[Calling Community Support] Brainstorm and Voice NPC Ships

We have discussed in another thread about the ryuvian falcons and I think they might be ai piloted so id recommend a computerised voice, similar to ravens in starcraft 2

I guess an idea could be 'Falcon online' when the falcon is selected or 'Delivering Payload' for when kinetics are fired.

Or maybe all of Avas lines slightly ajusted and in a robotic voice

Here are some of my suggestions based on your theme. It might not be what you wanted but I tried

I'm glad I could help

I'm assuming that you're looking for lines similar to the union frigates for the union battleship

I took some influence from the frigates with theses line

I think we deserve a raise - kill
I'll be expecting a bonus captain - firing
Our Lasers are not designed for combat! - firing
Remeber, this is a mining vessel... - move forwards 

Been busy the last week brainstorming more lines and profiles for ships.
Next on my list is the Alliance Support Cruiser, otherwise known as the shield ships deployed in the battle for Cera.
I thought a meaty voice for such a bulwark of a role would be appropriate.
This is the draft:


Next on my list is another Support, the dreaded Pact Support.
This Ryder has a no weapons, but plenty of debuffs.
I imagine them to have something of a sneaky, or sabateur personality.
Lots of room for contributions here.

When it comes to debuffs, Do you plan to have plans to have specific lines for each debuff that the Support can inflict or just have every debuff have the same lines?

If the former is true I have some more ideas. Attempted a slightly different theme here.

flakk off: 'Missiles may now travel with impunity.'
flakk off: 'Enemy flakk net is vulnerable, don't let my hard work be for nothing!'
shutdown: 'Shield generators are nonfunctional. You're welcome by the way.'

As far as I know, the only "event" that triggers a debuff line is merely 'Cur':["Directory/Line1.ogg", etc. meaning, the 'Cur' function is a catch-all when applying a curse, the in-code name for applying a debuff.
In layman's terms, I don't think there are specific lines for individual debuffs. If there were, that could be pretty fun, especially for something as specialized as the PACT Support.
Resident modder bigfoot or programmer Vaendryl might know for sure.

There are actually a number of voice lines that aren't used anymore, such as when making an illegal move, or insufficient energy. In MoA there lines for shooting down missiles too, when that was an animation.
Missiles also had an extra line when firing the last stock, but I think that was just rolled into the regularly used pool when LibDay english voices were patched in. Which is why sometimes you'll hear Ava saying missiles are dry.
Something I wish we had lines for is Grav Gun usage. Unfortunately, I don't think there's a event for that in the code, and even if there were, Claude doesn't have lines for it.

I'm pretty much just interested in getting more personality into the NPC ships. It's a tribute for how well the VOs played their roles, that the NPCs feel almost incomplete in comparison.
And if I can get contributions from the fans into the mod, that proves just how cool Sunrider is to a lot of people.

I noticed that you dont have any lines for the union battleships gravity cannon.

I see some issues with the weapon as it can be used both offensively and defensively. So the weapon would require a small modification to trigger different voice lines depending on if the target is an ally or an enemy. 

In terms of voice lines. I'd recommend that the gravity gun is split into two different categories one offensively against enemies and one defensively to help allies. I think this would allow you to add more personality to the ship. 

Depending on how the voice line is triggered it might be easier to split the weapon into two as well but I doubt this would be necessary.