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Chapter 2: Taris Operations

Walkthrough and QA reference for Chapter 2: Taris Operations (SW_TarisChap2).

At a glance#

JournalSW_TarisChap2
CategoryMain Quest
Journal entries3
Completion branches1
Starts byAllow the scripted event handled by SW_BuildCapitalTower to complete.
Key locationsTaris, Black Vulkar Base: Underdark, Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower, Taris, Lower City
Key charactersGezeki, Shade Vendas

Walkthrough#

1. Allow the scripted event handled by SW_BuildCapitalTower to complete — Finished#

Allow the scripted event handled by SW_BuildCapitalTower to complete.

Expected journal update — index 10: The government building on Taris should be just about finished. I should return to Shade at the Taris Central Plaza and see if she has any new tasks for me.

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

2. 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: Not actually using this journal entry at all SW_TarisSect[Part]

Endings & branches#

The journal has one explicit finished state at index 10:

The government building on Taris should be just about finished. I should return to Shade at the Taris Central Plaza and see if she has any new tasks for me.

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Gezeki (SW_GezekVulkar) — Taris, Lower City
  • Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeTower) — Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Taris, Black Vulkar Base: Underdark
  • Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower
  • Taris, Lower City
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: SW_TarisChap2 Generated category: Main Quest Journal entries: 3

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
10FinishedThe government building on Taris should be just about finished. I should return to Shade at the Taris Central Plaza and see if she has any new tasks for me.1
15—Not actually using this journal entry at all

SW_TarisSect[Part]		0

Record-level trigger map

Stage 10 — Finished

The government building on Taris should be just about finished. I should return to Shade at the Taris Central Plaza and see if she has any new tasks for me.

How this stage is set:

  • Script SW_BuildCapitalTower.
if ( GetPCCell "Taris, Central Plaza" == 0 )
    if ( daysPassed > 5 )
        Journal SW_TarisChap2 10
        set SW_CapitalTower to 1
        SW_GezekOutpost3->Enable

Stage 15

Not actually using this journal entry at all SW_TarisSect[Part]

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.

Dialogue speakers:

  • Gezeki (SW_GezekVulkar) — Taris, Lower City
  • Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeTower) — Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower

Scripts that read or write this journal:

  • SW_BuildCapitalTower
  • SW_CheckDoorVulkEnt — Door Metal Door (SW_TarisDoorVulkarBase); placed in Taris, Lower City
  • SW_TarisVulkarRakg — Creature Rakghoul (SW_RakhoulVulkar); placed in Taris, Lower City
  • SW_TarisVulkarSpawns — Npc Gezeki (SW_GezekVulkar); placed in Taris, Lower City
  • SW_VulkarBossDeath — Npc Zox Ji (SW_BlackVulkarLeader); placed in Taris, Black Vulkar Base: Underdark

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Rakghoul Knife (SW_RakKnife)

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

  • Taris, Black Vulkar Base: Underdark
  • Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower
  • Taris, Lower City
Journal-state readers (3 code sites)
  • Script SW_CheckDoorVulkEnt. attached to Door Metal Door (SW_TarisDoorVulkarBase); placed in Taris, Lower City.
  • Script SW_TarisVulkarRakg. attached to Creature Rakghoul (SW_RakhoulVulkar); placed in Taris, Lower City.
  • Script SW_TarisVulkarSpawns. attached to Npc Gezeki (SW_GezekVulkar); placed in Taris, Lower City.

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 10 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 10 (Finished): The government building on Taris should be just about finished. I should return to Shade at the Taris Central …
  • Reach index 15: Not actually using this journal entry at all SW_TarisSect[Part]
  • 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_TarisChap2. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.