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Slicer (internal journal)

Walkthrough and QA reference for Slicer (internal journal) (SW_Slicer).

At a glance#

JournalSW_Slicer
CategoryFactions & Careers
Journal entries7
Completion branches1
Starts byRecord route requires playtest verification.
Key locationsTatooine, Durelium Mine, Tatooine, Sandriver, TatooineRace
Key charactersDeke Turaner

Walkthrough#

1. Reach journal stage 0#

Route needs playtest verification. No literal journal setter was found for this stage in the parsed dialogue/MWScript evidence. Follow the surrounding quest context and verify whether this entry is reachable, indirect, optional, or historical.

Expected journal update — index 0: The Durelium Mine

2. Speak with Deke Turaner in Tatooine, Sandriver and ask about slicer#

Speak with Deke Turaner in Tatooine, Sandriver and ask about slicer.

Expected journal update — index 3: Decisions, decisions…

3. Speak with Deke Turaner in Tatooine, Sandriver and ask about slicer#

Speak with Deke Turaner in Tatooine, Sandriver and ask about slicer.

Expected journal update — index 5: There is a man in Sandriver named Deke who wants me to break into an old Czerka durelium mine. I told him no for now but I may talk to him again.

4. Speak with Deke Turaner in Tatooine, Sandriver and ask about slicer#

Speak with Deke Turaner in Tatooine, Sandriver and ask about slicer.

Expected journal update — index 10: Deke told me about a durelium mine behind the tanker just to the left of the town’s gates. I should use the security spikes he gave me to break in and find his datapad.

5. Activate Datapad Report in Tatooine, Durelium Mine#

Activate Datapad Report in Tatooine, Durelium Mine.

Expected journal update — index 12: I found something that may involve Deke, a datapad from what looks like it was written by his father. I should bring this to him.

6. Reach journal stage 15#

Route needs playtest verification. No literal journal setter was found for this stage in the parsed dialogue/MWScript evidence. Follow the surrounding quest context and verify whether this entry is reachable, indirect, optional, or historical.

Expected journal update — index 15: I found Deke’s datapad, this place is insane, I should get back to him for my reward.

7. Speak with Deke Turaner in Tatooine, Sandriver and ask about slicer — Finished#

Speak with Deke Turaner in Tatooine, Sandriver and ask about slicer.

Expected journal update — index 20: Deke gave me some extra security spikes for what he says is a job well done. He also says he will sell me more if I ever need them.

Outcome: this journal entry is marked as a finished branch.

Endings & branches#

The journal has one explicit finished state at index 20:

Deke gave me some extra security spikes for what he says is a job well done. He also says he will sell me more if I ever need them.

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Deke Turaner (SW_DekeSlicer) — Tatooine, Sandriver, TatooineRace

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Tatooine, Durelium Mine
  • Tatooine, Sandriver
  • TatooineRace
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: SW_Slicer Generated category: Factions & Careers Journal entries: 7

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
0—The Durelium Mine0
3—Decisions, decisions…1
5—There is a man in Sandriver named Deke who wants me to break into an old Czerka durelium mine. I told him no for now but I may talk to him again.2
10—Deke told me about a durelium mine behind the tanker just to the left of the town’s gates. I should use the security spikes he gave me to break in and find his datapad.2
12—I found something that may involve Deke, a datapad from what looks like it was written by his father. I should bring this to him.1
15—I found Deke’s datapad, this place is insane, I should get back to him for my reward.0
20FinishedDeke gave me some extra security spikes for what he says is a job well done. He also says he will sell me more if I ever need them.1

Record-level trigger map

Stage 0

The Durelium Mine

Direct setter: No literal Journal <quest> <index> command was found in the current plugin for this stage. Treat this as a QA flag: it may be a developer note, branch reached indirectly, or state written by code outside the parsed MWScript/result-script patterns.

Stage 3

Decisions, decisions…

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 13887230033164223648 under topic slicer; speaker Deke Turaner (SW_DekeSlicer). locations: Tatooine, Sandriver, TatooineRace. conditions: Journal SW_Slicer Equal 0. response: “It’s a way to get into locked programs and electronics. You see, I need a slicer to get into the old Czerka Durelium mine, and if you think you can get me in, I can supply you with the security spikes.”.
Journal "SW_Slicer" 3
StopSound "SW_Slicer1"
StopSound "SW_Slicer3"

Stage 5

There is a man in Sandriver named Deke who wants me to break into an old Czerka durelium mine. I told him no for now but I may talk to him again.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 17965294672362217226 under topic slicer; speaker Deke Turaner (SW_DekeSlicer). locations: Tatooine, Sandriver, TatooineRace. conditions: Function/Choice Equal 2; Journal SW_Slicer Equal 3. response: “Well come back if you change your mind, and try to be discrete about it.”.
Journal "SW_Slicer" 5
goodbye
  • Dialogue INFO 2881315441748623166 under topic slicer; speaker Deke Turaner (SW_DekeSlicer). locations: Tatooine, Sandriver, TatooineRace. conditions: Journal SW_Slicer Equal 3; Function/Choice Equal 3. response: “They wouldn’t do anything if you told them. Come back if you decide you want to be a slicer.”.
Journal "SW_Slicer" 5
StopSound "SW_Slicer1"
StopSound "SW_Slicer2"

Stage 10

Deke told me about a durelium mine behind the tanker just to the left of the town’s gates. I should use the security spikes he gave me to break in and find his datapad.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 10816183641881013260 under topic slicer; speaker Deke Turaner (SW_DekeSlicer). locations: Tatooine, Sandriver, TatooineRace. conditions: Journal SW_Slicer Equal 5. response: “I knew you would come back. If you go to the gates that lead out of Sandriver and hang a left; there is a tanker behind a building. Sneak behind the tanker and you will find the door that needs to be sliced. Here, take these spikes, I’m looking for an old Datapad in there. I’m sure there’s multiple so I guess grab them all.”.
Journal "SW_Slicer" 10
StopSound "SW_Slicer1"
StopSound "SW_Slicer2"
  • Dialogue INFO 133581869442443956 under topic slicer; speaker Deke Turaner (SW_DekeSlicer). locations: Tatooine, Sandriver, TatooineRace. conditions: Function/Choice Equal 1; Journal SW_Slicer Equal 3. response: “Haha, I knew you could do it! If you go to the gates that lead out of Sandriver and hang a left; there is a tanker behind a building. Sneak behind the tanker and you will find the door that needs to be sliced. Here, take these spikes, I’m looking for an old Datapad in there. I’m sure there’s multiple so I guess grab them all.”.
Journal "SW_Slicer" 10
StopSound "SW_Slicer1"
StopSound "SW_Slicer2"

Stage 12

I found something that may involve Deke, a datapad from what looks like it was written by his father. I should bring this to him.

How this stage is set:

  • Script SW_SlicerPad. attached to Book Datapad Report (SW_CzerkaMine4); placed in Tatooine, Durelium Mine.
If ( OnActivate )
    If ( GetJournalIndex "SW_Slicer" == 10 )
        Journal SW_Slicer 12
        Activate
    Else

Stage 15

I found Deke’s datapad, this place is insane, I should get back to him for my reward.

Direct setter: No literal Journal <quest> <index> command was found in the current plugin for this stage. Treat this as a QA flag: it may be a developer note, branch reached indirectly, or state written by code outside the parsed MWScript/result-script patterns.

Stage 20 — Finished

Deke gave me some extra security spikes for what he says is a job well done. He also says he will sell me more if I ever need them.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 3074278272540729889 under topic slicer; speaker Deke Turaner (SW_DekeSlicer). locations: Tatooine, Sandriver, TatooineRace. conditions: Journal SW_Slicer Equal 12; Item/ItemType SW_CzerkaMine4 GreaterEqual 1. response: “Well, I guess that old bastard really is my father. This old datapad shows he was the medical engineer for the Czerka Corporation during the mine explosions. This is the proof I needed, thank you, stranger, why don’t you take my old shield generator for your trouble.”.
Journal "SW_Slicer" 20
StopSound "SW_Slicer1"
StopSound "SW_Slicer2"

Dialogue speakers:

  • Deke Turaner (SW_DekeSlicer) — Tatooine, Sandriver, TatooineRace

Scripts that read or write this journal:

  • SW_SlicerPad — Book Datapad Report (SW_CzerkaMine4); placed in Tatooine, Durelium Mine

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Datapad Report (SW_CzerkaMine4)
  • Security Spike (SW_SecuritySpike)
  • Energy Shield (SW_ShieldBeltMin)

Cells implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel code:

  • Tatooine, Durelium Mine
  • Tatooine, Sandriver
  • TatooineRace
Journal-state readers (1 code sites)
  • Script SW_SlicerPad. attached to Book Datapad Report (SW_CzerkaMine4); placed in Tatooine, Durelium Mine.

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 0 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 0: The Durelium Mine
  • Reach index 3: Decisions, decisions…
  • Reach index 5: There is a man in Sandriver named Deke who wants me to break into an old Czerka durelium mine. I told him no f…
  • Reach index 10: Deke told me about a durelium mine behind the tanker just to the left of the town’s gates. I should use the se…
  • Reach index 12: I found something that may involve Deke, a datapad from what looks like it was written by his father. I should…
  • Reach index 15: I found Deke’s datapad, this place is insane, I should get back to him for my reward.
  • Reach index 20 (Finished): Deke gave me some extra security spikes for what he says is a job well done. He also says he will sell me more…
  • Verify any scripted reward/item transfer shown above actually occurs.
  • Verify involved NPCs/objects remain present and usable after the stage transition.
  • Verify no unrelated vanilla Morrowind dialogue/quest state appears during the flow.

QA console reference

Current journal state can be inspected with the OpenMW/Morrowind journal tooling for SW_Slicer. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.