Notes

• events are generated from basically everywhere in the AI system
• there is a hierarchical ordering of priorities
  • some a priori knowledge of which are the rarest triggers, so they have a higher priority
  • try to pick actors which the player can see, and events to talk about which the player probably noticed
• events can pick from multiple different dialogue possibilities, for example if a grunt in a stationary turret kills a marine
  • grunt says "kill you, human"
  • sarge says "keep it steady, marines, we'll beat them" - custom for group of marines
  • a nearby marine screams "no! you covenant bastards!" - custom by killer's race
  • another marine shouts "someone take that thing out!" - custom by damage type
• dialogue is only for the player's benefit, all AI coordination and communication happens inaudibly through other channels (but often causes dialogue events when it does happen)