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- tweaking /cutting the names out of the sound files, where appropriate. For instance, if we could get "Dimitri" out of Ira's "Good show, Dimitri !", we could use that new sound for anyone else. I'm no sound specialist so I cannot comment on the feasibility. It may also not work for all the cases. For instance, Raider and Raven's lines could hardly apply to anyone else. But aren't we trying to get the most of finite resources ? :-)

- regarding your *bleep* sound idea, using one of the merc's pain grunt sound effects might be appropriate for text related to hated mercs. It's not perfect and won't never equal a voiced text, but I think it's better than either nothing or a moreless random sound/music. Otherwise, silence is the way to go.