Thievery in the Elite

Journal ID: SW_BatesJourn Generated category: Side Quests Journal entries: 4

Exact journal progression

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

The operating manager, Endoran, at the Bate’s Corporation office has tasked me with finding a hyperdrive prototype stolen by the Shony Corporation. Their factory is in the Southwest portion of the lower city.

How this stage is set:

• Dialogue INFO 1301386522355120171 under topic Greeting 7; speaker Endoran (SW_GatesAgentOM). locations: Nar Shaddaa, Bate's Corp. conditions: Journal SW_BatesJourn Equal 0; Function/Choice Equal 1. response: “So you have no customer service skills, have never worked in a corporate office, and you say you’re a %PCClass? I think I have a better job for you. The Shony Corporation has stolen a hyperdrive prototype from us, their factory is in the Southwest side of the lower city, if you can get it from them come back and talk to me.”.

Journal SW_BatesJourn 5
AddTopic "prototype"

Stage 10

I have found the hyperdrive prototype in the Shony factory, I should return this to the Bate’s Corporation.

How this stage is set:

• Script SW_HyperActivate. attached to MiscItem Hyperdrive Prototype (SW_HyperModule); placed in Nar Shaddaa, Shony Factory.

If ( GetJournalIndex, "SW_BatesJourn" == 5 )
        activate
        Journal SW_BatesJourn 10
    else
        MessageBox "This object is humming."

Stage 15

After returning the prototype to Endoran I was awarded with 400 credits.

How this stage is set:

• Dialogue INFO 4962589943354975 under topic prototype; speaker Endoran (SW_GatesAgentOM). locations: Nar Shaddaa, Bate's Corp. conditions: Journal SW_BatesJourn Equal 10; Item/ItemType SW_HyperModule GreaterEqual 1. response: “You found the prototype? If Bates would have found out we lost this he would’ve replaced everyone in this office, thank you. Here, for all your work.”.

Journal SW_BatesJourn 15
player->removeitem, "SW_HyperModule", 1
player->additem, "Gold_001", 400

• Dialogue INFO 22434293652617520003 under topic prototype; speaker Endoran (SW_GatesAgentOM). locations: Nar Shaddaa, Bate's Corp. conditions: Journal SW_BatesJourn Equal 5; Item/ItemType SW_HyperModule GreaterEqual 1. response: “You found the prototype? If Bates would have found out we lost this he would’ve replaced everyone in this office, thank you. Here, for all your work.”.

Journal SW_BatesJourn 15
player->removeitem, "SW_HyperModule", 1
player->additem, "Gold_001", 400

Related records and locations

Dialogue speakers:

• Endoran (SW_GatesAgentOM) — Nar Shaddaa, Bate's Corp

Scripts that read or write this journal:

• SW_HyperActivate — MiscItem Hyperdrive Prototype (SW_HyperModule); placed in Nar Shaddaa, Shony Factory

Items referenced by related script/result code:

• Credits (Gold_001)
• Hyperdrive Prototype (SW_HyperModule)

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

• Nar Shaddaa, Bate's Corp
• Nar Shaddaa, Shony Factory

Generated playtest checklist

• Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
• Reach index 5: The operating manager, Endoran, at the Bate’s Corporation office has tasked me with finding a hyperdrive proto…
• Reach index 10: I have found the hyperdrive prototype in the Shony factory, I should return this to the Bate’s Corporation.
• Reach index 15: After returning the prototype to Endoran I was awarded with 400 credits.
• 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_BatesJourn. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.