diff --git a/app/composables/useRadioSpeech.ts b/app/composables/useRadioSpeech.ts
index 4ad395a..3ef34f2 100644
--- a/app/composables/useRadioSpeech.ts
+++ b/app/composables/useRadioSpeech.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import useCommunicationsEngine from '../../shared/utils/communicationsEngine'
 import { loadPizzicatoLite } from '../../shared/utils/pizzicatoLite'
 import type { PizzicatoLite } from '../../shared/utils/pizzicatoLite'
 import { createNoiseGenerators, getReadabilityProfile } from '../../shared/utils/radioEffects'
+import { controllerPersonaFor, transmissionSpeed } from '../../shared/utils/voicePool'
 import { pmLog } from '../../shared/utils/pmLog'
 import { useSpeechInterrupt } from '~/composables/useSpeechInterrupt'
 import {
@@ -96,6 +97,26 @@ export function useRadioSpeech(
 
   const speechSpeedLabel = computed(() => `${speechSpeed.value.toFixed(2)}x`)
 
+  /**
+   * The persona of whoever staffs the currently tuned frequency. Keyed by
+   * session + airport + position + frequency: within a session a position keeps
+   * one consistent controller, a new session sounds like a different shift.
+   */
+  const activeControllerPersona = () => {
+    const entry = tunedStationEntry()
+    const key = [
+      engineSessionId.value || flags.value.session_id || 'default',
+      airportName.value || 'APT',
+      entry?.type || 'TWR',
+      entry?.frequency || frequencies.value.active || '',
+    ].join(':')
+    return controllerPersonaFor(key)
+  }
+
+  /** Controller pace: user speed setting × persona base pace × per-call jitter. */
+  const controllerSpeed = (baseSpeed: number) =>
+    Math.max(0.5, Math.min(2.0, speechSpeed.value * transmissionSpeed(baseSpeed)))
+
   const prepareSpeech = (tpl: string): PreparedSpeech => {
     const plain = renderATCMessage(tpl)
     const normalized = normalizeATCText(tpl, { ...vars.value, ...flags.value })
@@ -226,7 +247,9 @@ export function useRadioSpeech(
     const watchdog = setTimeout(() => abort.abort(), TTS_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS)
     return (async () => {
       try {
-        const speed = options.speed ?? speechSpeed.value
+        // No explicit voice means the controller speaks — persona voice + pace.
+        const persona = options.voice ? null : activeControllerPersona()
+        const speed = options.speed ?? (persona ? controllerSpeed(persona.baseSpeed) : speechSpeed.value)
         const usesNormalized = options.useNormalizedForTTS !== false
         const response = await api.post('/api/atc/say', {
           text: usesNormalized ? prepared.normalized : prepared.plain,
@@ -234,7 +257,7 @@ export function useRadioSpeech(
           // radiotelephony normalizer — the server must not normalize again.
           preNormalized: usesNormalized,
           level: signalStrength.value,
-          voice: options.voice || 'alloy',
+          voice: options.voice || persona!.voice,
           speed,
           moduleId: 'pilot-monitoring',
           lessonId: currentState.value?.id || 'general',
@@ -306,15 +329,16 @@ export function useRadioSpeech(
       return Promise.resolve()
     }
 
-    const speed = options.speed ?? speechSpeed.value
     const lessonId = options.lessonId || currentState.value?.id || 'general'
 
     return enqueueSpeech(async () => {
       try {
+        const persona = options.voice ? null : activeControllerPersona()
+        const speed = options.speed ?? (persona ? controllerSpeed(persona.baseSpeed) : speechSpeed.value)
         const response = await api.post('/api/atc/say', {
           text: trimmed,
           level: signalStrength.value,
-          voice: options.voice || 'alloy',
+          voice: options.voice || persona!.voice,
           speed,
           moduleId: 'pilot-monitoring',
           lessonId,
diff --git a/shared/utils/voicePool.ts b/shared/utils/voicePool.ts
index e4f1dad..510ba99 100644
--- a/shared/utils/voicePool.ts
+++ b/shared/utils/voicePool.ts
@@ -66,3 +66,32 @@ export function pilotVoiceFor(callsign: string, reserved: readonly string[] = RE
 export function controllerVoiceFor(position: string): string {
   return voiceFromPool(position.toUpperCase(), CONTROLLER_VOICES, [])
 }
+
+export type ControllerPersona = {
+  voice: string
+  /** Controllers talk fast — base pace per position, 1.1–1.3. */
+  baseSpeed: number
+}
+
+/**
+ * The persona of an ATC position for one session. Key convention:
+ * `<sessionSeed>:<airport>:<positionType>[:<frequency>]` — the session seed
+ * makes each session sound like a different shift while the position keeps
+ * one consistent controller within the session.
+ */
+export function controllerPersonaFor(positionKey: string): ControllerPersona {
+  const key = positionKey.toUpperCase()
+  const voice = voiceFromPool(key, CONTROLLER_VOICES, [])
+  // Independent hash stream for speed so voice and pace don't correlate.
+  const baseSpeed = 1.1 + (fnv1a(`speed:${key}`) % 21) / 100
+  return { voice, baseSpeed: Math.round(baseSpeed * 100) / 100 }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Per-transmission pace: the persona's base speed ±0.05 — real controllers
+ * don't hit the exact same tempo twice.
+ */
+export function transmissionSpeed(baseSpeed: number, rng: () => number = Math.random): number {
+  const jitter = (rng() * 2 - 1) * 0.05
+  return Math.round((baseSpeed + jitter) * 100) / 100
+}
diff --git a/tests/shared/voicePool.test.ts b/tests/shared/voicePool.test.ts
index b1b8036..00d634f 100644
--- a/tests/shared/voicePool.test.ts
+++ b/tests/shared/voicePool.test.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import {
   CONTROLLER_VOICES,
   PILOT_VOICES,
   RESERVED_VOICES,
+  controllerPersonaFor,
   controllerVoiceFor,
   fnv1a,
   pilotVoiceFor,
+  transmissionSpeed,
   voiceFromPool,
 } from '~~/shared/utils/voicePool'
 
@@ -73,6 +75,42 @@ describe('voicePool — assignment', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('voicePool — controller personas', () => {
+  it('is deterministic for the same position key', () => {
+    const first = controllerPersonaFor('sess1:EDDF:TWR:118.775')
+    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+      assert.deepEqual(controllerPersonaFor('sess1:EDDF:TWR:118.775'), first)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('uses a controller-partition voice and a base speed in [1.1, 1.3]', () => {
+    for (const key of ['s:EDDF:TWR', 's:EDDF:GND', 's:EDDM:APP', 's:EDDB:DEL', 'x:EDDF:TWR']) {
+      const persona = controllerPersonaFor(key)
+      assert.ok(CONTROLLER_VOICES.includes(persona.voice), `${key} → ${persona.voice}`)
+      assert.ok(persona.baseSpeed >= 1.1 && persona.baseSpeed <= 1.3, `${key} → ${persona.baseSpeed}`)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('gives different sessions a different shift of controllers', () => {
+    const keys = ['EDDF:DEL', 'EDDF:GND', 'EDDF:TWR', 'EDDF:APP']
+    const shiftA = keys.map(k => controllerPersonaFor(`sessionA:${k}`))
+    const shiftB = keys.map(k => controllerPersonaFor(`sessionB:${k}`))
+    assert.notDeepEqual(shiftA, shiftB)
+  })
+
+  it('jitters the transmission speed within ±0.05 of base', () => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
+      const speed = transmissionSpeed(1.2)
+      assert.ok(speed >= 1.15 - 1e-9 && speed <= 1.25 + 1e-9, `jittered to ${speed}`)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('transmission speeds actually vary', () => {
+    const speeds = new Set(Array.from({ length: 30 }, () => transmissionSpeed(1.2)))
+    assert.ok(speeds.size > 1, 'expected jitter, got a constant')
+  })
+})
+
 describe('voicePool — fnv1a', () => {
   it('matches the reference vectors', () => {
     assert.equal(fnv1a(''), 0x811c9dc5)