SC 0400A

SC 0400A
Production	Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Type	Plot
Series	B - Tyr
Disc	CD1 (PC), Side A (DVD)
Run Time	51s
Scenes	38-39
Locations	Officer's Lounge

SC_0400A is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It plays when the player clicks on "Talk to pilots." in the Officer's Lounge after Hellespont B2A or Hellespont B2B. It is not included in the PlayStation version.

• Download: SC_0400A.mp4

Transcript

1ST LIEUTENANT WINSTON "VAGABOND" CHANG: That's where you're wrong, old buddy.

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Oh, I'm not wrong. Border World radicals. That's who's causing all this trouble.

1ST LIEUTENANT WINSTON "VAGABOND" CHANG: Listen to him: Maniac the political scientist.

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: You ask the Colonel. We saw the same thing. It was a Border Worlder who dusted that Orlando depot.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Yeah. Has it ever occurred to you, Maniac, that the Border Worlds militia probably doesn't have the technology to do what we just saw out there?

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: We don't know what they've been up to since the big war. It sure ain't pirates out there carrying that kind of firepower.

1ST LIEUTENANT WINSTON "VAGABOND" CHANG: All I know is that the Border Worlds have always been Confed's stepchild. They fought the Kilrathi, too. But what'd they get for it? Any time Confed needs a dumping ground for anything from toxins to prisoners, the Border Worlds is the place. They're treated more like a colony than a partner. And if they are behind this, maybe they've gotten that desperate for their freedom.

Characters

Speaking

• Colonel Christopher Blair
• Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall
• 1st Lieutenant Winston "Vagabond" Chang

DVD

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

• Download: SC_0400A.mp4

Translations

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

French

PC

• Download: SC_0400A.mp4

German

PC

• Download: SC_0400A.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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officers' lounge - vagabond, Maniac -b3 Blair comes upon the two pilots in the middle of a debate:

Vagabond ... That's where you're wrong, old buddy.

Maniac I'm not wrong. Border Worlds radicals. That's who's causing all this trouble.

Vagabond Listen to him. 'Maniac the political scientist.'

maniac Ask the Colonel. We saw the same thing. It was a Border Worlder who dusted that Orlando depot.

Blair Yeah, but has it occurred to you, Maniac, that the Border Worlds militia probably doesn't have the technology to do what we just saw out there?

Maniac We don't know what they've been up to since the Big War. Sure ain't pirates carrying around that kind of firepower.

Vagabond All I know is that the Border Worlds have always been Confed's stepchild. They fought the Kilrathi too. But what'd they get for it? Any time Confed needs a dumping ground for anything from toxins to prisoners, the Border Worlds is the place. They're treated more like a colony than a partner.

vagabond pauses a second, giving consideration to what he's about to say...

Vagabond If they are behind this ... (shrugs) Maybe they've gotten that desperate for their freedom.

all three look at each other in silence.

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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Origin Website

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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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