The VOX system is an incredibly rarely used system, mostly due to its unwieldiness.
Nonetheless I find the rare times it is used, it is a highly thematic system, and it tends to gain the attention of all Marine forces, far more than regular announcements.
My suggestion would be to allow the Commander (likely WL commanders to avoid excessive abuse, but aCO’s may be allowed as well depending on admin thoughts) to be able to type out VOX messages akin to how staff do so, with the exception they can only send it to USCM forces. The VOX message itself would be the ‘military’ theme, not the civilian one.
I believe this would not only be a good CIC tool to better direct the Marines attention, but it’d help enhance the immersion of the game and add more unique interactions that CIC can give the Marines.
The VOX is a bit hard to handle in terms of finding the right words, but I think this would only encourage creativity on the players part.
“warning hostile force breach detected in base all personnel report to area and prosecute”
“warning warning hostile biological forms in medical”
“attention this area is now under military command”
EDIT: Link to a youtube video which shows us the VOX voice available in-game. Essentially admins currently can create custom entrances using the voices in the video.
I’d be quite happy to write out a Google-Doc list of every word and alarm sound the VOX can generate to make it easier for COs/XOs to prepare statements in the system.
Why not have both? I think command and SLs would benefit alot if they have TTS, especially at the front, where the average ungabrain are too distracted to read what the SL said, and perhaps at briefing too.
In game we have a vox system where staff can write words out that are audibly spoken. The current system has two voices, the first is the Half Life 1 announcer, the second is the Black Mesa military announcer.
Essentially the audio in the video below is what the VOX can do in-game.