SC 2710A

SC 2710A
Production	Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Type	Plot
Series	L - Speradon
Disc	CD4 (PC), CD3 (PSX), Side B (DVD)
Run Time	1m26s
Scenes	271
Locations	Chart Room

SC_2710A is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It is the briefing for Speradon L3A and Spreadon L3B.

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Transcript

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Oh, thanks. Everybody here? All right.

ADMIRAL DANIEL WILFORD: Colonel, for a long time we've been trying to suss out an equipment supply line we believed might skirt the edges of this system. Well, it looks like we've gotten a break: a huge convoy is coming through the line. Now, I'm pulling you off the sorties we discussed earlier and I'm assigning you to the advance forces raiding this convoy. Now, we'd like to insert a few marines aboard the largest of the capital ships so they can take control of it.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL GASH DEKKER: Sounds like we oughta be getting hazard pay for this.

ADMIRAL DANIEL WILFORD: You're working for the wrong side if you're looking for bonuses.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Dekker, we'll use the insertion pods to deliver you and your men. They'll think it's just another missile. ?

LIEUTENANT COLONEL GASH DEKKER: Don't forget about picking us up, boss.

ADMIRAL DANIEL WILFORD: Now, ships from our fleet will shuttle in larger forces so we can complete the raid. You're the shock troops. We go or don't go on your say-so. Understood?

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Yes, sir.

ADMIRAL DANIEL WILFORD: Oh, one other thing. We're picking up some very odd red-shift signals from a small artificial satellite circling the fourth planet. Now, we'd like to pluck this thing out of its orbit -- take a closer look at it. Good luck.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Alright, who wants to tractor in that satellite?

2ND LIEUTENANT TROY "CATSCRATCH" CARTER: I'll volunteer for that one, sir.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Any other takers? Alright, Catscratch, looks like the milkrun's yours. Let's go, people.

Characters

Speaking

• Admiral Daniel Wilford
• Colonel Christopher Blair
• Lt. Colonel John "Gash" Dekker
• 2nd Lieutenant Troy "Catscratch" Carter

Non-Speaking

• Colonel Jacob "Hawk" Manley
• Colonel Tamara "Panther" Farnsworth
• Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall
• 1st Lieutenant Velina Sosa

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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briefing l3: pilots/dekker/wilford-remote - chart room -l3 wilford comes up live on the wall screen.

wilford (wall screen) Colonel, for a long time we've been trying to suss out an equipment supply line we believed might skirt the edges of this system. Well, it looks like we've gotten a break: a huge convoy is coming through the line. I'm pulling you off the sorties we discussed earlier and I'm assigning you to the advance forces raiding this convoy. We'd like you to insert a few Marines aboard the largest of the capital ships so they can take control of it.

dekker Sounds like we oughta be getting hazard pay for this.

wilford (wall screen) (amused) You're working for the wrong side if you're looking for bonuses.

Blair looks at Dekker.

blair We'll use the insertion pods to deliver you and your men. They'll think it's just another missile.

Dekker (grim smile) Don't forget about picking us up, boss.

wilford (wall screen) Ships from our fleet will shuttle in larger forces so we can complete the raid. You're the shock troops. We go or don't go on your say-so. Understood?

blair Yes, sir.

wilford (wall screen) One other thing. We're picking up very odd red-shift signals from a small artificial satellite circling the fourth planet. We'd like to pluck this thing out of its orbit and take a closer look at it. Good luck.

the screen goes blank. Blair looks at his pilots.

Blair Who wants to tractor in that satellite? Catscratch I'll volunteer for that one, sir.

blair Any other takers?

no one speaks.

Blair Looks like you get the milk run, Catscratch. Let's go, people.

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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