Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic/Sunry Murder Trial

Trial

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The quickest way to end the trial is to present the data recording of Sunry killing Elassa to the court, proving his guilt beyond reasonable doubt but resulting in his summary execution:

Otherwise the trial will proceed with the witnesses and cross-examinations, even if you plead guilty based on Sunry's confession to you when presented with the data recording, or try to use the Force to persuade the court to find him innocent:


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Ignus, the proprietor of the vistor's hotel where the crime was committed, presents his sworn testimony before witnesses are called:


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Firith Me, a Pazaak player and guest at the hotel, is the first witness called:

Once you have no additional questions, you'll be given the opportunity to poll the judges after each witness is dismissed.


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Gluupor, a Rodian staying at the hotel, is the second witness called:


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Elora, Sunry's wife, is the next witnessed called:


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Sunry himself is the last witness called:


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The trial concludes with the closing statements of the prosecution and defense:


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Whether Sunry is found guilty or innocent depends on the questions you ask the witnesses during the trial.

Guilty
If you speak to none of the witnesses before beginning the trial, the only possible outcome is a guilty verdict:


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You can ask Jolee what he thinks of the verdict:


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This is the worst outcome in terms of experience received, particularly due to the length of the trial, so it's much better to do the leg work necessary for an innocent verdict and receive much more experience for doing so.

Death

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You can ask Jolee what he thinks of the verdict:


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This is the second best outcome in terms of experience received and equivalent to that received from an innocent verdict, but defending Sunry gives you an opportunity to receive slightly more (100 XP) and you move no closer to the dark side of the Force for condemning him to death (so this isn't recommended unless role-playing a dark side, or possibly just lawful, character).

Innocent
An innocent verdict requires you to score at least three points with at least three of the judges. The bare minimum for this is to get Elora or Sunry to admit to the affair with Elassa before beginning the trial, then ask or state the following during it:


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Judges Kota, Shelkar and Jhosa will still find Sunry innocent if you miss one of these questions, but you must ask Elora if it's true your husband was having an affair with Elassa. You may gain Judge Duula if you suggest more than once that Sunry couldn't have killed her because he's a cripple, but you'll lose Judges Shelkar and Jhosa:


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Remaining options can actually make it even harder to convince Judges Duula and Naleshekan of Sunry's innocence, and risk losing one of the other three:


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If you don't get Elora or Sunry to admit to the affair before the trial, an innocent verdict is still possible if you don't lose too any points with the judges and thoroughly investigate the crime scene in the visitor's hotel of the East Central courtyard, as this gives you more options to counter this damaging revelation during the trial:

You actually have more leeway than if you rely solely on the admission of the affair before the trial so that you can ask Elora if it's true during it, and ignore the visitor's hotel altogether.

However, the best possible outcome requires you to score at least three points with all five judges, which is impossible without both the admission of the affair and the investigation of the visitor's hotel before the trial. The maximum achievable points with each judge are as follows:

You have the least leeway with Judge Naleshekan, as you can gain points with Judge Duula at the expense of Judges Shelkar and Jhosa. Although you don't have to do absolutely everything before beginning the trial, the experience received from a thorough investigation dwarfs that received from the trial itself:

Overall, in excess of 3,000 XP can be received.


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You can ask Jolee what he thinks of the verdict:


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Once the trial is over, if you speak to Judge Shelkar again:

The Selkath guard also remains in the court: