SC 3510W

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SC 3510W
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Production Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom
Type Plot
Series O - Sol
Disc CD6 (PC), CD4 (PSX), Side B (DVD)
Run Time 1m38s
Previous SC_3510V
Scenes 359-361
Locations Launch Bay (BWS Intrepid)Launch Bay



SC_3510W is a cutscene from Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom. It is the conclusion of the winning endgame. It follows SC_3510V.

Transcript

MAJOR JAMES "PALADIN" TAGGART: So here you are, an instructor. Not a general, or a senator. And you could have had everything.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: 'Everything' means I keep flying. So if you ask me, I've got everything.

MAJOR JAMES "PALADIN" TAGGART: I envy you, laddie. At times I wish I had made the same choice myself. So, how's that farm?

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: I'm not a farmer.

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: I am talking about rolling a bomber, not a fighter. Your kidding! I'm not enrolled in training!

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: You know, of all people, Maniac taught me one thing.

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: �Hey pal. Senator. What? What?

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: Well you said 'either you're an earthworm or an eagle.'

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: I said that?

COLONEL TAMARA "PANTHER" FARNSWORTH: Hey, Colonel! We've got a fresh batch of newbies to shake down.

COLONEL CHRISTOPHER BLAIR: They can wait a bit. I think I'll log some flyin' time.

MAJOR TODD "MANIAC" MARSHALL: Senator, about...

MAJOR JAMES "PALADIN" TAGGART: Maniac... Shut up!

Characters

Speaking

Non-Speaking

Vehicles

DVD

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

PlayStation

Translations

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

French

PC

PlayStation

German

PC

PlayStation

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: solar system -wend Outside the orbit of Saturn, we see the Intrepid.

Fighters in tight, single-file formation spew from its launch deck.


midgame: launch deck -wend paladin looks at his old friend blair, as the two of them watch fighters being readied and pilots climbing into the cockpit...

paladin You could have had everything.

blair 'Everything' means I keep flying. So if you ask me, I got everything.

paladin Here you're just an instructor. Not a general, not a senator...

Blair just shrugs. paladin understands.

paladin (beat) I envy you, laddie. Should have done the same myself. What about the farm?

blair (laughs) I'm not a farmer. Maniac, of all people, taught me one thing: you're either an earthworm or an eagle.

panther joins the two old friends.

panther I got another batch of newbies to shake down.

blair They can wait a bit. I think I got the itch.

paladin laughs. blair grabs a helmet and climbs into a waiting cockpit.


midgame: solar system -wend Blair's fighter BLASTS away. He kicks in the afterburners...

And as we watch the rear of his craft speed away...

credits roll... the end.

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