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The Colony

Walkthrough and QA reference for The Colony (Nab_HumanJourn).

At a glance#

JournalNab_HumanJourn
CategoryNaboo
Journal entries4
Completion branches1
Starts bySpeak with Gill Bates in Naboo, Spice Mine and ask about citizen.
Key locationsNaboo, Spice Mine
Key charactersGill Bates

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with Gill Bates in Naboo, Spice Mine and ask about citizen#

Speak with Gill Bates in Naboo, Spice Mine and ask about citizen.

Expected journal update — index 5: I have spoken to Gill Bates who says in order to be accepted into their new settlement I must first partake in it. I should prove that I have become an active member of his settlement by bringing to him 400 Thrones.

2. Speak with Gill Bates in Naboo, Spice Mine and ask about citizen#

Speak with Gill Bates in Naboo, Spice Mine and ask about citizen.

Expected journal update — index 10: I have given 400 Thrones to Gill Bates who has granted me citizenship to his new settlement. He has given me a key to an available home in the underground city.

Known item transfer: 1 × Mine Home Key (Nab_HumeHomeKey).

3. Speak with Gill Bates in Naboo, Spice Mine and ask about citizen — Finished#

Speak with Gill Bates in Naboo, Spice Mine and ask about citizen.

Expected journal update — index 15: Gill Bates does not have the time to give citizens orders, he has directed me to the resident Guardsman to further help the settlement.

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

Endings & branches#

The journal has one explicit finished state at index 15:

Gill Bates does not have the time to give citizens orders, he has directed me to the resident Guardsman to further help the settlement.

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.

  • 1 × Mine Home Key (Nab_HumeHomeKey)

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Gill Bates (SW_Nab_Gates) — Naboo, Spice Mine

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Naboo, Spice Mine
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: Nab_HumanJourn Generated category: Naboo Journal entries: 4

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
5—I have spoken to Gill Bates who says in order to be accepted into their new settlement I must first partake in it. I should prove that I have become an active member of his settlement by bringing to him 400 Thrones.1
10—I have given 400 Thrones to Gill Bates who has granted me citizenship to his new settlement. He has given me a key to an available home in the underground city.1
15FinishedGill Bates does not have the time to give citizens orders, he has directed me to the resident Guardsman to further help the settlement.1

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

I have spoken to Gill Bates who says in order to be accepted into their new settlement I must first partake in it. I should prove that I have become an active member of his settlement by bringing to him 400 Thrones.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 1693865321258031096 under topic citizen; speaker Gill Bates (SW_Nab_Gates). locations: Naboo, Spice Mine. conditions: Journal Nab_HumanJourn Equal 0. response: “You’re new around here. See to the settlement, help where help is needed, trade where trade can be done, fight where fighting is asked. When you’ve gathered up 400 Thrones you bring those back to me and I’ll make you a citizen of this colony. There’s a lot of money to be made here.”.
Journal Nab_HumanJourn 5

Stage 10

I have given 400 Thrones to Gill Bates who has granted me citizenship to his new settlement. He has given me a key to an available home in the underground city.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 772030236327467012 under topic citizen; speaker Gill Bates (SW_Nab_Gates). locations: Naboo, Spice Mine. conditions: Journal Nab_HumanJourn Equal 5; Item/ItemType Nab_Thrones GreaterEqual 400. response: “Your active, your tough, and your dedicated. That’s exactly what we’re looking for here. Welcome to the settlement, here’s the key to your new home.”.
Journal Nab_HumanJourn 10
player->removeitem Nab_Thrones 400
player->additem Nab_HumeHomeKey 1

Stage 15 — Finished

Gill Bates does not have the time to give citizens orders, he has directed me to the resident Guardsman to further help the settlement.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 3620174203185425677 under topic citizen; speaker Gill Bates (SW_Nab_Gates). locations: Naboo, Spice Mine. conditions: Journal Nab_HumanJourn Equal 10. response: “There’s a Guardsman on the other side of the mining facility, go see him if you’re looking for more work to do.”.
Journal Nab_HumanJourn 15

Dialogue speakers:

  • Gill Bates (SW_Nab_Gates) — Naboo, Spice Mine

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Mine Home Key (Nab_HumeHomeKey)
  • Thrones (Nab_Thrones)

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

  • Naboo, Spice Mine

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 5: I have spoken to Gill Bates who says in order to be accepted into their new settlement I must first partake in…
  • Reach index 10: I have given 400 Thrones to Gill Bates who has granted me citizenship to his new settlement. He has given me a…
  • Reach index 15 (Finished): Gill Bates does not have the time to give citizens orders, he has directed me to the resident Guardsman to fur…
  • 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 Nab_HumanJourn. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.