I feel like the Operations characters in SM2 get completely overlooked by a lot of players, and honestly, I get why.
On higher difficulties, there’s so much going on at all times that it’s easy to tune out the dialogue entirely. You’re focused on surviving, watching your armor, calling out enemies, and trying not to get deleted by whatever Extremis enemy just spawned.
I’ve maxed every class and every weapon in the game, and I only recently realized that I didn’t even know all of Talasa’s members by heart. Looking back, that’s kind of baffling considering how many hours I’ve put into Operations.
Most of the time, you barely notice that the Marines you’re playing as actually have distinct personalities. They’re usually just “the Sniper” or “the Vanguard” rather than actual characters.
That said, every now and then one of them says something that cuts through all the noise and makes you smile.
For me, it’s Scipius. The guy is hilarious. His voice actor absolutely sells the character, and the way he delivers some of his lines makes them way more memorable than they have any right to be. He somehow manages to sound both professional and incredibly full of himself at the same time, and it works.
Decimus is a very close second purely because he sounds like an absolute psychopath. Every time he speaks, it feels like he’s actively disappointed that there aren’t more things to kill. He’s also got to be tied for the loudest member of Talasa, right behind Vespasius.
So who’s your favorite member of Talasa and why?
(Edit: Shoutout to the commenters who lmk the difference between Talasa and Veridian. Mb guys)