Transcripts

LOCATION: (Start of Game) (Optional) (In Game) Training

(After learning how to walk and run.)
Lara: The exit's up there, but how am I going to get to it?
(Lara finds a button.)
Lara: It looks as if I need to shoot that, but it's rather low...
(She uses a computer to help her reach the door.)
Lara: At last - a way to reach the exit.

LOCATION: (Start of Game) ​(In Game) Scotland - A Discreet Entrance

(Start of level. A message appears on screen to tell the story.)
In Game Message: Lara Croft has grown suspicious of her anonymous employer's intentions and tracked down his wheareabouts to a castle in the Scottish Highlands. Opting for a covert approach she has gained entrance through an unguarded ventilation shaft.
Lara: The last recorded owner of this place was William Bryce Drummond, The Earl of Rothshire, but he was born in 1875.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Machine Room

(Start of level. A message appears on screen to tell the story.)
In Game Message: The ancient castle has been modified with a complex system of elevators and security doors.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Lobby

(Lara makes an observation.)
Lara: Okay, so this quaint Scottish castle is protected by hovering robot armed with laser guns...I'm glad I didn't knock the door now.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Kennels

(Start of level. A message appears on screen to tell the story.)
In Game Message: Lara quickly moves to another part of the building.
Lara: That defence robot has probably alerted someone to my presence.
(Lara soon notices something bad.)
Lara: That floors looks electrified.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Museum

(Start of level. A message appears on screen to tell the story.)
In Game Message: An elevator takes Lara up a floor.
(Lara uses a computer.)
In Game Message: A message flashes across the screen as Lara accesses the terminal: "INTRUDER DETECTED ON LEVEL C".

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - Storeroom

(Start of level. A message appears on screen to tell the story.)
In Game Message: Lara ducks into a store room.
Lara: Well, someone definitely knows I'm here now.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - Storeroom

(Lara finds a yellow card.)
Lara: This looks like a security card. Might be useful.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Library

(Start of level. A message appears on screen to tell the story.)
In Game Message: Lara enters a series of rooms which seem to show signs of habitation.
(Lara uses a computer.)
In Game Message: Another security message on the terminal screen. This one reads: "SECURITY ALERT! INTRUDER NOW ON LEVEL D".

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Library

(Lara finds a bit of paper.)
Lara: A computer printout. The information on this could be important...

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Computer Room

(Lara becomes a little stuck.)
Lara: Hmmm, a dead end. But I've searched everywhere else. Maybe I missed something?

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - Below Ground

(Start of level. A message appears on screen to tell the story.)
In Game Message: I knew there was more to this place than meets the eye. I must be below ground level now.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - Below Ground

(Lara finds a roll of papers on the ground.)
Lara: A set of blueprints. An examination of these is definitely worth my time...

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Great Halls

(Start of level. A message appears on screen to tell the story.)
In Game Message: Lara continues to explore the secret rooms of the castle.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Great Halls

(Lara tries a door.)
Lara: It's locked.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Underground Complex

(Start of level. A message appears on screen to tell the story.)
In Game Message: The underground complex is huge, but now that Lara is convinced her employer is here, she carries on.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Underground Complex

(Lara picks up an item.)
Lara: Looks like a discarded disk. I wonder if there's anything useful on here...

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Underground Complex

(Lara uses a computer.)
In Game Message: Suddenly a voice broadcasts from the terminal's speaker: "Miss Croft, I presume you have brought my items?"
Lara: Yes, but I'm not entirely sure I should give them to you after being shot at.
In Game Message: Lara continues in defiance.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Liftshaft

(Start of level. A message appears on screen to tell the story.)
In Game Message: Lara continues, unsure now if she is above or below ground level.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Liftshaft

(Lara uses a computer.)
In Game Message: The voice from the terminal again: "There really is no point you carrying on. Your chances of surviving are miniscule, at best."
Lara: I like short odds.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Liftshaft

(Lara approaches a computer.)
In Game Message: The voice: "I'm warning you Miss Croft, cease this foolishness!"
Lara: Whatever.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Liftshaft

(Lara approaches another computer.)
In Game Message: The voice: "This is your last chance, give me my artefacts and I will let you live!".
In Game Message: Lara ignores the broadcast and continues on.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Ventilation Shaft

(Lara picks up a card.)
Lara: Another security card. This one looks important.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - Access Tunnels

(Start of level. A message appears on screen to tell the story.)
In Game Message: Lara finds herself in a complex maze of corridors and ventilation shafts.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Control Chamber

(Start of level. A message appears on screen to tell the story.)
In Game Message: Emerging from the ventilation shafts Lara finds herself in a heavily guarded complex of machinery and computer terminals.

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Control Chamber

(Lara picks up a PDA.)
Lara: Something this well guarded is well worth investigating further...

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Control Chamber

(Lara picks up a diskette.)
Lara: Looks like some kind of diagnostic software. There's something printed on it... "Use with caution. Risk of shutdown."

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Control Chamber

(Lara uses a diagnostic disk in a computer.)
In Game Message: This disk boots and the screen displays the message: "DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE INITIATED - SHUTTING DOWN TERMINAL"

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Control Chamber

(Lara uses another diagnostic disk in a computer.)
In Game Message: A warning message appears on the monitor: "DANGER - CRYOGENIC STABILITY IN JEOPARDY - SYSTEM REBOOT REQUIRED"

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Control Chamber

(Lara uses another diagnostic disk in a computer.)
In Game Message: A warning message appears on the monitor: "CRITICAL WARNING - CRYOGENIC FAILURE IMMINENT"

LOCATION: (In Game) Scotland - The Control Chamber

(Lara enters room where a tank sits, with a computer beside it. Inside the tank is a brain.)
In Game Message: Lara enters a small room beyond the mainframe complex. A lone terminal speaks as she arrives "Miss Croft, I implore you to reinitiate the cryogenic procedure, otherwise Mr Drummond will be lost forever."
Lara: So the Earl was the last owner, and it seems he's still here, or at least what remains of him; protected by a high tech security system and a jumped up voice synthesizer. Well I'm sorry m'Lord, but after what your techno-castle just threw at me I'm just not in the mood to give you the key to eternal life.
(She uses the computer beside the tank.)
In Game Message: An alarm sounds and a message is broadcast: "Underground complex containment procedure initiated. Evacuation required within 5 minutes."
Lara: If this place is being sealed off then I know just where to leave the other artefacts I recovered for his Lordship.

LOCATION: (End of Game) Scotland

​(A picture of a castle appears on the screen with a message underneath it.)
In Game Message: Lara escapes before the security systems completely seal off the castle's secret rooms, leaving the Osiris Codex and the Urn of Cinnabar buried within them for ever. The End.