int StartingConditional()
{
int iNPCHelpers;
int iIndex;
int iReturn;
string sNPC;
string sNPCTag;
object oNPC;
location lLoc;

iNPCHelpers = GetLocalInt(GetModule(),"QuestNPCHelpers");
iIndex = 0;
iReturn = TRUE;

while (iIndex < iNPCHelpers)
    {
    iIndex++;
    sNPC = "QuestNPCHelper" + IntToString(iIndex);
    sNPCTag = GetLocalString(GetModule(),sNPC);
    if (!GetIsObjectValid(GetObjectByTag(sNPCTag)))
        {
        iReturn = FALSE;
        }
    }
return iReturn;
}