npc chat

Dear FDev, Please move NPC chatter lines into their own chat channel. Just like we have "Local", and "System" as chat channels, please make one called "NPC" and allow us to mute it if need be. Trying to direct chat/whisper with actual people becomes so much more frustrating when you have NPC...

Not sure if this was covered already- I didn't see any related threads in search or the first page. I think there's a missed opportunity by the devs to make the NPC messages more...interesting as well as affect NPC ship behavior with witty comebacks. The commander has to type the phrases exactly...