The Horizon Signal: Where the End Comes From

"This will be the end of me," … says at the briefing before launch. "I know I won't come back. But I think I always knew this would happen. Whatever is in the hole has been waiting for us for a long long time - I think it's been waiting for me, since before I was born." Once again, the single-pilot ship approaches the Exit Point. Once again, space boils like a fever. Again, our sensor arrays soak up fascinating data. This time, … is silent. The telemetry becomes intermittent; and then it, too, is silent. The ship has reached the Exit Point. The conditions around it are returning to normal. Nothing has happened. Nothing? The monitoring team mutter furiously. The ship is different... in fact, it's a different ship. It's …'s vessel, lost these years past, drifting now away from the Exit Point. A salvage team finds it pristine and empty - no trace of crew, and no sign of violence. But there's a journal entry in …'s name, titled WHAT WAS WILL BE. Our scientists review it nervously. "Impossible," one says. "I hope so," says another. The ship is renamed the "Foundling" and returned to service. The Signal, dead or sleeping, says nothing at all, ever again.

The command below will trigger the "The Horizon Signal: Where the End Comes From" event in Stellaris:

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

• And yet, this may not be the end.

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how The Horizon Signal: Where the End Comes From (akx.9021) connects.