• Kilrathi Ship - Thrakhath & Melek
• Gunnery - Flint
• Flight Control - Flash
• Rec Room - Vagabond
• Barracks - Cobra
• Gunnery - Hobbes
• Briefing - Locanda 1
• Briefing - Locanda 2
• Flight Deck - Flint & Cobra

Kilrathi Ship - Thrakhath & Melek

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Series D - - Locanda System - - Confed still on the defensive . . . MIDGAME: KILRATHI SHIP - THRAKHATH, MELEK -> 06THMEL THRAKHATH AND MELEK STUDY A MAP WALL DISPLAYING THE -> * LOCANDA SYSTEM. THRAKHATH Tell me this system continues to be worth raiding. I fail to see it. MELEK GIVES THE KILRATHI EQUIVALENT OF A SHRUG. MELEK The natural resources are utterly depleted. It remains a source of slave labor, but the population has never been particularly malleable. THRAKHATH Slaves we have no shortage of.     -> (beat) The Terrans want this system? They shall have it. MELEK Nevertheless, my liege, I bristle at the thought of . . . They will call it . . . What is that strange word they have? THRAKHATH “Surrender.”     -> (shakes his head) No, it is not that. This system shall serve as a message to the apes. Since it is no longer of use to us . . . We shall render it useless to them as well . . . THRAKHATH’S MANY TEETH ARE EXPOSED IN AN EVIL KILRATHI GRIN. AFTER A BEAT, MELEK UNDERSTANDS AND SMILES IN RELIEF. MELEK As always, my liege . . . a wise choice. THEY TURN BACK TO THE MAP DISPLAY WITH MALIGNANT PURRS OF SATISFACTION. Source: WC3 PC

Gunnery - Flint

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GUNNERY - FLINT -> D1GUNFL FLINT’S FINGERS RUN OVER A VIDEO DISPLAY OF THE LOCANDA SYSTEM - - THE SAME SYSTEM SEEN IN THE MIDGAME - - AS IF TOUCHING IT MAKES THE REPRESENTATIONS MORE REAL. SHE LOOKS UP AS BLAIR ENTERS. BLAIR LOOKS AT THE DISPLAY. BLAIR I flew here once. A lot of places to hide in this system. This your first time? FLINT RUEFULLY SHAKES HER HEAD. FLINT This is my home system. My father taught me everything he knew about flying here. He’d been planning to pass it all on to my brother, but . . .     -> (beat) The Kilrathi had other plans. BLAIR I’m sorry. FLINT That’s all right. Everyone’s lost someone, right? They don’t give you medals for it. BLAIR You haven’t been back since? FLINT SHAKES HER HEAD. BLAIR Which one was home? SHE POINTS TO HER WORLD ON THE DISPLAY: LOCANDA IV. FLINT That one. It was a beautiful world. Dark purple nights and burnt moons that chased each other across the sky. The insects would sing . . . different serenades, depending on how close the moons were. My brother and I would stay up, listening . . .     -> (beat) Do you remember the time before the war? BLAIR No.     -> (beat) I don’t let myself. SHE LOOKS AT HIM. FLINT Sir, I have scores to settle here. -> *     -> (beat) I can’t be on the sidelines for these engagements. BLAIR LOOKS AT HER, HARD. FLINT I need to be part of what goes down. -> * Flint’s morale UP: BLAIR Flint . . . when you fly, are you gonna be my wingman, or your brother’s wingman? Flint’s morale DOWN: BLAIR Listen . . . I’m not sure I can afford to put you - - and your dead brother - - on my wing.

Flight Control - Flash

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FLIGHT CONTROL - FLASH (SLIDING - D1/D2 ONLY) -> D0FCTFHS CONDITION: This and all subsequent scenes with Flash available only IF Blair won Mission B3/C3. SPECIAL NOTE: Flash’s existence in the entire game (beginning with Series D) is conditional on Blair winning Mission B3/C3. A MUCH MORE HUMBLE FLASH APPROACHES BLAIR. FLASH Colonel. I’d like to apologize for some of the things I said. BLAIR     -> (smiles) Some? FLASH Well . . .     -> (grins) I still think I could have beat you two out of three. BLAIR Care to go at it again? FLASH No . . . . . . . . . . From now on, I’ll prove it to you out there.     -> (beat) That is if you figure I’m good enough to be your wingman. BLAIR You’re on the roster. You’ll get your shot, same as -> * everyone. BLAIR TURNS AWAY. FLASH Thank you.

Rec Room - Vagabond

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REC ROOM - VAGABOND -> D1RECVA VAGABOND’S PLAYING SOLITAIRE AND LOOKING UNUSUALLY GLUM. HE SMILES AT BLAIR BUT IT’S NOT WITH HIS NORMAL GUSTO. VAGABOND You’ve been in these parts before, right? Word is the Kilrathi have bled this system pretty dry over the years. BLAIR Locanda’s always been hotly contested. VAGABOND Few months ago, I heard stories about some backwater system the Kilrathi had under siege for months. But after they cleaned it out, they didn’t just move on. The dusted it with some new biological weapon. The -> * whole system’s supposedly a total bio-hazmat. Really ugly. No one can get near it.     -> (beat) Rumor has it Confed’s quarantined that system and nobody even talks about it. Vagabond’s morale UP: BLAIR Nothing the cats do surprises me anymore. But if we do our job right, we’re not gonna have to worry about that kind of thing. Vagabond’s morale DOWN: BLAIR Rollins has been running off at the mouth again, hasn’t he? A Kilrathi bioweapon? It’s a fairy tale. Jeez.

Barracks - Cobra

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BARRACKS - COBRA (SLIDING - D1/D2 ONLY) -> D0BARCBS COBRA Colonel, you know the Kilrathi may be using bioweapons here? BLAIR First I’ve heard of it. COBRA The Kilrathi’s been preparing these kinds of weapons for years. If they’re not deployed here, they will be somewhere else. BLAIR Would you mind telling me how it is you know so much about the Kilrathi? COBRA HOLDS BLAIR’S STARE. COBRA It doesn’t matter if you believe me. Cobra’s morale UP: BLAIR That’s where you’re wrong. It does matter. (beat) It’s just that someday I’d like to get the rest of the story. Cobra’s morale DOWN: BLAIR It’s hard for me to believe someone I know so little about.

Gunnery - Hobbes

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GUNNERY - HOBBES (SLIDING - D1/D2 ONLY) -> D0GUNHBS HOBBES TURNS FROM THE WINDOW, SEEING BLAIR. * HOBBES I used to raid these planets. BLAIR Yeah, I know. HOBBES It puzzles me, these reports that the Kilrathi are surrendering the system.     -> (shaking his head) Surrender . . . Though I know the word in your language, I still fail in truly grasping it.     -> (beat) I cannot guess at all what my one-time comrades might do. And Kilrathi are most dangerous . . . -> * when they are unpredictable.

Briefing - Locanda 1

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BRIEFING D1 - EISEN -> D1BRFEI INSERT Standard Opening. EISEN (V.O.) Let’s get down to business, shall we? BLAIR I’m ready, sir. EISEN (V.O.) The Kilrathi intentions in this area remain unclear. While we continue to gather intelligence, your task will be to corral the cats wherever possible. We wish, particularly, to shut off their access to the populated planets and this asteroid field. Let’s try to put these Kilrathi raiders out of business permanently. BLAIR Ready to go, sir. EISEN (V.O.) I like that enthusiam. Dismissed. INSERT Standard Closing. Wingman choices for Mission D1: Cobra, Flash, Flint, Hobbes, Maniac*, Vagabond, Vaquero. NOTES: IF Mission B3/C3 was success, Flash is now on the flight roster. Maniac is now flagged “AT RISK.” This means that he can be killed in this and any following mission. This screenplay assumes that he does not die. But IF he does, all subsequent conversations with him will not be available. (The same rule applies to all future “at risk” flaggings.)

Briefing - Locanda 2

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BRIEFING D2 - EISEN -> D2BRFEI INSERT Standard Opening ST. PG. 1 EISEN Let's get started, Colonel. BLAIR Yes, sir. EISEN (V.O.) We’ve still got more questions than answers on Kilrathi operations here. Some of the Kilrathi force are pulling out, but other elements are closing in on Locanda IV. Intell thinks they’ve got warhead tipped with a new kind of bioweapon, capable of spreading a pandemic over the whole planet within minutes. If Intell’s correct, the half-life of this virus is over 500 years. EISEN LOOKS AT BLAIR WITH DEEP CONCERN AND A TINGE OF FEAR IN HIS EYES. EISEN Colonel. . . We can’t let a single warhead slip through and strike the planet. If the warhead’s bio, the civilians on Locanda IV will die slow deaths from a ravaging disease, and all we’ll be able to do is pull out of here as fast as we can. Good luck, son. Wingman choices for Mission D2: Cobra, Flash*, Flint, Hobbes, Maniac*, Vagabond, Vaquero. NOTE: Flash is now flagged “AT RISK.” He can be killed in this and any following mission.

Flight Deck - Flint & Cobra

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Series E (winning track) - - Blackmane System - - Confed base under siege, and the Confed war effort still on the defensive . . . FLIGHT DECK - FLINT, COBRA -> E1FDKFL NOTE TO ORIGIN: This scene follows directly on the heels of scene(s) in the previous series, in “real time.” The standard “warping out” may be out place. Scene A50 FLINT’S STANDING NEAR HER SHIP, SHAKEN UP AND WIPING A FEW TEARS FROM HER EYES. IF Mission D3 success (Blair saved Flint): FLINT You might have died out there, chasing after me. BLAIR (beat) I might have. FLINT I guess the Captain ordered you - - BLAIR No (beat) That was my call to make. FLINT Well, I guess I should be impressed. (beat) I’m sorry, I’m not very good at saying thank you. BLAIR You’re welcome. FLINT I want you to understand - - IF Mission D3 failure OR Mission D3 not flown (Cobra saved Flint): COBRA HAS HER ARM AROUND FLINT’S SHOULDERS. COBRA You sure you’re okay? FLINT Yeah. I’m sorry you had to come after me . . . * COBRA Forget it. Sometimes I feel the same way. I’d like to kill every one of those Kilrathis my own self. Take care of yourself girl. COBRA WALKS AWAY. FLINT LOOKS AT BLAIR. BLAIR (beat) Cobra’s a helluva fighter . . . FLINT (beat) She risked too much. BLAIR NODS IN AGREEMENT. BLAIR We don’t fly suicide missions. We fight this war to live, not to die.     -> (beat) You’ve got to fly with your head, Flint. Not your heart. FLINT You’ve never done that, sir? Fly with your heart? BLAIR The day I do that, I expect a stiff dressing-down, mister. That’s an order. FLINT LOOKS DOWN, TRYING TO HIDE HER FEELINGS OF SHAME. FLINT Sir? My father didn’t read his children bedtime stories. He read to us from the regs manuals. I know there are certain actions necessary . . . Flint’s morale UP: BLAIR Book regs are not war regs. If this were peacetime I’d ground you faster than a tachyon, but now that’s and indulgence we can’t afford. (beat) But don’t make one of us come after you again. FLINT That, sir, would be an indulgence . . . Flint’s morale DOWN: BLAIR If every pilot pursues a private war, the Kilrathi triumph. Until further notice, you’re grounded. HOLD ON FLINT . . . HER EYES DEAD.