Manufacturer-specific computer voices

[Feelitmon]

What is the feasibility of having a different computer voice for each manufacturer's line of ships?

Another game that does a great job of establishing corporate identity--while taking the idea to extremes, as it does with everything else--is the FPS Borderlands 2. Folks have posted some great videos to YouTube about those--for example, compare the Maliwan corporation's radio ads vs. the Torgue ads. Again, Borderlands is about as subtle as a sledgehammer, so I'm not suggesting that Elite Dangerous go to the same extreme, LOL.

Quick lore aside about accents. I would guess that inexpensive superluminal travel gives the world of Elite a "tradespeak" accent that is common to most pilots and crew, while station personnel who travel less often might have more regional or faction-specific accents. Does that sound about right?

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Feelitmon
"In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius." - Walter Bagehot

 

[Thrace Fulton]

It's interesting to note that they've already implemented "regional" voice accents within the station PA messages. I imagine getting similarly variable voices for ship communications is just a matter of budget allocation. Although they'd be more likely to base them on ship manufacturer and not faction, any variation would be great.

+1 - I'd love to see (hear) it happen!

 

[Sab3rr]

I like this idea. Will make the ships you choose to buy feel more special and give them character.