Appreciation of the new Jackal & CDA Commanders


(Shinywindow) #1

I just want to thank SD for putting their time into the new voicelines. It’s significantly less frustrating to be berated by these two after a match, and they’ve got new personalities too.

You can check for the voicelines yourself in Dirty Bomb\ShooterGame\Localization\INT

Some voicelines are based on performance. The faster you win/lose, the more enthusiastic/harsh each commander will sound.

These are my favorite voicelines:
Jackal:

  • [Train killing everybody] If you can look down and see tracks I would move right now.
  • We have the Detonators, they have Jack’all.
  • And we have their airship. Our airship, I mean. Ours now.
  • We have the HoloDrive. Fine work, Gentlemen, Ladies, boys, girls, Phantom.
  • Oh look, CDA facility just blew up big. Nothing shady going on in there, oh no.
  • Rock hard at the Dock Yard. I like it.
  • Splosh Drainage. Fine work.
  • Another victory for Jackal. Arooh.
  • [Failing to flood Underground] I was hoping for some “Noah” action but… no action.
  • Repair the lovely EV, why don’t you?
  • Maybe I should buy a yacht.
  • What happens underground STAYS underground.
  • Time’s up. You failed you ballsed it up you caught it up good and proper. It’s disaster. Snafoo. Catastrophe. I’m covered in misery. The ashes of disappointment are bitter in my mouth. You’ve embarassed me. You’ve embarassed yourself. You let down the entire mercenary profession. Fuck me.
  • Oh ouch. Yeah. Let’s hope you can steamroller them like they just did to you.

CDA:

  • Fine work. CDA is happy. And Jackal is FURIOUS.
  • Jackal slinking away with their tails between their legs.
  • [underground flooded] Oh look, the Thames is here. Not the plan. CDA not happy.
  • Whoops. Thames Time.
  • [Sarcastically] Niiiice work.
  • CDA in Jackal’s FACE.
  • They got away with…the thing. Not good.
  • Boaty McBoatface to you too. We can’t let Jackal get away with this. Except you just did.
  • They stole our Airship! CDA Airships don’t grow on trees you know?
  • Jackal have our Detonators. Which is nice.
  • Rail Carriages destroyed. Which was rather the point of hiring you. To stop that happening. Which it just did.
  • That…that’s not good. You didn’t just see that. Forget all about it.
  • Fuck me, look at THAT.
  • Defuse that C4! Are you asleep?
  • Nice work. Client’s happy. As are the…you know… dead people.

Notes:
It looks like Jackal Commander had combat voice lines at some point.
There’s also mention of a recon Merc called Snoop. Someone mentioned this was Aimee’s original name.
Looking through the voice lines, it appears the CDA Commander drinks on the job - hence her lax demeanor and sarcastic responses. I think it’d be neat if you could hear her popping a bottle in celebration every time CDA wins quickly, or chugging down every time you lose spectacularly.
The Jackal Commander is socially awkward and gets surprised when his team wins. I’d like to think based on his voicelines about body hair and howling that he’s either a furry or mutating into a werewolf from London’s radiation.


(Shinywindow) #2

Some extra notes:
Dirty Bomb has done something amazing with it’s commanders: personality. Similar games like TF2, Overwatch, Counterstrike etc haven’t given their announcers/commanders anything that Dirty Bomb has.

Somebody on reddit mentioned that they’d like to have the Mercs have new voicelines. As great as it is, I don’t think SD is in a financial situation to re-hire the original voice actors. Instead, I propose a cheaper idea.

Instead of new voicelines for the Mercs, Jackal/CDA will talk about each Merc instead.

Jackal/CDA could read over MercServ files, talk directly to the Mercs, and comment on character relationships (Aimee/Proxy, Aura/Sparks, /Sawbonez/Arty, Thunder/Medics etc).

Examples:

  • if Aimee revives Proxy, CDA/Jackal could ask if the two have made up since their last incident.
  • If Fragger reaches the top score on a winning team, CDA/Jackal could tell him his mom says hello and brought over some baked goods and aromatic candles.
  • If Vassili reaches the top score on a winning team, CDA/Jackal could stutter in disbelief.
  • CDA/Jackal could comment on earned badges. Congratulating you in praise or fear with Godlike, Melee Sprees, and Objective Completion.

(HammerOfDawn21) #3

New lines are much better than the previous ones.
Sploosh drainage, looks like somebody had too much pun while while recording this.


(Your worst knifemare.) #4

Every time everyone on your team except you is a sniper your commander should say “welcome to hell my friend.”


(CyberVonCyberus) #5

well, looks like the jackal commander took anger management lessons since the update seeing how cool he is now as opposed to the madman who swears at everyone all the time.

meanwhile, the CDA commander might’ve started spiraling into depression because of all the stress caused by constant jackal attacks and her employees being scrubs and now she started drinking and lashing out on her mercs.


(Brycko) #6

I love the commanders. They’re fucking hilarious.

But i’ve given up calling them ‘CDA Commander’ and ‘Jackal Commander’. Its a goddamned mouthful. I’ve started calling them ‘Jack’ (the Jackal Commander) and ‘Snoop’ (the CDA Commander, since its no longer taken by Aimee).


(AlbinMatt) #7

Dunno if this is relevant information, but the voice actors for Jackie boi and CDA lady also contributed as the two narrators of Tempo (Aziz and​ Major Grant). I wonder if this means anything​.

For all we know, the whole plot of Dirty Bomb came from a messy divorce or something.


(Prince_Amiz) #8

I love that you’ve collected all of them here … been looking up for a video of all those lines but couldn’t find one …
If you Putnam in one , it’ll be a major hit …
Big fan :smile:


(FalC_16) #9

You forgot the most hilaroius jackal commander voice line…“CDA wins…Jackal… doesn’t…” :smiley:


(Prince_Amiz) #10

I love that you’ve collected all of them here … been looking up for a video of all those lines but couldn’t find one …
If you Putnam in one


(K1X455) #11

seems like someone used the search button


(AlbinMatt) #12

Necrosis Threadum!


(Your worst knifemare.) #13

Oh a revived thread?

“Jackal is jackaling pretty hard right now.”


([ *O.C.B.* ] Wildcard) #14

@Lord_Coctus said:
Oh a revived thread?

“Jackal is jackaling pretty hard right now.”

Indeed * Channeling Nixon from Futurama * Aroo!


(ThunderZsolt) #15

When I’ve seen the thread, my first thought was:
Wait, what? When did Shinywindow return to DB?
Then I realized that this is just a necro. I miss that maniac laughter :’(