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Chapter 3: Abomination

Walkthrough and QA reference for Chapter 3: Abomination (SW_TarisChapX3-1).

At a glance#

JournalSW_TarisChapX3-1
CategoryMain Quest
Journal entries6
Completion branches2
Starts bySpeak with Shade Vendas in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower and ask about M4:78.
Key locationsTaris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower, Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Lab, Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab
Key charactersShade Vendas

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with Shade Vendas in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower and ask about M4:78#

Speak with Shade Vendas in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower and ask about M4:78.

Expected journal update — index 10: Shade told me Gezeki wanted to meet me in this lab. She’s given me access to this mysterious underground area here in the capital tower. I should see what this is about.

Known item transfer: 2000 × Credits (gold_001).

2. Reach Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Lab and allow the scripted event to complete#

Reach Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Lab and allow the scripted event to complete.

Expected journal update — index 20: Gezeki has been working on some interesting… projects. He’s invited me to see what his research is about.

3. Reach Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab and allow the scripted event to complete#

Reach Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab and allow the scripted event to complete.

Expected journal update — index 30: I’ve been asked by Gezeki to inject myself with his enhanced Rakghoul serum…

4. Reach Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab and allow the scripted event to complete — Finished#

Reach Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab and allow the scripted event to complete.

Expected journal update — index 40: I refused to inject myself with Gezeki’s rakghoul serum.

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

5. Reach Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab and allow the scripted event to complete — Finished#

Reach Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab and allow the scripted event to complete.

Expected journal update — index 50: I injected myself with Gezeki’s rakghoul serum.

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

Endings & branches#

The journal has 2 explicit finished entries. Treat them as branch coverage targets during playtesting:

  • Index 40: I refused to inject myself with Gezeki’s rakghoul serum.
  • Index 50: I injected myself with Gezeki’s rakghoul serum.

Known rewards & item transfers#

The following player-directed item transfers are visible in the parsed quest scripts/dialogue results. Playtest may reveal additional indirect rewards.

  • 2000 × Credits (gold_001)

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeTower) — Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower
  • Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Lab
  • Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: SW_TarisChapX3-1 Generated category: Main Quest Journal entries: 6

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
10—Shade told me Gezeki wanted to meet me in this lab. She’s given me access to this mysterious underground area here in the capital tower. I should see what this is about.1
20—Gezeki has been working on some interesting… projects. He’s invited me to see what his research is about.1
30—I’ve been asked by Gezeki to inject myself with his enhanced Rakghoul serum…1
40FinishedI refused to inject myself with Gezeki’s rakghoul serum.1
50FinishedI injected myself with Gezeki’s rakghoul serum.1

Record-level trigger map

Stage 10

Shade told me Gezeki wanted to meet me in this lab. She’s given me access to this mysterious underground area here in the capital tower. I should see what this is about.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 2869412902321175966 under topic M4:78; speaker Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeTower). locations: Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower. conditions: Item/ItemType SW_ReactorCore GreaterEqual 1. response: “With this we can reinforce the infrastructure to power the whole sector. You are the most impressive individual I have ever met. Gezeki has asked if you’d meet him in his lab, he said it was urgent.”.
player->additem gold_001 2000
Journal SW_TarisSectEnergy2 15
Journal SW_TarisChapX3-1 10

Stage 20

Gezeki has been working on some interesting… projects. He’s invited me to see what his research is about.

How this stage is set:

  • Script SW_StorySceneX3-1. attached to Activator SW_StorySceneActX31; placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Lab.
if ( timer > 15 )
;change time to sound file length
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-1" 20
endif
endif

Stage 30

I’ve been asked by Gezeki to inject myself with his enhanced Rakghoul serum…

How this stage is set:

  • Script SW_StorySceneX3-2. attached to Activator SW_StorySceneActX3-2; placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab.
if ( timer > 23 )
;change time to sound file length
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-1" 30
endif
endif

Stage 40 — Finished

I refused to inject myself with Gezeki’s rakghoul serum.

How this stage is set:

  • Script SW_StoryRakghoulSerumInjectScr. attached to Activator Advanced Rakghoul Serum (SW_RakghoulSerumEventAct); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab.
if ( doOnce == 0 )
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-1" 50
DisablePlayerControls
Fadeout 2.0
MessageBox "Sorry, but I cannot take no for an answer. You've been useful to us, and I thank you, but I'm afraid there are things I must do to reach our end goals."
;playsound gezeki voice
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-1" 40
set doOnce to 2
endif

Stage 50 — Finished

I injected myself with Gezeki’s rakghoul serum.

How this stage is set:

  • Script SW_StoryRakghoulSerumInjectScr. attached to Activator Advanced Rakghoul Serum (SW_RakghoulSerumEventAct); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab.
if ( doOnce == 0 )
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-1" 50
DisablePlayerControls
Fadeout 2.0
MessageBox "Sorry, but I cannot take no for an answer. You've been useful to us, and I thank you, but I'm afraid there are things I must do to reach our end goals."
;playsound gezeki voice
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-1" 40
set doOnce to 2
endif

Dialogue speakers:

  • Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeTower) — Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower

Scripts that read or write this journal:

  • SW_RakghoulULSpawn — Creature Rakghoul (SW_RakhoulUL); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab
  • SW_StoryRakghoulSerumInjectScr — Activator Advanced Rakghoul Serum (SW_RakghoulSerumEventAct); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab
  • SW_StorySceneX3-1 — Activator SW_StorySceneActX31; placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Lab
  • SW_StorySceneX3-2 — Activator SW_StorySceneActX3-2; placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab
  • SW_TarisCTLabDoor1 — Door Elevator Door (SW_TarisLabDoor1); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower
  • SW_TarisCTLabDoor2 — Door Metal Door (SW_TarisLabDoor2); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Lab

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Credits (Gold_001)
  • Reactor Core (SW_ReactorCore)

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

  • Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower
  • Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Lab
  • Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab
Journal-state readers (4 code sites)
  • Script SW_RakghoulULSpawn. attached to Creature Rakghoul (SW_RakhoulUL); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab.
  • Script SW_StoryRakghoulSerumInjectScr. attached to Activator Advanced Rakghoul Serum (SW_RakghoulSerumEventAct); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Underground Lab.
  • Script SW_TarisCTLabDoor1. attached to Door Elevator Door (SW_TarisLabDoor1); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower.
  • Script SW_TarisCTLabDoor2. attached to Door Metal Door (SW_TarisLabDoor2); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Lab.

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 10 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 10: Shade told me Gezeki wanted to meet me in this lab. She’s given me access to this mysterious underground area …
  • Reach index 20: Gezeki has been working on some interesting… projects. He’s invited me to see what his research is about.
  • Reach index 30: I’ve been asked by Gezeki to inject myself with his enhanced Rakghoul serum…
  • Reach index 40 (Finished): I refused to inject myself with Gezeki’s rakghoul serum.
  • Reach index 50 (Finished): I injected myself with Gezeki’s rakghoul serum.
  • Branch coverage: this journal has 2 different Finished entries; test each reachable completion branch.
  • 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_TarisChapX3-1. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.