Will voice comms be openly audible in open, public spaces like bars (ie. can I listen in for intel) and will it be possible to overhear voice comms when carrying out EW activities in my Sentinel or Herald?asked by Starswift
TL;DRRoberts says voice chat is planned to be in-world so nearby people can overhear it, and electronic warfare ships are meant to intercept communications, though broadcasts can be muted.
Yeah, I mean if we have VOIP which we do plan to have and we're going to have it diegetic so it's in the universe so to speak. So, you know if I'm talking to Thomas, he's on the other side of the camera here, and you're sitting over here *indicates to his right* you'll hear me situationally talk to him. I guess people could make sure to be careful about eavesdropping or try to find other communication methods to trade dastardly plots or whatever. You will also be able to overhear voice comms – one of the whole points of electronic warfare kind of setup like things like the Sentinel or the Herald is all about being able to sort of intercept communications. So, you'll be able to do that and I think there will be a certain case like when you're flying in space you can channel the comms to just to be to the person you want to talk to or you can just broadcast a comm too and if you broadcast it, everyone can hear it. Of course, anyone on their side can say, 'nope, I don't want to hear broadcast comms'. So, anyway that's the plan.