Skip to content
Starwind R3mastered
quest guide

Chapter 2: A Final Piece

Walkthrough and QA reference for Chapter 2: A Final Piece (SW_TarisSectEnergy2).

At a glance#

JournalSW_TarisSectEnergy2
CategoryMain Quest
Journal entries4
Completion branches1
Starts bySpeak with Shade Vendas in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower.
Observed prerequisite journalsSW_TarisChap2-1
Key locationsM4-78: Reactor, Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower, The Outer Rim
Key charactersShade Vendas

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with Shade Vendas in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower#

Speak with Shade Vendas in Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower.

Expected journal update — index 5: Shade wants me to go to M4-78 to steal a reactor core from a Sith droid depot. She has uploaded the docking coordinates to my ship and I should be able to land there now.

Known item transfer: 15 × Plasma Grenade (SW_PlasmaGrenadee).

2. Activate Reactor Core in M4-78: Reactor#

Activate Reactor Core in M4-78: Reactor.

Expected journal update — index 10: I’ve got the reactor core, I should return to Shade.

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

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

Expected journal update — index 15: I gave Shade the reactor core from M4:78, she says Gezeki wants to meet me in the lab as soon as possible, and that it is urgent.

Known item transfer: 2000 × Credits (gold_001).

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

Endings & branches#

The journal has one explicit finished state at index 15:

I gave Shade the reactor core from M4:78, she says Gezeki wants to meet me in the lab as soon as possible, and that it is urgent.

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.

  • 15 × Plasma Grenade (SW_PlasmaGrenadee)
  • 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:

  • M4-78: Reactor
  • Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower
  • The Outer Rim
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: SW_TarisSectEnergy2 Generated category: Main Quest Journal entries: 4

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
5—Shade wants me to go to M4-78 to steal a reactor core from a Sith droid depot. She has uploaded the docking coordinates to my ship and I should be able to land there now.1
10—I’ve got the reactor core, I should return to Shade.1
15FinishedI gave Shade the reactor core from M4:78, she says Gezeki wants to meet me in the lab as soon as possible, and that it is urgent.1

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

Shade wants me to go to M4-78 to steal a reactor core from a Sith droid depot. She has uploaded the docking coordinates to my ship and I should be able to land there now.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 28428212891711926674 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Shade Vendas (SW_ShadeTower). locations: Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower. conditions: Journal SW_TarisChap2-1 Equal 15; Function/Choice Equal 1; Journal SW_TarisSectEnergy2 Equal 0. response: “There is a planet being built for the Sith by an enormous population of droids called M4-78. I have coordinates not only to the planet but to a landing platform for an energy reactor. If we can get into the reactor there then we can steal the reactor core and use it to power the infrastructure here. I’ve downloaded the coordinates to your ship, it should be an easy flight, and there shouldn’t be many Sith troops stationed there. Just be careful. And take these, they will be most effective on the droids.”.
PlaySound3D "KelliM4D1"
Player->additem SW_PlasmaGrenadee 15
Journal SW_TarisSectEnergy2 5
AddTopic "M4:78"

Stage 10

I’ve got the reactor core, I should return to Shade.

How this stage is set:

  • Script SW_M4PickupCore. attached to MiscItem Reactor Core (SW_ReactorCore); placed in M4-78: Reactor.
If ( OnActivate )
    If ( GetJournalIndex SW_TarisSectEnergy2 == 5 )
        Journal SW_TarisSectEnergy2 10
        Activate
    Else

Stage 15 — Finished

I gave Shade the reactor core from M4:78, she says Gezeki wants to meet me in the lab as soon as possible, and that it is urgent.

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->removeitem SW_ReactorCore 1
player->additem gold_001 2000
Journal SW_TarisSectEnergy2 15
Journal SW_TarisChapX3-1 10

Dialogue speakers:

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

Scripts that read or write this journal:

  • SW_EnterM478 — Activator M4-78 (SW_PlanM478); placed in The Outer Rim
  • SW_M4PickupCore — MiscItem Reactor Core (SW_ReactorCore); placed in M4-78: Reactor

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Credits (Gold_001)
  • Plasma Grenade (SW_PlasmaGrenadee)
  • Reactor Core (SW_ReactorCore)
  • Unequip (SW_SpCarNone)

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

  • M4-78: Reactor
  • Taris, Central Plaza: Capital Tower
  • The Outer Rim
Journal-state readers (2 code sites)
  • Script SW_EnterM478. attached to Activator M4-78 (SW_PlanM478); placed in The Outer Rim.
  • Script SW_M4PickupCore. attached to MiscItem Reactor Core (SW_ReactorCore); placed in M4-78: Reactor.

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 5: Shade wants me to go to M4-78 to steal a reactor core from a Sith droid depot. She has uploaded the docking co…
  • Reach index 10: I’ve got the reactor core, I should return to Shade.
  • Reach index 15 (Finished): I gave Shade the reactor core from M4:78, she says Gezeki wants to meet me in the lab as soon as possible, and…
  • 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_TarisSectEnergy2. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.