Tarkhans and you

On how to catch all the Tarkhans.

Introduction

With losing my savegame multiple times and the randomness of recruitment, this guide might never be finished, but I already have collected some information, so I might as well share it for whoever finds some of it useful ;)

The recruitment minigame

In the recruitment minigame you have 5 turns to convince the Tarkhan to join you. You can achieve this by selecting one of the available Speech Cards or a Gift, if available.


Here is a quick breakdown:

Each turn you have 2 to 5 random Speech Cards available to choose.
Each card represent a different Worldview and can be either positive or negative towards this view.

If you match the card with the opinion of the Tarkhan you gain 1 or more points, if it is opposed, you lose points.

For each 3 points you get a star, up to 4 stars maximum. At least one star is required to recruit the Tarkhan, but more are always better.

If you use the same Speech Card multiple times for a Tarkhan, you get -1 point on the card for each time used, dropping a gain of +1 to zero, +2 to +1, etc. Sometimes the introducing event or greeting of a Tarkhan can also count as having used a corresponding card.

Using a Gift Card can net you points like a speech, but instead of using a turn it grants you an additional turn, even if the resulting points are negative. The same gift can be used multiple times without penalty.

If you have multiple good matches in a row with your speeches and gifts, you can get the "Good Speech" modifier, giving you additional points for a following worldview match.

Worldviews

There are 8 different worldviews in the game.
Each Tarkhan can have either a strongly positive, positive, neutral, negative, or strongly negative opinion on the subject.
Matching a positive speech on a worldview with a strongly positive or positive opinion grants you +2 or +1 points, the same is true for matching a negative speech with a strongly negative or negative opinion.
On the other hand, if the speech and opinion do not match and are opposed, you get -2 or -1 points instead.
If the Tarkhan has a neutral opinion, or a modifier for using a speech multiple times drops the gained points to 0, there will be "No Reaction" instead.
The most important thing to note is, that not all worldviews are fixed for a Tarkhan, some seem to be randomized at the start of the campaign. So what worked for you one time, might not work during the next run, more on this later.

• Romani:
  Strongly positive - Very proud Romani -or- Devoted to Romanis
  Positive - Proud Romani -or- Likes Romani
  Negative - Dislikes Romani
  Strongly negative - Hates Romani
  
  
• Gerat (aka Elaim):
  Strongly positive - Very proud Elaim -or- Devoted to Elaims
  Positive - Proud Elaim -or- Likes Elaim
  Negative - Dislikes Elaim
  Strongly negative - Hates Elaim
  
  
• Kindness:
  Strongly positive - Greatly values kindness
  Positive - Kind
  Negative - Harsh
  Strongly negative - Cruel
  
  
• Force:
  Strongly positive - Greatly values force
  Positive - Appreciates force
  Negative - Peace-Minded
  Strongly negative - Hates violence
  
  
• Wealth:
  Strongly positive - Greatly values wealth
  Positive - Loves wealth
  Negative - Does not value wealth
  Strongly negative - Despises wealth
  
  
• Fear:
  Strongly positive - Very afraid of you
  Positive - Afraid of you
  Negative - Not afraid of you
  Strongly negative - Looks down on you
  
  
• Order (aka Justice, Law):
  Strongly positive - Greatly values justice
  Positive - Loves justice
  Negative - Does not value justice
  Strongly negative - Lawless
  
  
• Faith:
  Strongly positive - True believer
  Positive - Lean towards faith
  Negative - Inclined to unbelief
  Strongly negative - Unbelieving

Speech Cards and Gifts

There are 8 different worldviews in the game, each represented by two speech cards for either a positive or a negative opinion.
Gifts are always counted as towards the positive opinion, but not all worldviews have gifts associated with them. They are found by searching the Crew Compartments of a crashsite after a battle.

• Romani:
  Positive - Of the great destiny of the Romani Empire
  Negative - Of the coming decline of the Romani Empire
  Gift - Empire Cross
  
  
• Gerat (aka Elaim):
  Positive - Of the great future that awaits all the people of Gerat
  Negative - Of the Romani Empire and how the Elaim need it to survive
  Gift - Great Banner
  
  
• Kindness:
  Positive - Of the woes of the People and how you wish to aid them
  Negative - Of the Fact that this is no time for Philantropy
  
  
• Force:
  Positive - Of the war with Kiva and why it is necessary
  Negative - Of ending the war and why this must be done
  Gift - Gilded Dagger
  
  
• Wealth:
  Positive - Of the untold riches that await the victor in Gerat
  Negative - Of how the wealthy opress the people of Gerat and must be brought down
  Gift - Gold Elephant
  
  
• Fear:
  Positive - Of how Sayadi is a good friend and a fearsome foe
  Negative - Of your deep sense of respect for the Tarkhan
  
  
• Order (aka Law, Justice):
  Positive - Of the injustice seen through Gerat
  Negative - Of how the weak appeal to justice to undermine the strong
  
  
• Faith:
  Positive - Of the importance of faith in these troubled times
  Negative - Of the dangers of faith and the superstition it brings
  Gift - Bronze Icon

Finding the Tarkhans

As far as i am aware, there are 8 Tarkhans to recruit in the campaign and the prologue Tarkhan. and the special secret Tarkhan.
At the start of the campaign you will have a direction to the location of the first Tarkhan, this seems to always be Omar Khan.
If you land in the right location, there will be a landed ship with a white "Head" icon in the city view. Clicking the ship starts the recruitment event.

How to find additional locations:

• find them by accident.
  
• after talking to a Tarkhan, they might point you to the next, closest. The direction will be recorded in your "questlog".
  
• searching the Captains Cabin after a battle gives you a note with a direction, but this will not be recorded anywhere! Write it down or put some markers on your map, you will not be able to see this information again. This can also be a Tarkhan you already have gotten a direction for.
  
• a rare event with a caravan can give you directions to the nearest Tarkhan.
  
• after some time, you will get radio messages, about someone wanting to meet you. Draw lines in the direction the messages are coming from to find the source.

If the direction says the location is "far" they can be anywhere between 2500km to almost 4000km from the city you got the direction from.
Otherwise they are closer than 2000km most of the time.

Tarkhan Profiles

As stated before, some of the worldviews are randomized each game, so be aware that all of the opinions below could be dead wrong in your campaign.

• Always X - I verified at least 10 games that this stat is only positive or only negative (or very rarely neutral).
  
  
• Random - it always seems to be random, I got roughly the same amount of positive as well as negative reactions in different games.
  
  
• Random (tending towards X) - roughly 9 in 10 times it was the same, but rarely it could be the opposite.

Imlan-Harish (Prologue)

At the start of the campaign he will already be recruited with 2 stars, even if he was recruited with different stars during the prologue.

• Romani
  Random
  
  
• Gerat
  Always Positive
  
  
• Kindness
  Always Positive
  
  
• Force
  Always Positive
  
  
• Wealth
  Random (tending to Negative)
  
  
• Fear
  Always Positive
  
  
• Order
  Always Positive
  
  
• Faith
  Always Positive

Omar Khan

If you give him the item at the start of the recruiting event, he will automatically join with 2 stars.
Otherwise you can try to recruit him normally.

• Romani
  Random
  
  
• Gerat
  Always Positive
  
  
• Kindness
  Always Positive
  
  
• Force
  Random (tending to positive)
  
  
• Wealth
  Random
  
  
• Fear
  Random (tending to negative)
  
  
• Order
  Always Positive
  
  
• Faith
  Always Positive

Duchess Isi

• Romani
  Random
  
  
• Gerat
  Always Positive
  
  
• Kindness
  Always Positive
  
  
• Force
  Always Negative
  
  
• Wealth
  Always Negative
  
  
• Fear
  Always Positive
  
  
• Order
  Always Positive
  
  
• Faith
  Always Positive

Nadir Bek

• Romani
  Random (tending towards Negative)
  
  
• Gerat
  Always Positive
  
  
• Kindness
  Random (tending towards Negative)
  
  
• Force
  Random (tending towards Positive)
  
  
• Wealth
  Random (tending towards Positive)
  
  
• Fear
  Always Positive
  
  
• Order
  Always Negative
  
  
• Faith
  Random (tending to Positive)

Shuja-e-Sani

• Romani
  Random
  
  
• Gerat
  Always Positive
  
  
• Kindness
  Random (tending towards Negative)
  
  
• Force
  Always Positive
  
  
• Wealth
  Random
  
  
• Fear
  Always Negative
  
  
• Order
  Random (tending towards Negative)
  
  
• Faith
  Random (tending towards Positive)

Yitzhak-Ra

• Romani
  Always Positive
  
  
• Gerat
  Random
  
  
• Kindness
  Always Positive
  
  
• Force
  Random
  
  
• Wealth
  Random (tending towards Positive)
  
  
• Fear
  Random (tending towards Positive)
  
  
• Order
  Always Positive
  
  
• Faith
  Always Negative

Yemelyan Gulyaev

• Romani
  Always Positive
  
  
• Gerat
  Always Negative
  
  
• Kindness
  Always Positive
  
  
• Force
  Always Positive
  
  
• Wealth
  Always Positive
  
  
• Fear
  Always Negative
  
  
• Order
  Always Positive
  
  
• Faith
  Random (tending towards Negative)

Admiral Wan

• Romani
  Always Positive
  
  
• Gerat
  Random
  
  
• Kindness
  Always Negative
  
  
• Force
  Always Positive
  
  
• Wealth
  Random (tending towards Positive)
  
  
• Fear
  Always Negative
  
  
• Order
  Always Positive
  
  
• Faith
  Random (tending towards Negative)

Alsahir

Alsahir automatically joins with 2 stars, if you allow it. Otherwise the Tarkhan is gone.
I have found no way to get a recruitment minigame here.

Coming soon

- recruitment events
- Stars and support requests and the lategame
- Other allies
- The secret Tarkhan (or see my other unfinished guide) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2571084124

[WiseArkAngel]

Nadir Bek does not appreciate the Gerati topic.

[Prc]

I think their opinions are randomized when you talk to them. Save scumming resulted in this each time.

[alexbali255]

Nadir Bek, I praised Gerat but he was upset.

[AllisonCA]

Alt+F4.

[C-091]

open savefile
ctrl+f
paste your tarkhan
and now you have all his preferences

[Setanta017]

Just a note on Shuja, I can confirm he doesn't "always" support Gerat. In my playthrough I could confirm he Hated Elaims but everything else I could confirm lined up. He was a Proud Romani (fitting with Random), and he appreciated both Wealth and Force.

[AerysQ]

Nadir Bek traits during one of my playthrough.
Dislikes Elaim
Proud Romani
Force & Wealth were in the positives (Don't remember the exact affinity towards these traits)

[Emperor Status]

POKEMON

gotta catch em all;

[Watermelon Juice]

i've been browsing the save files and at the bottom their preferences is there.

[HyenaDog]

Admiral Van dislikes Ramanis