This came up in the Roleplaying forum, but thought it should be mentioned here.

Us lonely pilots out there flying around in our ships... ALONE... need something to keep us company, a pleasant reliable voice that keeps us sane... We need a mission computer to talk to us.

It also needs its own volume control in the sound options. I understand this would require some effort on the part of the Devs to get people to do voices, but you might be able to get members of the community to volunteer. A variety of voices would be nice. Faction specific at least, if not ship specific (the bus should have a harsh computer voice... or a very sweet voice to entice n00bs).

like the Heart of Gold/Marvin.

Dear lord I need to read that book again, I can't remember names hardly. Marvin is right, right? or Martin...

Marvin the Paranoid Android sounds right.

The Heart of Gold was the ship, and its computer was named Eddie.

Marvin was the perpetually depressed robot.

The book was "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

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I understand this would require some effort on the part of the Devs to get people to do voices, but you might be able to get members of the community to volunteer.
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I'd volunteer.

Me 3 !! OOhhhh id love to hear me in a game, and no, I dont sound like Yoda, heh.

Taking the voices from the community would be a great idea - and there's lots that could be done to the voices to make them sound in a certain way - even down to matching a particular situation. Low shields for instance, or fast incoming targets.

Voices are nice. Unfortunately it raises a lot of issues and is more costly than some might believe. I would put this far down on my wish list.