Chapter 1: Taking Control of Taris

Journal ID: SW_TarisChap1-4 Generated category: Main Quest Journal entries: 6

Exact journal progression

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

Gezeki is going to distract the city guards, Thegg, his clan, and should head to the Sith Headquarters to take control back of the city.

How this stage is set:

• Dialogue INFO 201231241580305654 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeFreighter). locations: The Outer Rim, Freighter. conditions: Function/Choice Equal 1. response: “Alright. We head to Taris…”.

FadeOut 2.0
PlaySound3d "SW_Shipblastoff"
Journal SW_TarisChap1-4 5
SW_TheggFreighter->Disable
SW_ShadeFreighter->Disable

Stage 10

We’ve made it to the Sith Headquarters, Thegg and his men are ready to assault their base.

How this stage is set:

• Script SW_StorySceneScr8. attached to Activator SW_StorySceneActSithBase; placed in Taris, Upper City Central Building.

If ( DoOnce == 0 )
if ( getdistance "SW_TheggOutpost" < 1000 )
    Journal SW_TarisChap1-4 10
    PlaySound "04-Dialogue-02"
    SW_TheggOutpost->ForceGreeting

Stage 15

The Sith have been conquered on Taris, the rest of the troops will continue to keep order under Shade’s command.

How this stage is set:

• Script SW_TarisSithCaptainDied. attached to Npc Captain (SW_TarisSithCaptain); placed in Taris, Sith Headquarters: OC Office.

If ( GetHealth <= 0 )
        Set DoOnce to 1
        Journal SW_TarisChap1-4 15
        SW_TheggOutpost->PlaySound3d "TheggLkAr"
        MessageBox "Take a look around. Come talk to me when you finish up."

Stage 20

Shade says I should return in five days, and meet her at the Capital Tower in the Central Plaza.

How this stage is set:

• Dialogue INFO 2609822596115731364 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeOutpost2). locations: Taris, Central Plaza: Outpost. conditions: Journal SW_TarisChap1-4 Equal 15. response: “Thank you for everything you have done. Thegg and I have a lot to talk about, there’s rakghouls in the city, a new order has to be established, and I still have more contacts to reach out to. Make yourself at home, this outpost is as much yours as any of ours, maybe explore what’s left of Taris. Whatever you decide to do with your time, if you’ll meet us in the Capital Tower in five days, I’d like to give you a gift for everything you’ve done for us.”.

StopSound "KelliOutp6"
PlaySound3D "KelliOutp6"
Journal SW_TarisChap1-4 20

Stage 25 — Finished

There are numerous sectors of infrastructure that need to be repaired around the city that’s still standing. Shade has numerous tasks she would like to ask me about in order to gather the equipment and experts that we will need in order to accomplish this. She has also given me the freighter in thanks for everything that I have done. [You can now equip the freighter in your inventory to access space travel]

How this stage is set:

• Dialogue INFO 1576720746330917469 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeTower). locations: Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower. conditions: Journal SW_TarisChap1-4 Equal 20; Global/VariableCompare SW_BVAttackKillCount GreaterEqual 5. response: “Looks like the old Black Vulkar gang survived the bombardment. There’s just so many issues to resolve here. I wanted to thank you properly, we finally know what all we need to do, and, I have more favors to ask you. There are some tasks that need to be done, some contacts that we need to recruit for the restoration of the infrastructure of Taris. Before that though, I’d like to give you a gift, the freighter that we flew in on is yours now, you’ve more than earned it.”.

SW_GezekOutpost3->AiWander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
StartScript SW_BlackVulkDisableafterbattle
Journal SW_TarisChap1-4 25

Related records and locations

Dialogue speakers:

• Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeFreighter) — The Outer Rim, Freighter
• Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeOutpost2) — Taris, Central Plaza: Outpost
• Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeTower) — Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower

Scripts that read or write this journal:

• SW_CheckDoorSithCap — Door Metal Door (SW_TarisSithBaseDoorLock); placed in Taris, Sith Headquarters: OC Office
• SW_DisableGezekiAfterShip — Activator SW_Gezeki3Disable; placed in Taris, Central Plaza
• SW_EnterFreighterTaris — Door Freighter (SW_PlayerShipNEWTaris); placed in Taris, Central Plaza; Activator Freighter (SW_PlayersShipTaris)
• SW_GezekiAtTower — Npc Gezeki (SW_GezekOutpost3); placed in Taris, Central Plaza
• SW_OutPost2Enabling — Npc Black Vulkar (SW_BlackVulkarGangDead); placed in Taris, Central Plaza; Npc Black Vulkar (SW_BlackVulkarGangDead2); placed in Taris, Central Plaza; Npc Gezeki (SW_GezekOutpost2); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Outpost; Npc Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeOutpost2); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Outpost; Npc Thegg (SW_TheggOutpost2); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Outpost
• SW_RestrictTakeTaris — Door Metal Door (SW_DoorTarisCantina); placed in Taris, Central Plaza; Door Metal Door (SW_DoorTarisFreighter); placed in Taris, Central Plaza; Door Metal Door (SW_DoorTarisRestrict1); placed in Taris, Central Plaza; Door Metal Door (SW_DoorTarisRestrict2); placed in Taris, Central Plaza; Door Metal Door (SW_DoorTarisRestrict3); placed in Taris, Central Plaza
• SW_ScalingSoldier — Npc Lieutenant Sith Defector (SW_TarisSithBaseHostLt2); placed in Taris, Sith Headquarters: Level 1; Npc Lieutenant Sith Defector (SW_TarisSithBaseHostLt3); placed in Taris, Sith Headquarters: Level 2; Npc Sith Sentinel Droid (SW_TarisSithBaseHostil2); placed in Taris, Sith Headquarters: Level 1, Taris, Sith Headquarters: Level 2, Taris, Sith Headquarters: Level 3; Npc Sith Defector (SW_TarisSithBaseHostilB); placed in Taris, Sith Headquarters: Level 3; Npc Sith Defector (SW_TarisSithBaseHostile); placed in Taris, Sith Headquarters: Level 1, Taris, Sith Headquarters: Level 2, Taris, Sith Headquarters: Level 3
• SW_StorySceneScr8 — Activator SW_StorySceneActSithBase; placed in Taris, Upper City Central Building
• SW_StorySceneScrOutpost2 — Activator SW_StorySceneActOutpost2; placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Outpost
• SW_TarisRespawnShit — Npc Taris Security (SW_TarisSithDefector); placed in Taris, Central Plaza, Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Upper Level, Taris, Lower City, Taris, Upper City Apartments, Taris, Upper City Cantina, Taris, Upper City North, Taris, Upper City North: Marketplace, Taris, Upper City South; Npc Citizen (SW_TarisUpperCitizen10); placed in Taris, Central Plaza; Npc Droid (SW_TarisUpperCitizen3); placed in Taris, Central Plaza, Taris, Upper City Cantina, Taris, Upper City North, Taris, Upper City North: Marketplace, Taris, Upper City South; Npc Citizen (SW_TarisUpperCitizen7); placed in Taris, Central Plaza; Npc Citizen (SW_TarisUpperCitizen8); placed in Taris, Central Plaza
• SW_TarisRespawnShitReverse — Creature Rakghoul (SW_RakhoulOutpostKill); placed in Taris, Central Plaza; Creature Rakghoul (SW_RakhoulTaris01); placed in Taris, Central Plaza; Creature Rakghoul (SW_RakhoulTaris02); placed in Taris, Central Plaza; Creature Rakghoul (SW_RakhoulTaris03); placed in Taris, Central Plaza; Creature Rakghoul (SW_RakhoulTaris04); placed in Taris, Central Plaza
• SW_TarisSithCaptainDied — Npc Captain (SW_TarisSithCaptain); placed in Taris, Sith Headquarters: OC Office
• SWE_Chapter2_or_MP

Items referenced by related script/result code:

• Credits (Gold_001)
• Freighter Pilot Codes (SW_SpCarFreight)

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

• Taris, Central Plaza
• Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower
• Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower Upper Level
• Taris, Central Plaza: Outpost
• Taris, Lower City
• Taris, Sith Headquarters: Level 1
• Taris, Sith Headquarters: Level 2
• Taris, Sith Headquarters: Level 3
• Taris, Sith Headquarters: OC Office
• Taris, Upper City Apartments
• Taris, Upper City Cantina
• Taris, Upper City Central Building
• Taris, Upper City North
• Taris, Upper City North: Marketplace
• Taris, Upper City South
• The Outer Rim, Freighter

Generated playtest checklist

• Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
• Reach index 5: Gezeki is going to distract the city guards, Thegg, his clan, and should head to the Sith Headquarters to take…
• Reach index 10: We’ve made it to the Sith Headquarters, Thegg and his men are ready to assault their base.
• Reach index 15: The Sith have been conquered on Taris, the rest of the troops will continue to keep order under Shade’s comman…
• Reach index 20: Shade says I should return in five days, and meet her at the Capital Tower in the Central Plaza.
• Reach index 25 (Finished): There are numerous sectors of infrastructure that need to be repaired around the city that’s still standing. S…
• 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_TarisChap1-4. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.