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A Lost Trooper

Walkthrough and QA reference for A Lost Trooper (SW_LostTroop).

At a glance#

JournalSW_LostTroop
CategorySide Quests
Journal entries4
Completion branchesNo explicit Finished marker
Starts bySpeak with Sarna in Taris, The Promised Land and ask about there.
Key locationsTaris, Remnants, Taris, The Promised Land
Key charactersSarna

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with Sarna in Taris, The Promised Land and ask about there#

Speak with Sarna in Taris, The Promised Land and ask about there.

Expected journal update — index 5: I met a Sith survivor in the promised land on Taris, she’s asked me to let her know if I find another sith trooper in the area that recently wandered off.

2. Find Dead Trooper in Taris, Remnants and complete the encounter#

Find Dead Trooper in Taris, Remnants and complete the encounter.

Expected journal update — index 10: I have found the lost trooper, he’s been killed out in the Undercity of Taris. I should let Sarna know.

3. Speak with Sarna in Taris, The Promised Land and ask about there#

Speak with Sarna in Taris, The Promised Land and ask about there.

Expected journal update — index 15: Sarna has given me her modified Sith Cuirass in gratitude of returning to her with the fate of her lost trooper.

Known item transfer: 1 × Sith Trooper Armor (SW_SithCuirassSarna).

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 × Sith Trooper Armor (SW_SithCuirassSarna)

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Sarna (SW_TarisSithQuester) — Taris, The Promised Land

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Taris, Remnants
  • Taris, The Promised Land
Technical / QA reference

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

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
5—I met a Sith survivor in the promised land on Taris, she’s asked me to let her know if I find another sith trooper in the area that recently wandered off.1
10—I have found the lost trooper, he’s been killed out in the Undercity of Taris. I should let Sarna know.1
15—Sarna has given me her modified Sith Cuirass in gratitude of returning to her with the fate of her lost trooper.1

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

I met a Sith survivor in the promised land on Taris, she’s asked me to let her know if I find another sith trooper in the area that recently wandered off.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 1448860422160024151 under topic there; speaker Sarna (SW_TarisSithQuester). locations: Taris, The Promised Land. conditions: Journal SW_LostTroop Equal 0. response: “One of my troopers chased off a rakghoul a few days ago, he hasn’t made it back though and I’m starting to get worried. If you find him, can you please just help him get back home?”.
Journal SW_LostTroop 5

Stage 10

I have found the lost trooper, he’s been killed out in the Undercity of Taris. I should let Sarna know.

How this stage is set:

  • Script SW_TrooperFind. attached to Npc Dead Trooper (SW_TarisSithDead); placed in Taris, Remnants.
If ( OnActivate )
    If ( GetJournalIndex, "SW_LostTroop" == 5 )
        Journal SW_LostTroop 10
        Activate
    Else

Stage 15

Sarna has given me her modified Sith Cuirass in gratitude of returning to her with the fate of her lost trooper.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 23580269612412313104 under topic there; speaker Sarna (SW_TarisSithQuester). locations: Taris, The Promised Land. conditions: Journal SW_LostTroop Equal 10. response: “You found him? I see, well I’m glad to at least know his fate, we can honor his death now. Thank you, and here take this, it’s a modified Sith cuirass I got before the bombardment, you’ll need it more than I will, since you’re going out there and all.”.
Journal SW_LostTroop 15
Player->additem, SW_SithCuirassSarna, 1
Removeitem, SW_SithCuirassSarna, 1

Dialogue speakers:

  • Sarna (SW_TarisSithQuester) — Taris, The Promised Land

Scripts that read or write this journal:

  • SW_TrooperFind — Npc Dead Trooper (SW_TarisSithDead); placed in Taris, Remnants

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Sith Trooper Armor (SW_SithCuirassSarna)

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

  • Taris, Remnants
  • Taris, The Promised Land
Journal-state readers (1 code sites)
  • Script SW_TrooperFind. attached to Npc Dead Trooper (SW_TarisSithDead); placed in Taris, Remnants.

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 5: I met a Sith survivor in the promised land on Taris, she’s asked me to let her know if I find another sith tro…
  • Reach index 10: I have found the lost trooper, he’s been killed out in the Undercity of Taris. I should let Sarna know.
  • Reach index 15: Sarna has given me her modified Sith Cuirass in gratitude of returning to her with the fate of her lost troope…
  • 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_LostTroop. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.