Chapter 1: Hired Arms on Dantooine

Journal ID: SW_TarisChap1-3 Generated category: Main Quest Journal entries: 5

Exact journal progression

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

Shade says we should head to Dantooine. Shade says Thegg is there hunting a rancor. I should find him and his mandalorian clan.

How this stage is set:

• Dialogue INFO 855614578148873966 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeFreighter). locations: The Outer Rim, Freighter. response: “This ship is perfect, there’s plenty of beds, storage, a medical bay and anything we could need here for our journey, and we’re going to need the room. We need to head to Dantooine next, I have an old family friend there named Thegg who can help us get the defectors on Taris in line. He’s a Mandalorian clan leader who still has the loyalty of some seasoned warriors. The last I heard he was heading to Dantooine, we should try to catch him before he moves on. There’s a map with the coordinates in the cockpit.”.

PlaySound3D "KelliFret1"
AddTopic "Mandalorians"
Journal SW_TarisChap1-3 5

Stage 10

I ran into Thegg and his clan who were killing the Rancor.

How this stage is set:

• Script SW_StorySceneScr5. attached to Activator SW_StorySceneRancorAct; placed in Dantooine, Sea.

If ( GetDeadCount SW_RancorMQ >= 1 )
    If ( DoRancor == 0 )
        Journal SW_TarisChap1-3 10
        SW_TheggDantooine->ForceGreeting
        Set DoRancor to 1

Stage 15

I talked to Thegg and he is going to go speak with Shade.

How this stage is set:

• Script SW_StorySceneScr6.

If ( DoOnce == 0 )
    Journal SW_TarisChap1-3 15
    Set DoOnce to 1
Elseif ( DoOnce == 1 )

Stage 20 — Finished

Thegg and I have met up with Shade, we should head back to Taris.

How this stage is set:

• Script SW_StorySceneScr7.

if ( SceneState == 15 )
    Journal SW_TarisChap1-3 20
    EnablePlayerControls
    set SW_RealTimeScene to 0

Related records and locations

Dialogue speakers:

• Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeFreighter) — The Outer Rim, Freighter

Scripts that read or write this journal:

• SW_CantLootTheggs — Npc Thegg (SW_TheggDantooine); placed in Dantooine, Sea; Npc Mandalorian Warrior (SW_TheggFollower); placed in Dantooine, Sea; Npc Mandalorian Warrior (SW_TheggFollowerA); placed in Dantooine, Sea; Npc Mandalorian Warrior (SW_TheggFollowerB); placed in Dantooine, Sea; Npc Mandalorian Warrior (SW_TheggFollowerC); placed in Dantooine, Sea
• SW_StoryRancorScript — Creature Rancor (SW_RancorMQ); placed in Dantooine, Sea; Creature Terentatek (SW_TerenTest)
• SW_StorySceneScr5 — Activator SW_StorySceneRancorAct; placed in Dantooine, Sea
• SW_StorySceneScr6
• SW_StorySceneScr7

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

• Dantooine, Sea
• The Outer Rim, Freighter

Generated playtest checklist

• Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
• Reach index 5: Shade says we should head to Dantooine. Shade says Thegg is there hunting a rancor. I should find him and his …
• Reach index 10: I ran into Thegg and his clan who were killing the Rancor.
• Reach index 15: I talked to Thegg and he is going to go speak with Shade.
• Reach index 20 (Finished): Thegg and I have met up with Shade, we should head back to Taris.
• 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_TarisChap1-3. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.