain...
	Crius Hospital Lev Arris flashes back to his recovery with Dr. Frevel.

Mission A - Dr. Loomis

Mission A - Dr. Loomis
	Dr. Loomis (Crius Hospital) I'm sorry Ser Arris. But I don't think I'm in any position to help you.
	Choice A I wonder if leaning on him a little would help ?		Choice B Maybe I should back off a little...
It's hard to tell whether Loomis is very nervous or simply uncooperative by nature. He eventually gives you a bit of information, though — he tells you that the Cryo Pod you were found in was custom built and had no registration number or planet of origin. It was at least ten years old. He says it was confiscated. He claims that is all he knows about the matter.

Mission C - Hal Taffin

Mission C - Hal Taffin
	Hal Taffin (Taffin Reclamation) Now if you'll excuse me, I have a wayward chip to discombobulate. Good day.
	Choice One A Offer him an Incentive...		Choice One B Put the Muscle on him...
	Choice Two A I'm really gonna push this punk!		Choice Two B That was dumb... give him a break
	Hal Taffin (Taffin Reclamation) Choice One A, First Visit, No Credits
	Hal Taffin (Taffin Reclamation) Choice One A, Return Visits, No Credits
	Hal Taffin (Taffin Reclamation) Choice One A, Return Visits
	Hal Taffin (Taffin Reclamation) Choice Two B, No Credits
	Hal Taffin (Taffin Reclamation) Choice Two B, Return Visits, No Credits
	Hal Taffin (Taffin Reclamation) Choice Two B, Return Visits
Once you get Taffin to talk — either by paying him 10,000 credits, 20,000 credits or pulling a gun on him (violence won't work on return visits) — he'll tell you that he sold the pod to someone named Angus Santana, at Interplanetary Aid on the planet Anhur.

Mission D - Angus Santana

Mission D - Angus Santana
	Angus Santana (Interplanetary Aid) You must be with Taffin Reclamation?
	Choice A Taffin ? Well, okay, why not let him think that.		Choice B There's no point in lying to this guy...
Santana gives you the serial number for the Cryo Pod — D285/067N.

Mission F - Shernikov

Mission F - Shernikov
	Receptionist (Shernikov Medical Equipment) I really can't give out that information.
	Choice One A I'm going to have to lean on this babe		Choice One B No point in getting pushy. Maybe I should wait around.
	Choice Two A That was dumb - time to turn on the charm		Choice Two B That was dumb, time to grovel!
No matter what you do, the receptionist eventually helps you. She looks up the serial number of the Cryo Pod in her database. When she finds the record, she transfers the name and address of the per- son who commissioned the Cryo Pod — Jan Mitorr on Janus IV — to your PAD's transit map.

Mission G - Jan Mitorr

Mission G - Jan Mitorr
	Jan Mitorr (Jan Mitorr's House) Ser Mitorr takes one look at you and acts like he's seen the living dead. It's obvious that he knows who you are, but he's uncooperative, to say the least. You finally decide to get tough with him, which unfortunately causes him to have a heart attack. With his last gasp, he tells you to go visit Kappa Labs in the Scatter Belt.

Mission H - Kappa Labs

Mission H - Kappa Labs
	Kappa Labs In this sequence, you explore the lab and basically find the place ransacked. Corpses are everywhere, and there was some kind of fire fight. It looks like someone took one of the Cryo Pods (and was rather determined to do so), but this is about all you can discover.

Mission J - Who is Hassan?

Mission J - Who is Hassan?

David Hassan (CIS Offices) This is a pivotal point in the plot, for Hassan tells you about the leading organized crime ring in the Tri-System — the Kindred. The Kindred and its leader, Kronos, are central to the main plot from this point on. Hassan doesn't provide any clues to the mystery of who you are — he doesn't seem to know really, even though he knows a great deal about you. He points out, however, that since the Kindred seem inordinately interested in you, helping him to track down Kronos may help you figure out who you are. (Notice that every time he mentions Kronos, your character seems strangely affected — as if there were something about that word that he just can't quite remember ...) Hassan tells that you the first step toward finding Kronos is to apprehend a man called Malakai, one of the top men in the organization. You accept the mission. Hassan has a Blindfire auto-tracking system and a RTS system installed on your ship (see Software Upgrades, p. 50), and points you toward the Blessed Aquawine company (located on Bex) and a man named Hugo Carmichael.

Mission L - Meet Hugo

Mission L - Meet Hugo

Hugo Carmichael (Hugo's Apartment) Hugo is packing, and obviously in a hurry to get to Hephaestus. He drops a few tantalizing bits of information — like the fact that "Malakai" was a code name for Larn Regis (whoever that is), and that Larn died in the crash of the Canera on Crius. But he insists you play wingman for him on his trip to Hephaestus before he gives you more details. He'll meet you at the Galactic Gourmet Hotel once you reach the planet.

Mission N - Galactic Gourmet

Mission N - Galactic Gourmet
	Galactic Gourmet Concierge (Galactic Gourmet) Actually, this isn't really much of a conversation — Hugo's dead, the guy that shot him takes a pop at you, and before you guys really get a chance to talk, you shoot him. You discover a capsule (a large chrome cylinder reminiscent of a coffee thermos) clenched in the assassin's fist, however, and decide that this must be important.

Mission O - Code Breaker

Mission O - Code Breaker
	Dimitri Avignoni (Sinner's Inn) Thirty thousand problems .... Take it or leave it. The money is automatically deducted from your account and Dimitri cracks the code.
	Dimitri Avignoni (Sinner's Inn) Thirty thousand problems .... Take it or leave it. You have to get 30k, come back to Sinner's and click on Dimitri to continue the plot.
	Dimitri Avignoni (Sinner's Inn) Return visit with credits
	Dimitri Avignoni (Sinner's Inn) Return visit without credits
Dimitri hands you the memory solid that was inside the capsule. As soon as he leaves, your PAD pops up (automatically): PAD Message. Data Analysis: Codes and Coded Information ... Outer shell access codes contain references to all the planets in the Tri-System. The words Malakai and Rhinehart occur over 100 times each ... Also the names Larn Regis and Veil Ricaud occur over 150 times, as well as the name Ricaud Interplanetary.... Unable to give further information.

Mission Q - Hassan the Hero

Mission Q - Hassan the Hero
	David Hassan (CIS Offices) In the midst of telling you that the CIS has caught Rhinehart, Hassan gets a message confirming Rhinehart's transportation to Hades per his orders. However, Hassan gave no such orders, and he realizes this is a trap. You both scramble to save Rhinehart.

Mission R - Rhinehart Redux

Mission R - Rhinehart Redux

Rhinehart (Prison Pits) Rhinehart tells all: Your real name is Veil Ricaud II. You are one of the sons of Veil Ricaud, and heir to a company called Ricaud Interplanetary. You have a younger brother named Sar. While your father was alive, you developed the amyotrophic ossicular degeneration (AOD) virus and were placed in a crypod until a cure could be found. This broke your mother's heart, and she died. Your brother, Sar, never forgave you for your mother's death. When your father died, your brother went completely off the deep end and transformed himself into Kronos and Ricaud Interplanetary into the Kindred. He has since become addicted to anti-aging drugs, which, when used to excess, actually accelerate the aging process and cause insanity. Rhinehart also lets it slip that Kronos is on his way to kill Sheila Nabakov (who is Hassan's boss and the head of the CIS).

Mission T - Kronos

Mission T - Kronos
	Kronos (Kronos) Kronos is horribly disfigured. The sack of anti-aging drugs that he drags behind him seems to have backfired. Kronos is also certifiably insane — he's convinced he's the older brother, when in actuality you're older than he is. Turns out this whole thing was a case of overblown sibling rivalry, and Mother always loved you best.

Cinematic Missions

Tamessa Ames

Tamessa Ames
	Temessa Ames (Tamessa Ames Apartment) Ser Arris ... do come in.

Melissa Banks 2

Melissa Banks 2
	Melissa Banks (Rampant Robot Bar) I could use a wingman. Interested?
	Choice A In anything you have in mind... Yes!		Choice B I may just sit this one out.

Bernice Barlow

Bernice Barlow
	Bernice Barlow (Rampant Robot Bar) Wanna kill somebody else? I can pay.
	Choice A 7000 ??? For one Shithead! Sounds Fair!		Choice B This isn't a smart way to make a living.

Alberto Fossa

Alberto Fossa
	Alberto Fossa (Blessed Brew Bar) All you would need to do is bid on my behalf.
	Choice A Why Not? Why ask questions? I Might as well		Choice B Nah! I want to drink and look at the artwork
	Reggie Bray (Blessed Brew Bar) Start the bidding.
	Alberto Fossa (Blessed Brew Bar) You'll find your account's been credited with the amount we discussed.

Auntie Maria Gabriel

Auntie Maria Gabriel
	Auntie Maria Gabriel (Blessed Brew Bar) I'll give you 3000 credits to get me to Hephaestus.
	Choice A Is This Legal?.... Forget It !		Choice B Well... Why Not?
	Auntie Maria Gabriel (Rampant Robot Bar) Don't talk to me about beer.

Dr. Graham Gould

Dr. Graham Gould
	Receptionist (Crius Hospital) It's to go to Interplanetary Aid — to a Ser Angus Santana.

Uncle Kashumai

Alberto Fossa
	Uncle Kashumai (Holy Museum of Hom) We would give anything to get [the statue] back.
	Reggie Bray (Blessed Brew Bar) Start the bidding.
	Uncle Kashumai (Holy Museum of Hom) Greed is in the heart, not the credit account. Suppose it twenty [thousand] and suppose it done.

Bill Maddox

Bill Maddox
	Bill Maddox (Shadow Play Bar) All you've got to do is pick the stuff up.
	Choice A Sounds like a good deal...		Choice B Nah! I don't think so...
	Bill Maddox (Shadow Play Bar) I put a little something in your account just now.

Ralph McCloud

Ralph McCloud
	Ralph McCloud (Sinner's Inn) I'm mighty pleased to meet you stranger, on account of your saving my butt.

Louisa Phillips

Louisa Phillips
	Louisa Phillips (Surgeon's Blunder Bar) Do you have a girlfriend?

Nelson Ramirez

Nelson Ramirez
	Nelson Ramirez (Sinner's Inn) All you've got to do is pick the stuff up.
	Choice A Sounds like a good deal...		Choice B Nah! I don't think so...
	Nelson Ramirez (No Name Inn) I put a little something in your account just now.

Angus Santana

Angus Santana
	Angus Santana (Interplanetary Aid) All you've got to do is pick the stuff up.
	Choice A Sure why not		Choice B Hmmm.... Sounds a little fishy!
	Shernikov Receptionist (Shernikov Medical Equipment) I put a little something in your account just now.

Xavier Shondi 1

Angus Santana
	Xavier Shondi (Surgeon's Blunder Bar) Got a shipment. All nice gear. Requires a little escorting.
	Choice A Why Not...		Choice B Better Give it a Miss...
	Xavier Shondi (Surgeon's Blunder Bar) Eight thousand is what we agreed on?

Xavier Shondi 2

Angus Santana
	Xavier Shondi (Surgeon's Blunder Bar) All you've got to do is pick the stuff up.
	Choice A Nah! That's not the way I like to do business.		Choice B Why Not? This guy's pretty much on the level.
	Xavier Shondi (Surgeon's Blunder Bar) 'I put a little something in your account just now.

Lord Mike Vonx

Lord Mike Vonx
	Lord Mike Vonx (Lord Vonx's Apartment) I'll give you 3000 credits to get me to Hephaestus.
	Choice A Well why not? Money's money.		Choice B Nahh... I don't like this political stuff.

Gameflow

Takeoffs

Takeoffs
	ANHUR_L: Anhur landing sequence.
	BEX_L: Bex landing sequence.
	CRIUS_L: Crius landing sequence.
	HADES_L: Hades landing sequence.
	HEPH_L: Hephaestus landing sequence.
	HERMES_L: Hermes landing sequence.
	JANUS_L: Janus IV landing sequence.
	KARAK_L: Karatikus landing sequence.
	KRONOS_L: Kronos landing sequence.

Takeoffs

Takeoff Scenes
	KRONOS_X: Kronos takeoff sequence.

Transitions

Generic

Takeoff Scenes
	ANHUR_T: Anhur transition sequence.
	BEX_T: Bex transition sequence.
	CRIUS_T: Crius transition sequence.
	HADES_T: Hades transition sequence A.
	HADES_T1: Hades transition sequence B.
	HEPH_T: Hephaestus transition sequence.
	HERMES_T: Hermes transition sequence.
	JANUS_T: Janus IV transition sequence.

Unique

Takeoff Scenes
	INTER_S: Interplanetary Aid transition sequence.
	MITOR_S: Jan Mitorr's House transition sequence.
	SHERN_S: Shernikov Medical Equipment transition sequence.
	SINN_S: Sinner's Inn transition sequence A.

Bartender

Bartender
	87_S: Lev Arris talks to Joe Kane at the Sinner's Inn.
	88_S: Lev Arris talks to Joe Kane at the Sinner's Inn.
	89_S: Lev Arris talks to Joe Kane at the Sinner's Inn.
	90_S: Lev Arris talks to Joe Kane at the Sinner's Inn.
	91_S: Lev Arris talks to Joe Kane at the Sinner's Inn.
	92_S: Lev Arris talks to Joe Kane at the Sinner's Inn.
	93_S: Lev Arris talks to Joe Kane at the Sinner's Inn.
	94_S: Lev Arris talks to Joe Kane at the Sinner's Inn.

Romance

Romance
	95_S: Lev Arris and Melissa Banks meet at the Sinner's Inn.
	96_S: Lev Arris and Melissa Banks meet at the Sinner's Inn.
	97_S: Lev Arris and Melissa Banks meet at the Sinner's Inn.
	98_S: Lev Arris and Melissa Banks meet at the Sinner's Inn.

Other

Other
	INTEL_S: The Intel logo.
	ORIGIN: The Origin Systems logo.

Communications

Factions

• Cargo Ships
• Central Intelligence Service
• Chirichan
• Jincilla
• Jump Gates
• Kindred
• Kiowan
• Neutrals
• Papogod
• Planets
• Space Stations

Pilots

NCPs

• Tamessa Ames
• Melissa Banks
• Reggie Bray
• Ronnie Bray
• Hugo Carmichael
• David Hassan
• Ralph McCloud
• Nelson Ramirez
• Louisa Phillips
• Xavier Shondi

Wingmen

• Vicksen Aureola
• Eryl Barsteadly
• Brad Califaryan
• Alopecia Cook
• Cinquante Delores
• Delphinius
• Ignatius Furorum
• Norus Heggardly
• Welpped Iuvenil
• Hengist Magnusson
• Bruiser McDoozer
• Phungid Mykofyle
• Clevis "Guts" Nugget
• Orpheus
• Jak Perdies
• Tallboy Rickardson
• Liston Sativa
• Pinet El-Susse
• Lazenby Simpson
• Monk Skungous
• Leon J. Spudley
• Paetas Sturge
• Iuste Suttilis
• Lerissa du Voille
• Wendy Wellington
• Jaren Xi

Other

• Ship's Computer

Demo

Demo
	85_S: A bartender scene cut from the final game; found on the Privateer 2: The Darkening demo.
	86_S: A bartender scene cut from the final game; found on the Privateer 2: The Darkening demo.

Marketing

Trailers

Trailers
	Kilrathi Saga Trailer: The official Privateer 2: The Darkening trailer released in 1996.
	Privateer 2: The Darkening Movie Promo Trailer: Internal Privateer 2: The Darkening trailer which leaked online.
	Privateer 2: The Darkening radio commercial: North American radio advertisement.

Behind the Screens

Featurettes

Featurettes
	The Making of The Darkening (Steve Hilliker): A behind-the-scenes featurette comissioned by Electronic Arts; this version was released by Privateer 2: The Darkening director Steve Hilliker.
	The Making of The Darkening (Steve Hilliker): A behind-the-scenes featurette comissioned by Electronic Arts; this version was published by Fun Online.
	Interactive Entertainment The Darkening preview: A behind-the-scenes featurette created for Interactive Entertainment magazine.
	Bad Influence The Darkening featurette: A behind-the-scenes featurette created for the Bad Influence television program.
	GamesMaster Privateer 2: The Darkening featurette: A behind-the-scenes featurette created for the GamesMaster television program.
	Film 96 The Darkening featurette: A behind-the-scenes featurette created for the Film 96 television program.
	EQ Magazine Holographic Lady behind the scenes video: EQ Magazine footage of the application of the Holographic Lady makeup on Stasha French.
	Mat psychophile: Privateer 2: The Darkening extra Mat psychophile points out where he appears in two scenes at the Sinner's Inn.

Interviews

Interviews
	EQ Magazine interview with Brian Blessed: Interview with Brian Blessed on his role as Veldon Kashumai in Privateer 2: The Darkening.
	EQ Magazine interview with John Hurt: Interview with John Hurt on his role as Joe Kane in Privateer 2: The Darkening.
	EQ Magazine interview with Mathilda May: Interview with Mathilda May on her role as Melissa Banks in Privateer 2: The Darkening.
	EQ Magazine interview with David McCallum: Interview with David McCallum on his role as Canera Captain in Privateer 2: The Darkening.
	EQ Magazine interview with Erin Roberts: Interview with Erin Roberts on Privateer 2: The Darkening.
	EQ Magazine interview with Christopher Walken: Interview with Christopher Walken on his role as David Hassan in Privateer 2: The Darkening.

Reviews

Reviews
	От винта! Privateer 2: The Darkening review: A review by the От винта! television program.
	Buzzboard Privateer 2: The Darkening: A review created for the Sci Fi Buzz television program.

Cinema Cuts

Cinema Cuts
	The Darkening 25th Anniversary Restoration: Privateer 2: The Darkening recut into a film by director Steve Hilliker.