SC 1440A
| SC 1440A | |
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| Production | Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom |
| Type | Plot |
| Series | F - Silenos |
| Disc | CD3 (PC), CD2 (PSX), Side A (DVD) |
| Run Time | 2m7s |
| Scenes | 144 |
| Locations | Officer's Lounge |
SC_1440A is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It plays when you select "Talk to Paulson." in the Officer's Lounge after Silenos F1.
- Download: SC_1440A.mp4
Transcript
CAPTAIN HUGH PAULSON: Ah! Colonel. Good news: a during the last mission, another squadron of ours dispatched one of those defectors
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Which one?
CAPTAIN HUGH PAULSON: One of the pilots. Why don't you join me? I like hearing what the men have to say. You know, to a captain, isolation is a constant enemy. You have your wingmen and the brotherhood of your fellow pilots, but a captain. I have no doubt Eisen let himself get too isolated. Perhaps it contributed to his treacherous actions.
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: His actions remain a mystery to me, sir.
CAPTAIN HUGH PAULSON: Oh, a confounding mystery, Colonel, why a man like him, with such a distinguished career, would throw it all away for a horde of... subhumans.
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Sir?
CAPTAIN HUGH PAULSON: The Border Worlders? Barbarians, most of them. They offer sanctuary to the Kilrathi, for God's sake. But when you think about them: ex-cons, privateers, most of them not from any kind of... "pure" stock, you know.
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: With cattle you worry about stock. Not with people, as far as I know.
CAPTAIN HUGH PAULSON: It's just that we've gone soft since the war. You know what I'm talking about. But these new men that we've brought in, like Seether.
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Is that the pilot in the briefing room?
CAPTAIN HUGH PAULSON: Yes! They're a new breed. Should we embark on a war of galactic scale again, our best hope will be men like him: their response swift and merciless, no quarter to the enemy.
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: I heard no mention of honor, Captain.
CAPTAIN HUGH PAULSON: An oversight. Honor, of course.
Characters
Speaking
- Captain Hugh Paulson
- Colonel Christopher Blair
Non-Speaking
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.
officers' lounge - paulsen (optional) -f2 Blair spots Paulsen at a table.
paulsen Good news, Colonel: During the last mission, another squadron of ours 'dispatched' one of those defectors.
Blair isn't sure how to react.
Blair Which one?
paulsen (shrugs) One of the pilots. (beat) Why don't you join me?
Blair sits absentmindedly, the news of an old friend's death still sinking in. paulsen sweeps his hand about the lounge.
paulsen I like hearing what the men have to say.
Blair looks around, noticing that the only pilots here are the new ones we've seen on the flight roster.
paulsen To a captain, isolation is a constant enemy. You have your wingmen, and the brotherhood, of your fellow pilots. But a captain? (shakes his head) I have no doubt Eisen let himself get too isolated. Perhaps it contributed to his treacherous actions.
blair His actions still remain a mystery to me, sir.
paulsen (nods) A confounding mystery, Colonel. Why a man like him, with such a distinguished career, would throw it all away for a horde of subhumans-- blair Sir?
paulsen The Border Worlders... Barbarians, most of them. They offer sanctuary for the Kilrathi, for God's sake. But when you think about them ... ex-cons, privateers... most of them not from any kind of pure stock, you know...
blair's eyes have gone steely.
blair With cattle you worry about 'stock.' Not people, far as I know.
paulsen's not sure how to take this. he still wants to advance his case.
paulsen It's just that we've gone soft since the war. You know what I'm talking about. But these new men we've brought in, like Seether--
Blair The pilot in the briefing room?
paulsen Uh, yes... They're a new breed. Should we embark on a war of galactic scale again, our best hope will be men like him: their response swift and merciless. No quarter to the enemy.
blair I heard no mention of honor, Captain.
paulsen Ah... An oversight. Honor, of course.
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.
