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Ocean Poachers

Walkthrough and QA reference for Ocean Poachers (SW_Poachers).

At a glance#

JournalSW_Poachers
CategorySide Quests
Journal entries4
Completion branches1
Starts bySpeak with Selkath Ambassador in Manaan, Ignatious’ Reef and ask about poachers.
Key locationsManaan, Ignatious’ Reef, Manaan, Melchior’s Reef
Key charactersSelkath Ambassador

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with Selkath Ambassador in Manaan, Ignatious’ Reef and ask about poachers#

Speak with Selkath Ambassador in Manaan, Ignatious’ Reef and ask about poachers.

Expected journal update — index 5: I have been asked by a Selkath ambassador to rid Ignatious Reef of Czerka poachers. I should bring to him 6 Czerka Badges to prove that I have rid the area of them.

2. Speak with Selkath Ambassador in Manaan, Ignatious’ Reef and ask about poachers#

Speak with Selkath Ambassador in Manaan, Ignatious’ Reef and ask about poachers.

Expected journal update — index 10: I have returned the badges to the ambassador and gained his favor.

3. Speak with Selkath Ambassador in Manaan, Ignatious’ Reef and ask about Kintik Dwomutket — Finished#

Speak with Selkath Ambassador in Manaan, Ignatious’ Reef and ask about Kintik Dwomutket.

Expected journal update — index 15: The ambassador translated for me the coordinates to the Sith Laboratory on Korriban. I should see about the soldiers taking the key and try to get transport arranged to Korriban.

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

Endings & branches#

The journal has one explicit finished state at index 15:

The ambassador translated for me the coordinates to the Sith Laboratory on Korriban. I should see about the soldiers taking the key and try to get transport arranged to Korriban.

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Selkath Ambassador (SW_SelkathAmbassador) — Manaan, Ignatious' Reef, Manaan, Melchior's Reef

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Manaan, Ignatious’ Reef
  • Manaan, Melchior’s Reef
Technical / QA reference

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

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
5—I have been asked by a Selkath ambassador to rid Ignatious Reef of Czerka poachers. I should bring to him 6 Czerka Badges to prove that I have rid the area of them.1
10—I have returned the badges to the ambassador and gained his favor.1
15FinishedThe ambassador translated for me the coordinates to the Sith Laboratory on Korriban. I should see about the soldiers taking the key and try to get transport arranged to Korriban.2

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

I have been asked by a Selkath ambassador to rid Ignatious Reef of Czerka poachers. I should bring to him 6 Czerka Badges to prove that I have rid the area of them.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 27883051315589593 under topic poachers; speaker Selkath Ambassador (SW_SelkathAmbassador). locations: Manaan, Ignatious' Reef, Manaan, Melchior's Reef. conditions: Journal SW_Poachers Equal 0. response: “We have identified a group of poachers in Ignatious Reef as Czerka Corporation hunters, the corporation has recently been banned from Manaan for such crimes, among others, and these humans must be dealt with. Bring me 6 of their badges and you will be doing the Selkath a great favor.”.
Journal "SW_Poachers" 5

Stage 10

I have returned the badges to the ambassador and gained his favor.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 12793126441174130658 under topic poachers; speaker Selkath Ambassador (SW_SelkathAmbassador). locations: Manaan, Ignatious' Reef, Manaan, Melchior's Reef. conditions: Journal SW_Poachers Equal 5; Item/ItemType SW_CzerkaKeycard GreaterEqual 6. response: “The badges, I assume that means you’ve taken care of the poachers? Very well, you have gained much favor with the Selkath, what can I do for you?”.
Journal "SW_Poachers" 10
player->removeitem "SW_CzerkaKeycard" 6
player->modReputation 1

Stage 15 — Finished

The ambassador translated for me the coordinates to the Sith Laboratory on Korriban. I should see about the soldiers taking the key and try to get transport arranged to Korriban.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 171769220799020825 under topic Kintik Dwomutket; speaker Selkath Ambassador (SW_SelkathAmbassador). locations: Manaan, Ignatious' Reef, Manaan, Melchior's Reef. conditions: Journal SW_Poachers Equal 15. response: “They say they were entrusted with it hundreds of years ago, and the story has been passed down verbally. They told me of soldiers who recently came down, and protected them from poachers as well before we arrived. In exchange for their service they gave them a key to such a place, but were unable to tell them where they needed to go. These are the coordinates of their location, on the planet Korriban. Good luck offworlder!”.
Journal SW_Poachers 15
  • Dialogue INFO 56829539207031150 under topic Kintik Dwomutket; speaker Selkath Ambassador (SW_SelkathAmbassador). locations: Manaan, Ignatious' Reef, Manaan, Melchior's Reef. conditions: Journal SW_Poachers Equal 10. response: “I have spoken to the natives of this area about the topic you have brought to me. They say they were entrusted with it hundreds of years ago, and the story has been passed down verbally. They told me of soldiers who recently came down, and protected them from poachers as well before we arrived. In exchange for their service they gave them a key to such a place, but were unable to tell them where they needed to go. These are the coordinates of their location, on the planet Korriban. Good luck offworlder!”.
Journal SW_Poachers 15

Dialogue speakers:

  • Selkath Ambassador (SW_SelkathAmbassador) — Manaan, Ignatious' Reef, Manaan, Melchior's Reef

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Czerka Badge (SW_CzerkaKeycard)

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

  • Manaan, Ignatious' Reef
  • Manaan, Melchior's Reef

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 5: I have been asked by a Selkath ambassador to rid Ignatious Reef of Czerka poachers. I should bring to him 6 Cz…
  • Reach index 10: I have returned the badges to the ambassador and gained his favor.
  • Reach index 15 (Finished): The ambassador translated for me the coordinates to the Sith Laboratory on Korriban. I should see about the so…
  • 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_Poachers. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.