Quick Facts

Series

1.	Honor and Privilege
2.	Welcome News

Storyline
Vashj'ir, Kelp'thar Forest & Shimmering Expanse Call of Duty Sea Legs Pay It Forward Rest For the Weary Buy Us Some Time Traveling on Our Stomachs To Arms! Stormwind Elite Aquatic and Land Forces On Our Own Terms All or Nothing Better Late Than Dead The Abyssal Ride Gimme Shelter! Ain't Too Proud to Beg A Taste For Tail A Girl's Best Friend Can't Start a Fire Without a Spark Ophidophobia A Desperate Plea Oh, the Insanity! Dah, Nunt... Dah, Nunt... Shark Weak DUN-dun-DUN-dun-DUN-dun A Bone to Pick Decisions, Decisions Undersea Sanctuary Spelunking Debriefing Wake of Destruction Come Hell or High Water What? What? In My Gut...? Decompression The Warden's Time Across the Great Divide The Looming Threat Backed Into a Corner Rundown Silver Tide Hollow The Great Sambino Undersea Inflation Totem Modification Back in One Piece Vengeful Heart Fathom-Lord Zin'jatar Nespirah Making Contact Slave Labor Stick it to Them Capture the Crab Breaking Through We Are Not Alone Hopelessly Gearless Body Blows Still Valuable Overseer Idra'kess Waking the Beast A Powerful Need To Eat Art of Attraction Odor Coater Clamming Up Bellies Await Caught Off-Guard Swift Approach An Occupation of Time A Better Vantage Upon the Scene of Battle Visions of the Past: The Invasion of Vashj'ir Reoccupation The Revered Lady To the Fathom-Lord's Call Built to Last Not Soon Forgotten Looking Forward Clear Goals Not Entirely Unprepared Properly Inspired Swift Action Fallen But Not Forgotten Gauging Success Visions of the Past: The Slaughter of Biel'aran Ridge By Her Lady's Word No Trespass Forgiven Stolen Property Chosen Burden The Culmination of Our Efforts Losing Ground Desperate Plan Hostile Waters Come Prepared Unfurling Plan Honor and Privilege Welcome News Visions of the Past: Rise from the Deep Her Lady's Hand At All Costs Devout Assembly Final Judgment A Breath of Fresh Air Full Circle

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Comments

Comment by Tyriar

I had problems getting the "Swim to the rescue balloon at the surface" objective, jumping around the surface seemed to do the trick.

Comment by Zlox

Just swim up.

Comment by 722485

Confirmed. Jumping up out of the water completes the surface part of the quest.

Comment by Mccullum

Quest bugged on me first time and would not recognize that i had swam to the balloon but did recognize the flare gun shot. Abandoned and re-swam to the balloon without my seahorse. Problem solved.

Comment by Merkel

I swam away and swam back, directly at the balloon to get it to work.

Comment by 720830

Swim straight up to surface and jump around the baloon if the "swim to surface" part did not register at 1st. Then open box, fire flare and talk to jordan to complete the quest. If for some reason it wont allow you to complete the quest, just abandon it, grab it, and then repeat (thats what I had to do).

Comment by 746681

This is bugged for me. I cannot get WOW to acknowlege that I have gone to the balloon. I can get the flare and fire it at the boats just fine but have dropped this and retried 3 times. It never gives me credit for going to the balloon... I have a ticket in on it but of course have heard nothing back. Going on 2 days now.

Comment by MaxTheDragon

I think it only bugs if you surface while mounted on the Seahorse. Unmounting and just jumping at the surface near the balloon worked for me.

Comment by 822123

I read all the posts and thought, it cannot be that easy...but thought what the hell...and sure enough one jump, quest complete.

Comment by wharris

Guide to Vashj'ir Shimmering Expanse Alliance quests:

The Vashj'ir quests start in Stormwind with Call of Duty.
The immediate pre-requisite for these quests is Across the great Divide which starts in Kelp'thar Forest .

Initial chain:
The Looming Threat
Backed Into a Corner
Rundown
Silver Tide Hollow

Several side quests are now enabled:
Slippery Threat, Don't be Shellfish, and A Distracting Scent
Also a side-chain:

The main chain continues at Toshe Chaosrender
Vortex (optional)
Vengeful Heart
Fathom-Lord Zin'jatar
A Pearl of Wisdom (optional;starts from Luminescent Pearl from the boss)
Nespirah
Making Contact
Slave Labor and Stick it To Them
Capture the Crab
Breaking Through
We Are Not Alone
Body Blows, Hopelessly Gearless, and Still Valuable
Overseer Idra'kess
Waking the Beast (also unlocks A Cold Welcome)
A Powerful Need to Eat
Clamming Up and Art of Attraction plus Odor Coater
Bellies Await
You can do all these simultaneously:

Swift Approach
Caught Off-Guard
A Better Vantage
An Occupation of Time (optional)

While killing naga, hope Ancient Elven Etching drops to start Piece of the Past
If you do these quests and haven't already continued on the main chain,
The Call of the Blade will set you back on track.

Main chain continues:
Upon the Scene of Battle
Visions of the Past: The Invasion of Vashj'ir
Turn to Naga and do:

Reoccupation
The Revered Lady
To the Fathom-Lord's Call and Built to Last
Not Soon Forgotten (ends first vision)

Looking Forward
Clear Goals, Not Entirely Unprepared, and Properly Inspired
Swift Action
Fallen but Not Forgotten and Gauging Success
Visions of the Past: The Slaughter of Biel'aran Ridge
As a naga again, complete:

By Her Lady's Word
No Trespass Forgiven and Stolen Property plus Chosen Burden
Setting an Example (optional)
The Culmination of Our Efforts (ends second vision)

Losing Ground
Desperate Plan
Come Prepared, Unfurling Plan, and Hostile Waters
Honor and Privilege
Welcome News
Visions of the Past: Rise from the Deep
As a naga, work on

If you are missing any of the naga optional quests, you may now talk to Wavespeaker Valoren to get the Blade of the Naz'jar Battlemaiden which allows you to repeat any of the visions

This chain wraps up:
A Breath of Fresh Air (enables The War has Many Fronts link to Deepholm)
Full Circle

The Vashj'ir quests conclude in the Abyssal Depths

Comment by Liri

I had it bug without me being on the seahorse or using it. I had to jump around the baloon on the 3rd try to get it to work.

Comment by Thebe2

now that was fun. jump up on the floating crate and shoot the flare. don't ride any mount to the surface, just float up.

Comment by Vycount

Anyone else wonder why, if we could swim to the surface, and the crate with the flare floats, why we needed a balloon?

Comment by Boxofbeer

Honor and Privilege http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdFZz2p9aiI

Links

Honor and Privilege

Swim to the surface, retrieve the flare gun, and fire a rescue flare towards the Alliance Ships.

	Swim to the rescue balloon at the surface (1)
	Fire a rescue flare towards the Alliance ships (1)
	Rescue Flare (1)

Description

All done! I'm confident it will work. And not a scrounger in sight to pop a hole in it this time! Fortuitous.

Jorlan already swam up to catch it. Swam up and stopped to wait for it. He said you'd get the honors though. Jorlan's nice like that.

Go to the top with the balloon, take the flare gun from the crate, and scan the horizon for Alliance ships. If you see any, fire the flare towards them. That's it! All there is to it.

Swim. Float. Flare. Rescue! That last part's my favorite.

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Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25898))