81 S

81_S
Production	Privateer 2: The Darkening
Type	Cinematic Mission
Series	Auntie Maria Gabriel
Disc	CD1
Run Time	1m03s
Choice A	Is This Legal?.... Forget It !
Choice B	Well... Why Not?
Scenes	427-428
Locations	Blessed Brew Bar

81_S is a cinematic mission cutscene from Privateer 2: The Darkening. It is part of Auntie Maria Gabriel. It is accessed by selecting Maria Gabriel at the Blessed Brew Bar on Bex after the player has received an e-mail. Gabriel asks Lev Arris to transport her to Hephaestus; the player must choose whether or not to accept.

• Download: 81_S.mp4

Choice A: Well..... Why Not?		Choice B: Is This Legal?.... Forget It !

Transcript

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: Ser Arris?

LEV ARRIS: Yes, Aunt?

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: Can I ask you a favor?

LEV ARRIS: Depends.

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: A paid favor.

LEV ARRIS: My favorite kind.

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: Can you get me out of here?

LEV ARRIS: Sorry?

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: I don't particularly want to be here. Unfortunately, some people want my money to be here.

LEV ARRIS: Your money?

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: I've just come in to some. Quite a lot, actually. If I don't move pretty fast now, these people are going to get it.

LEV ARRIS: But what can I do, Auntie?

AUNTIE MARIA GABRIEL: Get me off-planet now. I'll give you 3,000 credits to get me to Hepheastus.

Characters

Speaking

• Lev Arris
• Auntie Maria Gabriel

Translations

Privateer 2: The Darkening's cutscenes were dubbed for the French, German and Spanish releases.

French

• Download: 81_S.mp4

Choice A: Ma foi, pourquoi pas ?		Choice B: C'est légal, ça ? Non, je laisse tomber !

German

• Download: 81_S.mp4

Choice A: Nun..... Warum nicht?		Choice B: Das soll legal sein? Vergessen Sie's!

Spanish

• Download: 81_S.mp4

Choice A: ¿Por qué no?		Choice B: ¿Esto es Legal?.... ¡Olvídalo!

25th Anniversary

On May 20, 2020, Privateer 2: The Darkening director Steve Hilliker released The Darkening 25th Anniversary Restoration which featured footage restored from Betacam tapes. The footage has been edited down into a cinema cut but where available it is of much higher quality than the game's files.

• Download: 81_S-P2_25th_ANNIVERSARY_Hilliker_Cut.mp4

Mythic VHS

A VHS tape digitized from the Origin material at EA Mythic indluded versions of edits 78 through 98.

• Download: 81_S-Priv2-Mythic_Tape.mp4

Script

A The Darkening Script Draft 7 used during the game's shooting has been provided by Erin Roberts.

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(Player and Auntie Maria Gabriel.)

SC.425 INT. BLESSED BREW BAR, BEX

As before. When the player clicks on SISTER MARIA GABRIEL:

SC.426 ON ARRIS

Having himself a drink in an alcove.

AUNT (OS)

Ser Arris...

SC.427 ANOTHER ANGLE

Including AUNT MARIA GABRIEL, who has come up quietly
behind him. She is an extremely handsome-looking woman in
the habit of the Hom religion.

ARRIS

Yes, Aunt?

AUNT

(whispers)

Can I ask you a favor?

ARRIS

Depends.

AUNT

A paid favor.

ARRIS

My favorite kind.

AUNT

Would you get me out of here?

SC.428 WIDER

As she slips into the alcove beside him.

ARRIS

Sorry?

AUNT

I don't particularly want to be

here. Unfortunately...some

people want my money to be here.

ARRIS

Your money?

AUNT

I've just come into some.

Quite a lot, actually.

But if I don't move

pretty fast, now...

(looks around her nervously)

These people are going to

get it.

ARRIS

What can I do, Auntie?

SISTER

Get me offplanet. Now. I'll

give you three thousand

credits to get me to Heph-

aestus.

CHOICE 1:      ARRIS		CHOICE 2:      ARRIS
Is this legal? Forget it.		Well ...why not?