Merc Calvus (internal journal)

Journal ID: Merc_Calvus Generated category: Systems & Internal Journals Journal entries: 4

Exact journal progression

Record-level trigger map

Stage 1

I’ve hired the mercenary Rhin Ayari as a bodyguard and companion for a thirty-day contract. He will follow me everywhere, and fight when I fight. I should keep him healthy and safe. He will follow or stay, at my command. If I want to change the plan, I should just talk to him about it.

How this stage is set:

• Dialogue INFO 180439746220217800 under topic available for hire; speaker Rhin Ayari (Calvus Horatius). locations: Tatooine, Cantina. conditions: Function/Choice Equal 3. response: “Good. Our contract is for 30 days. Here are the terms. I follow you everywhere, and fight when you fight. I’m always on duty. I follow or stay, at your command. And you’ll keep me healthy and safe, if you want to get your money’s worth. If you want to change the plan, just talk to me about it.”.

additem gold_001 250
Set Contract_Calvus to 1
Journal Merc_Calvus 1
StartScript Contract_Calvus
Set Companion to 1

Stage 10

The mercenary Rhin Ayari has completed his first thirty-day contract with me, and has left my service.

How this stage is set:

• Script Mercenary_Calvus. attached to Npc Rhin Ayari (Calvus Horatius); placed in Tatooine, Cantina.

if ( GetJournalIndex Merc_Calvus < 10 )
                            Journal Merc_Calvus 10      ;tells player the first mercenary contract is expired
                        else
                            Journal Merc_Calvus 20      ;tells player the most recent mercenary contract is expired

Journal Merc_Calvus 10      ;tells player the first mercenary contract is expired
                        else
                            Journal Merc_Calvus 20      ;tells player the most recent mercenary contract is expired
                    endif

Stage 11

I’ve re-hired the mercenary Rhin Ayari as a bodyguard and companion for a thirty-day contract. The terms are the same. He will follow me everywhere, and fight when I fight. I should keep him healthy and safe. He will follow or stay, at my command. If I want to change the plan, I should just talk to him about it.

How this stage is set:

• Dialogue INFO 764412791127635506 under topic available for hire; speaker Rhin Ayari (Calvus Horatius). locations: Tatooine, Cantina. conditions: Function/Choice Equal 4. response: “Good. Our contract is for 30 days. Here are the terms. I follow you everywhere, and fight when you fight. I’m always on duty. I follow or stay, at your command. And you’ll keep me healthy and safe, if you want to get your money’s worth. If you want to change the plan, just talk to me about it.”.

additem gold_001 250
Set Contract_Calvus to 1
Journal Merc_Calvus 11
StartScript Contract_Calvus
Set Companion to 1

Stage 20

The mercenary Rhin Ayari has completed another thirty-day contract with me, and has left my service.

How this stage is set:

• Script Mercenary_Calvus. attached to Npc Rhin Ayari (Calvus Horatius); placed in Tatooine, Cantina.

if ( GetJournalIndex Merc_Calvus < 10 )
                            Journal Merc_Calvus 10      ;tells player the first mercenary contract is expired
                        else
                            Journal Merc_Calvus 20      ;tells player the most recent mercenary contract is expired

Journal Merc_Calvus 10      ;tells player the first mercenary contract is expired
                        else
                            Journal Merc_Calvus 20      ;tells player the most recent mercenary contract is expired
                    endif

Related records and locations

Dialogue speakers:

• Rhin Ayari (Calvus Horatius) — Tatooine, Cantina

Scripts that read or write this journal:

• Mercenary_Calvus — Npc Rhin Ayari (Calvus Horatius); placed in Tatooine, Cantina

Items referenced by related script/result code:

• Credits (Gold_001)

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

• Tatooine, Cantina

Generated playtest checklist

• Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 1 is obtainable.
• Reach index 1: I’ve hired the mercenary Rhin Ayari as a bodyguard and companion for a thirty-day contract. He will follow me …
• Reach index 10: The mercenary Rhin Ayari has completed his first thirty-day contract with me, and has left my service.
• Reach index 11: I’ve re-hired the mercenary Rhin Ayari as a bodyguard and companion for a thirty-day contract. The terms are t…
• Reach index 20: The mercenary Rhin Ayari has completed another thirty-day contract with me, and has left my service.
• 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 Merc_Calvus. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.