SC 0570A

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SC 0570A
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Production Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Type Plot
Series C - Masa
Disc CD2 (PC), Side A (DVD)
Run Time 1m17s
Choice A New brass--pain in the ass.
Choice B Kid asks too many questions.
Scenes 57
Locations Officer's Lounge



SC_0570A is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It plays when the player clicks on "Talk to pilots." in the Officer's Lounge after Hellespont B4A or Hellespont B4B. It is not included in the PlayStation version.

Choice A: New brass--pain in the ass.
     
Choice B: Kid asks too many questions.
     

Transcript

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Hey, I just caught a peek at that bioconvergence chemist we sprung from Tyr VII.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Bio-what?

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Bioconvergence. Try downloading a science update once in a while.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Well, since when are you Mr. Wizard?

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Hey, I don't just rest on my laurels like some people I know. Anyway, now I know why they were turning the Border Worlds upside-down looking for this egghead. We are talking fine.

1ST LIEUTENANT WINSTON "VAGABOND" CHANG: Thought you weren't interested in any woman with an IQ higher than a wingnut.

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Oh, au contraire, mon frere. Eh, didn't think I knew that stuff, right?

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Hey, Maniac does what he has to do, OK. Tonight, I'm boning up on my periodic table of elements -- if you know what I mean.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: So what, you figure her recent trauma makes her that desperate, huh?

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: It's not unheard of to show a little appreciation to your liberator.

2ND LIEUTENANT TROY "CATSCRATCH" CARTER: This guy is good, Colonel.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: The best. You never show any mercy, do you?

1ST LIEUTENANT WINSTON "VAGABOND" CHANG: I seek only to instruct. The youth seeks wisdom and experience.

2ND LIEUTENANT TROY "CATSCRATCH" CARTER: So what do you think about the new brass that just came aboard?

1ST LIEUTENANT WINSTON "VAGABOND" CHANG: Paulsen? Too many cooks in the kitchen -- always trouble.

Characters

Speaking

Non-Speaking

DVD

The DVD Version of Wing Commander IV includes much higher resolution versions of almost every cutscene from the CD-ROM release.

Translations

Wing Commander IV's cutscenes were dubbed for the French and German releases.

French

PC

Choice A: Les nouveaux grad‚s, c'est souvent des chieurs !
     
Choice B: Il pose trop de questions, le gamin !
     

German

PC

Choice A: Der neue Captain geht mir auf den Keks.
     
Choice B: Der Junge stellt zu viele Fragen.
     

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 - maniac, vagabond, catscratch (optional)ÿÿ -c1ÿÿ catscratch & vagabond play cards. maniac motions blair over.

maniac (gleeful) I just got a peek at thatÿ bioconvergence-chemist we sprung from TyrÿVII.

blair Bio-what?

maniac (explaining to a retard) Bioconvergence. Try downloading a science update once in awhile.

blair When did you become Mr. Wizard?

maniac Hey, I don't rest on my laurels like some people I know. Anyway -- now I know why they turned the Border Worlds upside down looking for this egghead.

Maniac gestures -- and suddenly we realize the scientist they just rescued is a woman.

maniac We are talking... (kisses his fingers) ...fine.

vagabond Thought you weren't interested in any woman with an IQ higher than a wingnut.

maniac Au contraire, mon frere... (wags his eyebrows) Didn't think I knew that kind of stuff, didja? Hey, the Maniac does what he has to: Tonight I'm planning to bone up on my periodic table of elements ... if you know what I mean.

blair You figure her recent trauma has made her that desperate, huh?

maniac It's not unheard of to show a little appreciation for your liberator...

catscratch suddenly groans and throws down his cards as Vagabond scoops up another pot.

catscratch This guy is good, Colonel.

blair The best. (to Vagabond) You never show any mercy, do you?

vagabond I seek only to instruct. The youth seeks wisdom and experience.

catscratch So what do you think about the new brass that just came aboard?

vagabond Paulsen? Too many cooks in the kitchen. Always trouble.

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.

University of Texas

Origin Website