Later on in the course of events when the Citadel destabilizes again, the dispatch for Civil Protection units remains the same as in Half-Life 2 which could mean that Civil Protection have a separate dispatch system. The nonsensical directions continue during and after this event though. Confiscation field failure, Deploy, diagnose, dissect. Security alert, counter-resonance singularity device detected. However, when Freeman goes through a confiscation field beyond a red evacuation room, which supercharges his gravity gun, she does manage to declare an alert, the same as when Gordon falls from a pod into a similar field during Half-Life 2 "Security alert, unregistered weapons detected confiscation field engaged. All of her statements, such as "Warning bypass detected" and "Deploy, diagnose, deploy, diagnose, resonant singularity, resonant singularity" are reused from City 17 broadcasts, some Citadel broadcasts, and some are possibly from Nova Prospekt. Inside the Citadelher voice is slowed down, looping, and is generally confused and detached she issues long strings of nonsensical directives that are clearly being ignored by the soldiers still present, which adds to the feeling that the Citadel's functions are failing. The last soldier in the unit will call "Outbreak! They also have notification phrases such as "Overwatch, request reserve activation! In Episode Onethe tone of the Overwatch Voice changes drastically.
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#Half life announcer text to speech code#
Whether or not the transmission is intended for receipt and processing by the Overwatch Voice, Overwatch Soldiers use a code phrase to signal that some force has broken through their guard. Parallels can be drawn between the Overwatch Voice and the telescreen news announcer in the film version of Nineteen Eighty-Fourwho serves a similar role and is somewhat similar to the Overwatch Voice in terms of voice. Some of her announcements also display the coercive and violent tactics used by the Combine to ensure conformity. The voice uses a type of medically-inspired Newspeak to describe resistance activity in the context of a bacterial infection and treatment. Her disjointed speech, similar to that of telephone banking systems, and ability to apparently broadcast to more than one location at once suggests that she is an artificially intelligent computer system. Almost certainly artificial in origin, the voice will usually issue warnings of resistance infiltration or instructions to nearby units in a distinctive flat, clinical tone. Her role, while small, also offers significant insight into the inner workings of the Combine. The Overwatch Voice sometimes simply referred to as Overwatch in-game, is an Artificial Intelligence device with a female voice that broadcasts orders to Civil Protection units via their communication radios, as well as via local PA systems.