Stage 10 (FM4)/Transcript

The following is a transcript of Stage 10, the eleventh mission of Front Mission 4, in addition to the dialogue before and after Stage 10.

Pre-Mission Dialogue
The screen shows a map of Venezuela with a path from Cumana to an area in central Venezuela being created before fading out.

[Central Venezuela]


 * Darril: Anything?


 * Renges: I didn't see anyone, but I'm sure they're hiding somewhere close by.


 * Darril: All right, thanks.


 * Ivanovna: ...


 * Darril: Why don't you say something? I'm getting tired of you staring at me.


 * Ivanovna: There is nothing you can do to make me talk!


 * Darril: Why did you attack us?


 * Chaeffer: Because she's State Army?


 * Renges: Chaeffer... Just tell me exactly which part of this girl looks Venezuelan to you.


 * Darril: She's definitely not Venezuelan... No, she's not even from the U.C.S. I thought she might've been a tourist when we met her at the bar, but...


 * Ivanovna: You tell me who you are! What were you doing in the harbor!?


 * Darril: Hey, that's not how it works. We're supposed to be asking the questions.


 * Ivanovna: You are a U.C.S. covert ops team, are you not!?


 * Renges: Us? Covert ops?


 * Darril: Well, we are going 'covert' in a way... But we're not what you think we are.


 * Ivanovna: Then what are you!? Tell me!


 * Chaeffer: We're deserters.


 * Ivanovna: Deserters...!? No! It cannot be!


 * Darril: Well, at least we know you see the U.C.S. as your enemy.


 * Ivanovna: Kill me.


 * Darril: No. We don't know who you guys are, but we know you're trying to kill us. That makes you a precious hostage.


 * Ivanovna: ...


 * Darril: We should leave soon, before your friends find us.


 * Ivanovna: Where are you taking me?


 * Darril: Your guess is as good as mine.

Something is heard moving through bushes.


 * Wanzersmith: Hey, you!


 * Darril: What!? Who are you!?


 * Wanzersmith: I should ask you the same question. What are you doing here?


 * Darril: You're not one of her friends, are you?


 * Wanzersmith: No. Never seen her before. I was taking a nap in my truck when you showed up in yours. I just came over to see if you needed a hand.


 * Darril: You think we can trust this guy?


 * Renges: I guess. He looks like a native, so he's probably not one of her men.


 * Wanzersmith: Hey, are you U.C.S. soldiers? You need hardware? I have wanzer parts and weapons for sale, if you are interested.


 * Darril: What!? Where did you get that kind of hardware!?


 * Wanzersmith: Didn't anyone tell you? There is a war going on! People need to protect themselves, you know? Anyway, come to my truck if there is anything you need.

[Talk to Renges:]


 * Renges: I don't think we should run around until we get some info on the State Army's movements.

[Talk to Chaeffer:]


 * Chaeffer: Hey, I forgot to ask you your name last time. What is it?


 * Ivanovna: Go away. I will not say anything to the likes of you.


 * Chaeffer: ...

[Talk to Ivanovna:]


 * Ivanovna: ...

[Go to Wanzer Shop:]


 * Wanzersmith: Where are you people headed?


 * Renges: We're trying to get out of the country as soon as we can.


 * Wanzersmith: Oh...? Maybe I can show you the way.


 * Renges: We know the way, but we need to know how to avoid unnecessary attention on the way there.


 * Wanzersmith: I can help you with that, too. In my kind of business, you have to know how to avoid State Army patrols.


 * Darril: Can we trust you?


 * Wanzersmith: Yes, of course.

[Move out:]


 * Darril: Thanks for the info, amigo. It helps us a lot.


 * Wanzersmith: That is no problem. Remember, the terrain in this area is very complex. You should be careful not to get lost.


 * Renges: Yeah, thanks.

The screen shows a map of Venezuela with a path from the team's current location to an area in central Venezuela being created before fading out.

[Near refugee village]


 * Renges: Any idea where we are?


 * Darril: Nope. You?


 * Renges: No... We should probably ask for directions at that village. They may know the shortest way out of this place.


 * Chaeffer: Hey, guys, wait! Look!

A group of V.S.A. wanzers are moving into formation near a village.


 * Darril: You think they're looking for us?


 * Renges: I don't think so... They're not even in a standard search formation.

The screen shows the V.S.A. wanzers beginning to move towards the village before focusing on the truck.


 * Darril: You're right. Looks like their target's that village. I don't think they've seen us yet.


 * Renges: They might be on a guerrilla hunt...


 * Darril: Probably.


 * Chaeffer: We're not just gonna sit here and watch, are we?


 * Darril: Well, they have nothing to worry about as long as they aren't harboring any guerrillas. The State Army won't shoot without just cause, so--

The V.S.A. wanzers begin firing at the village.


 * Darril: What the--


 * Renges: ... Get on your wanzers!


 * Darril: What!?


 * Renges: If we don't hurry, they'll slaughter everyone in that village!


 * Darril: ... All right, all right.

The screen shows the V.S.A. wanzers continuing to fire on the village before moving to showing Darril's squad in their wanzers near their truck.


 * Darril: Either way, they'd see us if we tried to get away. Taking them out now is our best option.


 * Ivanovna: You'd give your lives to protect that puny little village? A commendable effort for a bunch of deserters!


 * Renges: Quiet, you.


 * Darril: Yeah. Now, don't you go anywhere... oh, that's right. We tied you up.


 * Ivanovna: ...


 * Chaeffer: Don't worry, we'll be right back!

Any Unit Attacks
''The screen cuts to the truck. Gunfire and explosions can be heard in the background.''


 * Vavilov: Colonel. I've come to get you out.


 * Ivanovna: Vavilov.


 * Vavilov: Let us hurry. We must leave before they come back.


 * Ivanovna: Wait... those wanzers...

''The screen switches to a pair of wanzers before fading out. The screen fades in to the pair of wanzers looking at the village.''


 * Luis: What's going on here?


 * Ines: I'm not sure... but it looks like those U.C.S. wanzers are trying to protect the village.


 * Luis: Then we have to help them out, don't we?


 * Ines: But... they're U.C.S.!


 * Luis: We'll worry about that later.

''The wanzers move towards the village before the screen fades out. The screen fades in to the truck.''


 * Ivanovna: Oh, this is rich! Guerrillas and a bunch of U.C.S. deserters fighting hand in hand to protect a flea-ridden village!


 * Vavilov: Deserters...?


 * Ivanovna: That's what they really are. We don't need to bother with them anymore.


 * Vavilov: I see. Shall I retrieve the homing device, then?


 * Ivanovna: (laughs) No... They may prove useful yet. Leave it.


 * Vavilov: Understood, sir.

Post-Mission Dialogue

 * Darril: So why did you help us?


 * Ines: We were not helping you.


 * Luis: We were protecting the village, just as you were.


 * Chaeffer: Is this your village?


 * Luis: No. But many of the people here were driven from their homes by Governor Diaz.


 * Renges: Why would the State Army attack them?


 * Ines: Diaz's orders. He cannot get to us directly, so he's having them attack villages at random, hoping to get some of us in the process.


 * Luis: It's us he wants. So it's our responsibility to protect these villages.


 * Darril: Who are you?


 * Luis: We are members of la Alianza de Libertad Venezolana.


 * Darril: The 'Venezuelan Freedom Alliance'...?


 * Renges: They're a group of anti-government guerrillas.


 * Ines: Ah, such an unpleasant word. We prefer to call ourselves 'revolutionaries'.


 * Luis: But what are U.C.S. soldiers like you doing here?


 * Darril: Uh... it's a long story...

[Refugee village]


 * Darril: Where'd that girl go?


 * Renges: She's gone.


 * Darril: That's not good... You think she'll come back to stomp us with her wanzer?


 * Renges: Maybe... Though I still can't figure out why they'd want to kill us.


 * Darril: That's easy. It's because Chaeffer shot a rocket at them. If I was them, I'd kill us, too.


 * Chaeffer: ...


 * Renges: Come on, Darril. You know Chaeffer isn't worth that many bullets. Seriously, if that was the only reason, they wouldn't have come after us this hard.


 * Darril: Yeah, I guess you're right.


 * Luis: What are you talking about?


 * Darril: Oh, nothing.


 * Ines: Then come with us. We need to ask you some questions.

[Talk to Renges:]


 * Renges: We should probably talk to those guerrillas. Maybe they can help us.

[Talk to Chaeffer:]


 * Chaeffer: They all look like nice people... Poor, but nice.

[Talk to Segovia:]


 * Segovia: The people here were driven from their homes by Diaz. Not only did he take all that we had, but he branded some of us 'enemies of the state', for little more than criticizing his tyrannical ways.

[Talk to Aldo:]


 * Aldo: It's not as if this village belongs to la Alianza. We just help them out because they protect us from Diaz and the State Army.


 * Rosina: You want wanzer gear? You couldn't have come at a better time. The wanzersmith is in town today. He must've heard somewhere that Luis and his people were coming here. Why don't you go see if he has anything for you?


 * Rosina: This village may be poor, but we are doing all right. We harvest enough food for everyone, and we even have a school for the children.

[Go to Wanzer Shop]


 * Wanzersmith: Y-you! What are you doing here!?


 * Darril: We went the way you told us to go, and this is where we ended up.


 * Wanzersmith: What...? But that's not possible...


 * Renges: What do you mean? Are you telling us you gave us wrong directions on purpose?


 * Wanzersmith: No, I... Forgive me. I thought that if the U.C.S. came to this village, I would lose business. My biggest customer is la Alianza, you see?


 * Renges: What're we going to do with him?


 * Darril: Well... I guess business is business. No hard feelings. Just don't do it to us again, okay?

[Move to house:]


 * Luis: ... So, you people are U.C.S. supply troops, and you were attacked by the State Army while you were carrying supplies to the main force in Brazil. That is your story?


 * Darril: Yeah, that's right. You're pretty smart, boy.


 * Luis: ...


 * Ines: This 'boy' is the leader of la Alianza, Darril.


 * Darril: What!? But he's barely out of his teens...


 * Luis: Yes, I am still a boy. But what she said is the truth.


 * Renges: The 'young, charismatic leader' of la Alianza, huh?


 * Luis: Enough about me. You people want to go to Brazil, right?


 * Darril: Yeah.


 * Luis: We can take you there if you want.


 * Chaeffer: Cool. We're both fighting the governor, so my enemy's enemy is my ally, right?


 * Luis: The U.C.S. is not our ally! I am only aiding you three because you helped us defend the village.


 * Darril: What's he so mad about?


 * Ines: Maybe soldiers like you haven't been told, but the nations of South America have always been abused by the U.C.S. Central Government--even though we are all equal members of the U.C.S... La Alianza's original goal was to fight U.C.S. oppression.


 * Renges: Then why fight the governor?


 * Luis: Because he was put into power by the U.C.S. That is also why he can seize land and money from the Venezuelan people without punishment. No one wanted a fight with the U.C.S.


 * Darril: Then why did he declare independence from the U.C.S.?


 * Luis: We are unsure, but we heard it might be because the U.C.S. was going to take all the money he stole... As taxes.


 * Ines: The rumor is that he has at least one hundred million dollars hidden away.


 * Chaeffer: Oh, then it's only one-fourth.


 * Ines: What is?


 * Renges: Never mind him.


 * Luis: We have to drive Diaz out of this country, no matter what it takes.


 * Ines: But if the U.C.S. wins this fight, they will only replace him with another puppet. Nothing will change, and the people will be the ones to suffer.


 * Luis: That is enough, Ines. It is not their fight. I will try to find a route that will take you safely to Brazil. Meanwhile, you are free to move around the village. Make yourselves at home.


 * Darril: Thanks. We owe you one.


 * Luis: It is too bad you are not the U.C.S. president. I know exactly how he could repay us.

[Talk to Luis:]


 * Luis: We do not like the U.C.S. much, but we owe you for helping us protect this village. I intend to repay that debt to you however I can.

[Talk to Ines:]


 * Ines: Some of the people here are wanted by the U.C.S. as well...

[Exit house:]


 * Darril: I guess everyone has their own problems...


 * Renges: Well, it's not limited to here. I grew up in a village a lot like this. That's why I promised myself I'd find a way to live the easy life.

[Talk to Renges]


 * Renges: There are poor people all over the world--but we can't go around helping them all, can we?

[Talk to Chaeffer]


 * Chaeffer: I guess they don't like the U.C.S. much around here... I feel like hiding in a hole somewhere...

[Move to school]


 * Darril: Hey, wow. I can't remember the last time I was in school.


 * Child: Who are you, mister?


 * Renges: We're friends of Luis's. Don't mind us.


 * Child: Oh, you know Luis?


 * Teacher: You! What do you think you're doing in here!?


 * Child: Professor!


 * Darril: 'Professor'? A teacher?


 * Teacher: You are the ones who were fighting in the village earlier, aren't you? Well, if the fighting's done, why don't you leave? And take those infernal machines with you!


 * Darril: Hey, take it easy, Teach. If it wasn't for us, this village would have been wiped off the face of the Earth.


 * Teacher: You people are all alike. You think guns are the answer to all problems.


 * Renges: I guess soldiers aren't welcomed here.


 * Teacher: Anyone carrying a gun is scum, I say! Get out!


 * Darril: ...


 * Child: Hey, mister.


 * Chaeffer: Who? Me?


 * Child: Will you play with me?


 * Chaeffer: ...


 * Teacher: ... Go ahead.


 * Chaeffer: ...


 * Darril: Yeah, go ahead.


 * Chaeffer: All right! Let's go!


 * Child: Let's go!


 * Darril: You know, for a teacher... you don't carry yourself like a civilian. Who are you?


 * Teacher: I'm just an ordinary old man.


 * Renges: Really?


 * Teacher: Weren't you ever taught not to ask stupid questions? Besides-- it's none of your business.


 * Darril: ...

[Talk to Teacher:]


 * Teacher: I have nothing more to say to soldiers like you! Leave this village at once!

[Leave school:]


 * Chaeffer: Darril!


 * Darril: What is it? Did that kid hurt himself?


 * Chaeffer: No, he's fine! Just come and look!


 * Darril: Oh-hoh. She's quite a looker.


 * Renges: She doesn't look like she's from around here.


 * Woman: You... You're not from this village, are you? And those uniforms... you're U.C.S. Army.


 * Darril: You're not from this village either, right? What brings you here?


 * Woman: I'm looking for Luis. Is he around?


 * Chaeffer: Luis is in that house over there.


 * Woman: Thanks. Bye.


 * Renges: Who is she?


 * Darril: I don't know... But she's not Venezuelan, either.