Encountered

The "Encountered" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.

Encountered

Country event

We have detected the presence of a … alien proto-civilization on … in the … system. Our probes show that their Neolithic culture has mastered fire and developed a rudimentary spoken language, but we have yet to see any evidence of metallurgy or written communication. We should consider building an Observation Post above their world to study them more closely.

The command below will trigger the "Encountered" event in Stellaris:

Player choices

When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:

Interesting.

Event chain

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Encountered (action.5) connects.

Can lead to

Contact Report: …story.6

Firing conditions

Show raw conditions

is_ai = no
NAND = {
  has_origin = origin_broken_shackles
  event_target:primitive_civ = {
    OR = {
      has_country_flag = broken_shackles_parent_country
      has_country_flag = broken_shackles_abductees_country
    }
  }
}
event_target:primitive_civ = {
  NOR = {
    has_country_flag = broken_shackles_parent_country
    has_country_flag = broken_shackles_abductees_country
    has_country_flag = humans_late_medieval_age
    has_country_flag = benefactor_empire
    has_country_flag = fotd_hunter@root
    has_country_flag = solarpunk_country
  }
  OR = {
    has_country_flag = stone_age
    has_country_flag = bronze_age
    has_country_flag = iron_age
    has_country_flag = late_medieval_age
    has_country_flag = renaissance_age
    has_country_flag = steam_age
  }
}