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Trial Rodian (internal journal)

Walkthrough and QA reference for Trial Rodian (internal journal) (SW_TrialRodian).

At a glance#

JournalSW_TrialRodian
CategorySystems & Internal Journals
Journal entries1
Completion branchesNo explicit Finished marker
Starts bySpeak with Rodian Witness in Manaan, Kogal’s Office and ask about trial.
Observed prerequisite journalsSW_Trial
Key locationsManaan, Kogal’s Office
Key charactersRodian Witness

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with Rodian Witness in Manaan, Kogal’s Office and ask about trial#

Speak with Rodian Witness in Manaan, Kogal’s Office and ask about trial.

Expected journal update — index 5: The Rodian claims he watched the entire thing happen, and that the Sith Soldier punched the Republic Soldier and he was forced to defend himself.

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Rodian Witness (SW_RodianTrial) — Manaan, Kogal's Office

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Manaan, Kogal’s Office
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: SW_TrialRodian Generated category: Systems & Internal Journals Journal entries: 1

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
5—The Rodian claims he watched the entire thing happen, and that the Sith Soldier punched the Republic Soldier and he was forced to defend himself.1

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

The Rodian claims he watched the entire thing happen, and that the Sith Soldier punched the Republic Soldier and he was forced to defend himself.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 3246521208228412867 under topic trial; speaker Rodian Witness (SW_RodianTrial). locations: Manaan, Kogal's Office. conditions: Journal SW_Trial Equal 10; Journal SW_TrialRodian Equal 0. response: “I saw the whole thing. I was getting a drink from the bar when the Sith turned around and punched the Republic soldier in the face, who naturally defended himself against his aggressor.”.
Journal  SW_TrialRodian 5

Dialogue speakers:

  • Rodian Witness (SW_RodianTrial) — Manaan, Kogal's Office

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

  • Manaan, Kogal's Office

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 5: The Rodian claims he watched the entire thing happen, and that the Sith Soldier punched the Republic Soldier a…
  • 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_TrialRodian. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.