Community Event / Creation NPC Dialog Crowdsourcing Project

wstephenson

wstephenson
Here's your chance to increase the diversity of what the NPCs have to say for themselves in game. Post some chatter text for NPCs, along with a bit of context. Example:

"Aww, come one! I'm only hauling Food Cartridges!" - Trader hauling low value cargo, upon interdiction by non-authority ship.

I'll edit the OP as posts come in and try and keep things grouped together.

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wstephenson

wstephenson
"You have no idea who you're messing with. I'm in the <insert criminal faction name here>" - upon interdicting or scanning member of criminal faction.
"Call that a laser? THIS is a laser!" - NPC whose craft has much larger hardpoints than its attacker
"Mother!!!" - Low ranked NPC upon reaching 0% hull
"I'm going to enjoy this much more than you will" - High ranked, high power NPC upon being attacked
"Don't shoot. Here, take this and let me go!" - Low ranked NPC trader with no shields, upon declaring piracy
"I have three wives and ten children back on <insert random nearby system and planet name>" - defenseless/outclassed NPC trader
 

Brixomatic

B
I don't care who you are, but I heard you were looking for that coward [target name] who killed my wing man without warning.
My sources tell me he hides in [system name]. I'd be pleased to see his dead body flying through the void.

You're looking for that traitor [target name]? Well, you're not alone. You might join our search in [target system]. The more people hunt this sucker down the better.

I came to give you a message from [target name]. He's knows you're after him and he'll be waiting for you in [target system] to settle this once and forever. You better pack some big guns, commander.

You must be a maniac to hunt someone as dangerous as [target name], I was stupid enough to try and nearly lost my life. Have a look in [target system], I saw him go there.

Who I am is none of your business. Let's just say I won't be sorry to see [target name] dead but I'm not crazy enough to try it myself. He's been spotted in [target system]. Good luck.

Ah, it's you! My boss told me to give you an update on [target name]. We know for sure he's in [target system]. Now go and do your job!

Hey, you've been hired to kill [target name], not to go sightseeing. Get off your a*se and do your business. He's in [target system]. Now hurry up, he won't be there for too long.

Honorable Commander, my master ordered me to help you by investigating the whereabouts of [target name]. I am glad to tell you that I found some evidence that person was heading to [target system]. Godspeed, Sir!

Greetings Commander. So you are the hired gun, eh? Well, police found [target name] in [target system], but could not take him out. He might still be there. Hurry up!
 

Winterwalker

Winterwalker
"Too much too young", "Oops I did it again", "I am the Walrus", "Let the bodies hit the floor", "Staying Alive!", "I'm too sexy for my <sidewinder>", "16 tons", "How d'you like me now?", "I've never been lost", "I'm on my way to be initiated", "Hope you got insurance 'cos I'm hitting your store!", "I got Jonny Jehovah three times in the face"
 
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Winterwalker

Winterwalker
All who have died are equal (prepare to meet that equilibrium!! mwuhaha)- Comanche
Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it (choose!) - Crow
He who would be great, should not attempt to become so (when so) alone - Seneca
A brave man dies but once, a coward many times (You Commander will die but "soon" tm) - Tribe Unknown
Day (Federation) and Night (Empire) .. cannot dwell together - Duwamish
The moon is (I am) not shamed by the barking of dogs! - Southwest
A starving man will eat with the wolf! - Oklahoma
Any animal knows more than you do - Nez Perce
Listening to a liar is like drinking warm water - Tribe Unknown
Coyote is always out here waiting, Coyote is always hungry - Navajo
It is better to have less thunder in the mouth, and more lightning in the hand - Apache
 
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CdrTwisted

CdrTwisted
Reactions to being fired upon:

Why you no-good, low-down, cotton-picking, Thargoid-ridden, whisky-soused, brandy-snatched, bogey-flicking, lettuce-munching, biowaste-eating, dope-pushing, drabble-writing son of a smear test.

Oh, I say! Steady on.

You, sir, are a cad, sir.

Crikey.

Oh dear. What a bore.

Is this an Adder I see before me?

To be or not to be? You're gonna find out, Horatio.

You scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe!

Ooh, spank me, spank me.

Your fly is undone.

I can see this guy is from a place where they don't have a vaccine for stupidity.
 

wstephenson

wstephenson
Initiating combat:
"Oh, that tickles, do it again" - on a large craft being attacked with good shields with a class 1 laser

Starport Control:
"Don't forget to centre that throttle before the ramp goes down, new guy" - Starport Control when a Harmless player is departing with an axis mapped to throttle.
"Comrade, the next batch of Pearl Whisky requires grain to begin distillation. The Export Committee has authorised double allocations to contributing commanders!" - Eranin Starport Control upon giving docking permission during a Community Goal
"Want us to send up the panel beaters already?" - upon a landing that clangs
"Have you thought about going back to moisture farming?" - bad landing
"Good job they made these Coriolis of unobtanium alloys" - really bad landing
"Safe voyage and fair stellar winds, pilot!" - chipper Starport Control
"Premium docking is at the middle, Your Highness. Only kidding, it's all the same." - Independent Starport Control when an Imperial craft requests docking
"Please see the Inspector of Spacecraft before undocking, pilot" - on arrival of craft with low hull integrity
"You must still have that Beta 1 docking computer firmware" - bad docking computer outcome
 
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wstephenson

wstephenson
"Scratch the paint on this and I'll fold you into an escape capsule!" - Expensive ship in combat or on collision
"Out of my way, little ship." - Large freighter to small ship
"And here are the votes from <insert station name> on your landing: nul points"- Startport Control again
"You can't touch me, I have an Extra Energy Unit!" - overconfident pilot
 

wstephenson

wstephenson
"You can't run forever, you know"
"Charge, dammit! Please, please, charge faster!"
"This is my first day on the job!"
"I just graduated from the Pilots Academy on <insert inhabited world name"
"I'm sorry, I didn't know that <commodity> was illegal in this system"
"This Generation Ship was launched by the Terran Space Agency in 2240 and is bound for <system name>. We come in peace, fleeing environmental degradation of our home planet."
"Generation Ships are protected by law under the United Nations Extrasolar Treaty of 2201. Any interference with this vessel or its occupants will invite future retribution by the combined Human governments of Earth, Sol!"
"This occupied escape pod is protected under general interstellar law. Please cease scanning as disruption may be caused to the life support system, and if you are not able to render assistance, please transmit its coordinates to the nearest starport."
"Have you seen what a plasma ball does to a <insert shipname here>?"
"My other ship is a Viper and I'm coming after you as soon as this pod docks"
"Submit to interdiction and no harm will come to you"
"Ships fitted with cargo scanners are not welcome in this system. Return to your point of origin. Do not leave the vicinity of <insert main star name>"
"Looks like that thruster unit could use a service. Saves me and my buddies having to pick you up in your escape capsule"
"That's a nice cargo of Agri-Medicines, Crop Harvesters and Robotics. I'll have that!"
 

Winterwalker

Winterwalker
"Just what do you think you're doing, (Dave)?"
"I said, 'and hear all proper. Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones'""
"They're gonna collect your body in an ice cream van."
"I want verbals with you... "
"I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one other"
"Anything worth living through, is worth dying for."
"What the hell does it mean to disappear somebody?"
"That's right, sir. You've probably been dead all this time. We just didn't detect it."
"You're as good as dead. That's the basic flaw in your philosophy."
"If you're gonna be dumb, you'd better be tough!"
"Get off your butt and join the Marines!"
"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."
"I am not made for defeat."
 
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zenoic

Z
"That cargo looks heavy, can I help you with it?"
"Did you know that <cargo> is illegal? Drop some and I'll help you sell it."
"Carefully mate there's a pirate/cop patrolling near <station name\planet name>."
"Would you care for some protection in this system, its a dangerous place. Cheap at just 1 container"
"Drop a canister of <commodity> and I'll forget you were here."
 

wstephenson

wstephenson
Great lines peeps, keep them coming!

"Keep it together, you old crate!"
"One more run, and I'm retiring"
"I could spot the EM emissions from that bucket of bolts from two systems away. Now whatever it is you're smuggling, hand it over"
"I have powerful friends in this system."
"You fancy-pants Pilots Federation members flew right through this system until they started building a new station. Now you're jetting in, buying up Type 9s and squeezing us locals out of the rewards!"
"I'm a collector of rare goods, and you look like you've come from a long way away..."
"This is a local outpost, for local people"
 

Ram Paige

Ram Paige
The problem with many of these is that they're not procedural. The NPCs are neither persistent nor do they have any kind of situational awareness. They can only mutter a non-specific threat or statement.

None of this logic will work.
 

Ekar

Ekar
Ram Paige said:
The problem with many of these is that they're not procedural. The NPCs are neither persistent nor do they have any kind of situational awareness. They can only mutter a non-specific threat or statement.

None of this logic will work.
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Game should be able to tell whether a small ship is firing on a large one, look in a list of nearby systems/planets, know what kind of cargo a player has- ("Drop a canister of <commodity> and I'll forget you were here."), etc. A lot of good writing here imo and we need more in the way of context sensitive communication. Give the AI a sense that they actually have a clue about what's going on, that they're making decisions based on the immediate situation.

Good stuff, love to see some of this make it into the game

Mephane said:
"Stop exploding you cowards" - transport pilot when one of their escorts is destroyed in combat.
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:D

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