Chapter 3: Chancellor

Journal ID: SW_TarisChapX3-3 Generated category: Main Quest Journal entries: 5

Exact journal progression

Record-level trigger map

Stage 10

I’ve confronted Shade about the Derelict Station, but she was ready for a fight.

How this stage is set:

• Dialogue INFO 19925231313218027699 under topic Greeting 2; speaker Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeTower). locations: Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower. conditions: Journal SW_TarisChapX3-2 GreaterEqual 50; Global/VariableCompare SW_GezekiJoin Equal 10; Function/Choice Equal 1. response: “I thought you’d wake up to the madness around you. I’m disappointed, but I was right not to let you in on this grand scheme. You’ve always been just a pawn to be played, and your usefulness has come to an end. I won’t let you destroy everything we’ve built!”.

PlaySound3D "KelliEnd6"
StartScript SW_ShadeAttackFinaleScr
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-3" 10
Goodbye

• Dialogue INFO 403018291284728020 under topic Greeting 2; speaker Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeTower). locations: Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower. conditions: Journal SW_TarisChapX3-2 GreaterEqual 50; Global/VariableCompare SW_GezekiJoin Equal 0; Function/Choice Equal 1. response: “That is not for you to decide! The war between Republic and Sith forces are destroying the galaxy. How many more times will we witness another destruction like Taris? What plant is next on the list to be destroyed? No, I won’t allow you to get in the way of our plans!”.

PlaySound3D "KelliEnd5"
StartScript SW_ShadeAttackFinaleScr
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-3" 10
Goodbye

• Dialogue INFO 244272680218317041 under topic Greeting 2; speaker Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeTower). locations: Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower. conditions: Journal SW_TarisChapX3-2 GreaterEqual 50; Global/VariableCompare SW_GezekiJoin Equal 0; Function/Choice Equal 2. response: “You’re going to regret this! To arms!”.

PlaySound3D "KelliEnd3"
StartScript SW_ShadeAttackFinaleScr
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-3" 10
Goodbye

Stage 25

Shade Vendas and I settled our matters in the Taris capital tower and she’s been killed. I should talk to Thegg and figure things out from here.

How this stage is set:

• Script SW_TarisFinaleGottaFightScr. attached to Activator SW_TarisChap3FightFinaleAct; placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower.

if ( getdeadcount "SW_TarisFinalFlyDroid2" > 0 )
if ( getdeadcount "SW_ShadeTower" > 0 )
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-3" 25
set doOnce to 1
endif

Stage 50 — Finished

Shade Vendas named me Hand of the Chancellor.

How this stage is set:

• Dialogue INFO 607919576173424646 under topic Greeting 2; speaker Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeTower). locations: Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower. conditions: Journal SW_TarisChapX3-2 GreaterEqual 50; Global/VariableCompare SW_GezekiJoin Equal 10; Function/Choice Equal 2. response: “You truly support us? With undying loyalty? I’m impressed. You’re smarter than I thought you were. Perhaps I was wrong about you. In light of this situation, I think you’ve earned a big promotion. I shall name you Hand of the Chancellor. This is no small matter. You’ll be second in command around here. I look forward to ruling Taris with you by my side. And thank you, for everything.”.

StopSound "KelliEnd7"
PlaySound3D "KelliEnd4"
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-3" 50
PCJoinFaction "TarisGovernment"
set SW_ChancellorHand to 1

Stage 100 — Finished

Thegg and I came to an agreement. I am to take over as Chancellor of Taris, and duties will be carried out as normal.

How this stage is set:

• Dialogue INFO 2023219216305194560 under topic Greeting 2; speaker Thegg (SW_TheggTower). locations: Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower. conditions: Journal SW_TarisChapX3-3 GreaterEqual 25; Function/Choice Equal 3. response: “Hey, you brought this upon yourself. Me and my men will clean up this mess, but we need someone to fill the Chancellor role. For all I care you can leave the city, if things start to fall into anarchy my men will be itching to take care of it. But you’re filling that role, because nobody else is going to find out what happened here. You got that, Chancellor?”.

StopSound "10-Ending-02"
PlaySound3D "10-Ending-05"
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-3" 100
PCJoinFaction "TarisGovernment"
PCRaiseRank "TarisGovernment"

• Dialogue INFO 19101265310617039 under topic Greeting 2; speaker Thegg (SW_TheggTower). locations: Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower. conditions: Journal SW_TarisChapX3-3 GreaterEqual 25; Function/Choice Equal 2. response: “Hah, don’t you worry, I was going to suggest just that. I don’t want that position, I’m comfortable where I am. Me and the men will clean up this mess, and nobody will hear of what happened here. As long as we’re allowed to run the city as we have been. You got that, Chancellor?”.

StopSound "10-Ending-02"
PlaySound3D "10-Ending-04"
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-3" 100
PCJoinFaction "TarisGovernment"
PCRaiseRank "TarisGovernment"

• Dialogue INFO 8832159332396927190 under topic Greeting 2; speaker Thegg (SW_TheggTower). locations: Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower. conditions: Journal SW_TarisChapX3-3 GreaterEqual 25; Function/Choice Equal 1. response: “And I vote you for that position. I think that should settle things, yea? Me and my men can clean up this mess, word won’t get out on what happened here, you can count on it. As long as you let us continue running the city as normal, that is. Got it, Chancellor?”.

StopSound "10-Ending-02"
PlaySound3D "10-Ending-03"
Journal "SW_TarisChapX3-3" 100
PCJoinFaction "TarisGovernment"
PCRaiseRank "TarisGovernment"

Related records and locations

Dialogue speakers:

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

Scripts that read or write this journal:

• SW_ShadeDroidArmyFinaleScr — Creature Flying Droid (SW_TarisFinalFlyDroid1); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower; Creature Flying Droid (SW_TarisFinalFlyDroid2); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower; Npc HK-41 (SW_TarisFinalKillDroid1); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower; Npc HK-42 (SW_TarisFinalKillDroid2); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower
• SW_TarisCTCantLeaveFinale — Door Metal Door (SW_TarisDoor1MainDoorCT); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower
• SW_TarisCTLabDoor1 — Door Elevator Door (SW_TarisLabDoor1); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower
• SW_TarisCTUpperEleScr — Door Elevator Door (SW_TarisEleDoorTCUpperLvl); placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower
• SW_TarisFinaleGottaFightScr — Activator SW_TarisChap3FightFinaleAct; placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower
• SW_TarisFinaleSceneResetScr — Activator SW_TarisChap3HandofChancCellRes; placed in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower

Items referenced by related script/result code:

• Hood of the Hand (SW_HandHood)

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

• Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower

Generated playtest checklist

• Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 10 is obtainable.
• Reach index 10: I’ve confronted Shade about the Derelict Station, but she was ready for a fight.
• Reach index 25: Shade Vendas and I settled our matters in the Taris capital tower and she’s been killed. I should talk to Theg…
• Reach index 50 (Finished): Shade Vendas named me Hand of the Chancellor.
• Reach index 100 (Finished): Thegg and I came to an agreement. I am to take over as Chancellor of Taris, and duties will be carried out as …
• 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_TarisChapX3-3. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.