Trev MUN
09-06-2004, 12:02 PM
http://www.adultimum.net/studio/gallery/audio/Voices_From_Deus_Ex_-_Xavier's_Death.ogg
A few days ago, while I was (and still am, heh) waiting on AU: B-SV VAs to send in lines for Section 1, I talked to Lucien about doing a small side project thing in the interim -- a re-enactment of a scene in Deus Ex the player never gets to see, but instead experiences through a datacube (something like our PDAs) recording.
The basic rundown, spoiler-free (I'll have a spoiler text at the end of this post, spoilerized in the murky spoilerness of course): Xavier V is a United States Army soldier -- the player finds his body towards the very end of the game, and beside it, a datacube that recorded his final moments alive. The facility Xavier works at was overrun by enemies that were unknown to him (and to the datacube recording too, heh).
NEW DATACUBE TRANSCRIPT
BEGIN TIMECODE 19:57:48
RECORDING BEGINS ]]]NOW[[[
XV: dammit dammit dammit where's the goddamned clip goddamn it who the
hell are these guys? Okay, two clips of 762 and maybe... three clips
of 10... where am I going to go? Don't think, don't think, that'll
get you killed, just get out. Everything comes next. Okay? Okay?
Let's move, Xavier, move move move...
(unidentified noises)
XV: Christ -- you want some of this? Have some come on come on come
on I'm not going to die here I'm not -- hgggggk --
XV: ... I... I...
??: He's recording.
??: Deactivate it.
Re-enacting this would allow Lucien to flex his voicebox of awesomeness, and would also give me an opportunity to try my hand at mixing, something I haven't done that much of.
He was up for it, and yesterday gave me the lines for it -- aaand, this is the final product:
This was mixed with Sound Recorder. Yes, Sound Recorder. Most of the sound effects are from Deus Ex (as would be expected), but there is a wide range of sources where I got sounds, cut them up, blended them, mixed them together to make original stuff.
Anyway, enjoy!
THE FOLLOWING IS THE SPOILER TEXT EXPLAINING JUST WHAT'S GOING ON. DON'T READ UNLESS YOU WANT THE ENTIRE GAME SPOILED FOR YOU!
[spoiler:584ea34414]Xavier was part of the U.S. Army personnel attached to Area 51. By the time of Deus Ex, Area 51 was a U.N. installation, not just U.S. On top of that, multibillionares like Bob Page were getting their hands into the pie.
Bob Page, formerly a member of the Illuminati (in Deus Ex, a shadowy alliance of rich corporate men and women, influencing and controlling the world) before he broke ties and formed Majestic 12, a paramilitary group with a similar goal -- total domination.
By the endgame, Bob Page's plans were nearly complete -- He retreated into Area 51's most secure underground sectors to implement the plan. The U.S. troops not directly attached to MJ12 (although an international group with a significant presence in places such as France, the organization was predominantly American in nature) were considered a security liability and were executed on sight. That is the fate Xavier unfortunately becomes a part of -- caught in the middle and being killed for reasons unknown to him.[/spoiler:584ea34414]
A few days ago, while I was (and still am, heh) waiting on AU: B-SV VAs to send in lines for Section 1, I talked to Lucien about doing a small side project thing in the interim -- a re-enactment of a scene in Deus Ex the player never gets to see, but instead experiences through a datacube (something like our PDAs) recording.
The basic rundown, spoiler-free (I'll have a spoiler text at the end of this post, spoilerized in the murky spoilerness of course): Xavier V is a United States Army soldier -- the player finds his body towards the very end of the game, and beside it, a datacube that recorded his final moments alive. The facility Xavier works at was overrun by enemies that were unknown to him (and to the datacube recording too, heh).
NEW DATACUBE TRANSCRIPT
BEGIN TIMECODE 19:57:48
RECORDING BEGINS ]]]NOW[[[
XV: dammit dammit dammit where's the goddamned clip goddamn it who the
hell are these guys? Okay, two clips of 762 and maybe... three clips
of 10... where am I going to go? Don't think, don't think, that'll
get you killed, just get out. Everything comes next. Okay? Okay?
Let's move, Xavier, move move move...
(unidentified noises)
XV: Christ -- you want some of this? Have some come on come on come
on I'm not going to die here I'm not -- hgggggk --
XV: ... I... I...
??: He's recording.
??: Deactivate it.
Re-enacting this would allow Lucien to flex his voicebox of awesomeness, and would also give me an opportunity to try my hand at mixing, something I haven't done that much of.
He was up for it, and yesterday gave me the lines for it -- aaand, this is the final product:
This was mixed with Sound Recorder. Yes, Sound Recorder. Most of the sound effects are from Deus Ex (as would be expected), but there is a wide range of sources where I got sounds, cut them up, blended them, mixed them together to make original stuff.
Anyway, enjoy!
THE FOLLOWING IS THE SPOILER TEXT EXPLAINING JUST WHAT'S GOING ON. DON'T READ UNLESS YOU WANT THE ENTIRE GAME SPOILED FOR YOU!
[spoiler:584ea34414]Xavier was part of the U.S. Army personnel attached to Area 51. By the time of Deus Ex, Area 51 was a U.N. installation, not just U.S. On top of that, multibillionares like Bob Page were getting their hands into the pie.
Bob Page, formerly a member of the Illuminati (in Deus Ex, a shadowy alliance of rich corporate men and women, influencing and controlling the world) before he broke ties and formed Majestic 12, a paramilitary group with a similar goal -- total domination.
By the endgame, Bob Page's plans were nearly complete -- He retreated into Area 51's most secure underground sectors to implement the plan. The U.S. troops not directly attached to MJ12 (although an international group with a significant presence in places such as France, the organization was predominantly American in nature) were considered a security liability and were executed on sight. That is the fate Xavier unfortunately becomes a part of -- caught in the middle and being killed for reasons unknown to him.[/spoiler:584ea34414]