SC 1901A
| SC 1901A | |
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| Production | Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom |
| Type | Plot |
| Series | G - Orestes |
| Disc | CD4 (PC), CD3 (PSX), Side B (DVD) |
| Run Time | 2m27s |
| Scenes | 190A, 192-195, 196A, 198 |
| Locations | Space (Peleus System, Combat Information Center |
SC_1901A is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It plays after Pasqual G3.
- Download: SC_1901A.mp4
Transcript
HACKER: What the hell? My radar's just taken a dive.
BOB-O-MATTE: Same here! Shields are down too!
HACKER: Wing three, report!
MOOSE: All C&C systems have crashed!
BOB-O-MATTE: Whoa! Where'd those bogies come from?
HACKER: Look sharp! Their radar sure ain't jammed!
MOOSE: I've locked on to one of them... Firing! Damn! Hacker, break left, it's veered toward you! Oh, my God! They've killed our weapon's guidance system too!
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1ST LIEUTENANT VELINA SOSA: Sir, while you were flying, a high-priority message came in from the Admiral.
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Let's take a look.
1ST LIEUTENANT VELINA SOSA: Sir.
ADMIRAL DANIEL WILFORD: Colonel, I've been getting strange, troubling reports out of the Peleus system. Now, we've been losing ships, yet there seems to be no enemy presence. I'm ordering Intrepid to look into this. Peleus is absolutely vital to our efforts: it's a major source of fuel as well as a strategic location. Lose Peleus and our cause cannot prevail.
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: You heard the man.
HELMSPERSON: Yes, I did, sir. Inputting coordinates now.
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1ST LIEUTENANT VELINA SOSA: Uh-oh! That's strange.
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: What's our status, Lieutenant?
1ST LIEUTENANT VELINA SOSA: Shields down... radar's down... sensors down... guidance systems down... Emergency systems!
MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: We're sitting ducks!
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Reverse course!
HELMSPERSON: Right away, sir!
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Maybe we can pull out of range of whatever's causing this.
MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Oh, this is great. Now, we gotta fly blind! Groping around like some pathetic sandworm on Isis VII!
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: You still have eyes, you know. Welcome to Peleus.
MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Can I get my money back for this tour?
Characters
Speaking
- Admiral Daniel Wilford
- Colonel Christopher Blair
- Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall
- 1st Lieutenant Velina Sosa
- Bob-O-Matte
- Hacker
- Moose
- Helmsperson
Vehicles
- BWS Intrepid
- Banshee (3)
- [[Excalibur (2)
DVD
The DVD Version of Wing Commander IV includes much higher resolution versions of almost every cutscene from the CD-ROM release.
- Download: SC_1901A.mp4
PlayStation
- Download: SC_1901a.mp4
Translations
Wing Commander IV's cutscenes were dubbed for the French and German releases.
French
PC
- Download: SC_1901A.mp4
PlayStation
- Download: SC_1901a.mp4
German
PC
- Download: SC_1901A.mp4
PlayStation
- Download: SC_1901a.mp4
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.
midgame: SPACE - peleus system 190a-j1ÿÿ A squadron of Border Worlds fighters cruises through space...
midgame: inside a border worlds fighter cockpit -j1 without warning, the "dashboard" goes dead...The PILOT looks on, helpless...
pilot #1 What the hell?!... My radar's just taken a dive.
another PILOT in the squadron appears on his comm screen in a flaky transmission:
pilot #2 (comm screen) Same here! Shields are also down.
frantic, pilot #1 tries to punch up any kind of display.
pilot #3 (v.o.) All C-and-C systems have crashed! ÿÿ
midgame: space -j1 A pair of Confed fighters drops in behind the Border Worlds squadron and OPENS FIRE...
MIDGAME: INSIDE PILOT #1'S COCKPIT 193A-J1ÿÿ PILOT #1 REACTS.PILOT #3 (V.O.) (in panic) Where'd those bogies come from!?
pilot #1 How the hell do I know!!
midgame: space -j1ÿÿ The Border Worlds fighters try to defend themselves from this unexpected attack. But the Confed ships have the upper hand since they had the element of surprise on their side. Two of the Border Worlders are destroyed immediately.pilot #1 (v.o.) Their radar sure ain't jammed!
Pilot #2 loops around and FIRES an ImRec missile at one of the attackers. The missile veers wildly off course and destroys Pilot #3's ship.
pilot #2 (v.o.) Oh my god! They've killed our guidance systems, too!
The Confed fighters now make quick business of dispatching the remainder of the Border Worlds squadron, leaving nothing but wreckage in their wake. ÿÿ
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c.i.c. - sosa & wilford - taped -j1 sosa turns and looks at blair.
sosa Sir, while you were flying, a high-priority message came in from the Admiral.
Blair Let's take a look.
sosa slots a message chip, triggering wilford's recorded transmission on the terminal screen.
wilford (comm screen) Colonel, I've been getting strange, troubling reports out of the Peleus system. We've been losing ships, and yet there seems to be no enemy presence. I'm ordering Intrepid to look into this: Peleus is absolutely vital to our efforts -- its a major source of fuel as well as a strategic location. Lose Peleus, and our cause cannot prevail.
blair turns to the HELMSPERSON.
blair You heard the man.
helmsperson Yes, sir, I did. Inputting coordinates now. omitted -j1ÿÿ
ÿ midgame: jump point to peleus 196a-j1 The Intrepid jumps to Peleus... omitted -j1ÿÿ
midgame: C.I.C. - sosa, maniac -j1ÿÿ sosa Entering Peleus, Captain. (notices something on the console) That's strange...
She starts hitting switches and keying in instructions -- but suddenly ALL the screens in the room go dead.
blair What's our status, Lieutenant?
sosa Shields down...radar down... sensors down...guidance systems down...
while sosa relates this litany, maniac comes forward, wincing at every mention of a defunct system.
maniac We're sitting ducks!
blair ignores maniac. he calls out to the helmsperson.
blair Reverse course. Maybe we can pull out of range of whatever's causing this.
helmsperson Right away, sir!
maniac This is just great. Now I gotta fly blind! I gotta grope around like one of those pathetic sandworms on IsisÿVII!
blair You still have eyes, you know.
maniac just looks at blair.
blair Welcome to Peleus.
maniac Can I get my money back on this tour?
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
Shooting Schedule
A Wing Commander IV production notebook has been digitized from the collection of the University of Texas at Austin.
