Wing Commander IV Communications - Cut Videos
This page collects all of the Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom communications videos which are present in the game's files but do not have audio. These do not play during regular gameplay.
Speradon K4A & K4B
These BWS Intrepid comms intended to play if the player did not have a wingman when prompted to use the IFF codes.
| Speech | Download | Speaker | Transcript |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF2544y.mp4 | Sosa | Those codes can be very helpful, Colonel. | |
| IF2545y.mp4 | Sosa | Activate IFF codes, Colonel. |
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.
Shooting Script
- IF Blair answers NEGATIVE, his wingman will come
- on the screen (OR Sosa will return IF Blair's
- flying solo) with --
- WINGMAN OR SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- Those codes could be very
- helpful, Colonel.
- And Blair will have one more chance to signal
- AFFIRMATIVE or NEGATIVE...
- Regardless of his response, Blair's nav-map now
- has the new nav point added to it.
- When Blair arrives at the new nav point, he
- sees...
- ...A cap ship. But unlike any he's ever seen.
- It is sleek, massive, and devoid of insignia.
- It also appears unescorted.
- IF Blair accepted the IFF codes, he receives a
- transmission from his wingman (OR Sosa IF he's
- flying solo) --
- WINGMAN OR SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- Activate IFF codes, Colonel.
Callimachus M2
These variations of the mission's script were intended to allow Excell or Tex to be your wingman. In the final game neither can be selected.
| Speech | Download | Speaker | Transcript |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF2961g.mp4 | Tex & Sosa | Tex: Time for you to make the jump, Colonel. Tex: You're on your own now. Good luck. Sosa: Hold on...hold it...hold it... hold it... sir - before you jump, Sosa: I'm downloading coordinates to you for a starbase we've located Sosa: orbiting the second planet in Axius. Sosa: Now we've just detected it through the jump point and one thing for sure: Sosa: This thing is way too big for you to try and take on by yourself. Sosa: So we are assuming you'll be attempting to slip in quietly Sosa: without opening fire and land there. Good luck, Colonel. | |
| IF2961l.mp4 | Excell & Sosa | Excel: Time for you to make the jump, Colonel. Excel: You're on your own now. Good luck. Sosa: Hold on...hold it...hold it... hold it... sir - before you jump, Sosa: I'm downloading coordinates to you for a starbase we've located Sosa: orbiting the second planet in Axius. Sosa: Now we've just detected it through the jump point and one thing for sure: Sosa: This thing is way too big for you to try and take on by yourself. Sosa: So we are assuming you'll be attempting to slip in quietly Sosa: without opening fire and land there. Good luck, Colonel. |
BWS Intrepid
These videos were intended to play alongside debriefings when ejected wingmen were recovered during a mission. The Lexington has this functionality but the Intrepid does not.
| Speech | Download | Speaker | Transcript |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF9414.mp4 | Sosa | Oh, sir! I got some good news and some bad news: The good news is; we scooped up Maniac. The bad news is; we scooped up Maniac. | |
| IF9415.mp4 | Sosa | And -- happy to report we've recovered Vagabond's pod, sir. He lives to play another hand. | |
| IF9416.mp4 | Sosa | Also -- not to worry about Catscratch: We've just pulled in his ejection pod. | |
| IF9417.mp4 | Sosa | By the way -- Hawk's ejection pod has been recovered. | |
| IF9418.mp4 | Sosa | Don't worry -- we've just tractored Panther back in. | |
| IF9419.mp4 | Sosa | Also, sir -- we have just retrieved your wingman's ejection pod. | |
| IF9420.mp4 | Sosa | Happy to say sir, we've recovered all your wingmen. Must've been rough out there. |
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.
Shooting Script
- NOTE: IF Blair's wingman ejected during the
- mission, one of the following will play
- immediately after Blair is given clearance to
- land.
- IF Maniac ejected
- SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- And -- good news: We scooped up
- Maniac. Bad news: We scooped up
- Maniac.
- IF Vagabond ejected
- SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- And -- happy to report we've
- recovered Vagabond's pod. He
- lives to play another hand.
- IF Catscratch ejected
- SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- Also -- not to worry about
- Catscratch: We've just pulled in
- his ejection pod.
- IF Hawk ejected
- SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- By the way -- Hawk's eject-pod
- has been recovered.
- IF Panther ejected
- SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- And don't worry -- we've just
- tractored Panther back in.
- IF a Red-Shirt ejected
- SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- Also -- we've just retrieved your
- wingman's ejection pod.
- IF more than one wingman ejected
- SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- Happy to say we've recovered all
- your wingmen. Must've been rough
- out there.
MIPs
Sosa does not have a distinct MIP profile for Orestes E2; two of these appear as mission-specific comms. Dekker's profile is missing the affirmative/negative comms.
Sosa
| Speech | Download | Speaker | Transcript |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF9421.mp4 | Sosa | It's the only way to fly! | |
| IF9422.mp4 | Sosa | I'd rather be back at my Comm desk,sir. | |
| IF9423.mp4 | Sosa | Ready to launch, sir. | |
| IF9424.mp4 | Sosa | Hold on, sir.... Not ready to launch, sir. |
Dekker
| Speech | Download | Speaker | Transcript |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF9500.mp4 | Dekker | You got it, boss. | |
| IF9501.mp4 | Dekker | No way, Colonel. |
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.
Shooting Script
INFLIGHT TRANSMISSIONS - SOSA
- Reply yes
- SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- Yes, Colonel.
- Reply no
- SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- No, sir.
- Status good
- SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- It's the oooonly way to fly, sir.
- Status bad
- SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- I'd rather be back at my comm desk!
- Ready to launch MIP
- SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- Ready to launch, sir.
- Not ready to launch MIP
- SOSA (COMM SCREEN)
- Hang on, sir. Not ready to launch.
INFLIGHT TRANSMISSIONS - DEKKER
- Reply yes
- DEKKER (COMM SCREEN)
- You got it, boss.
- Reply no
- DEKKER (COMM SCREEN)
- No way, Colonel.
Loops
| Speech | Download | Speaker | Transcript |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEST.mp4 | Unknown | TEST |
