The Messenger: WHAT WAS, WILL BE
The "The Messenger: WHAT WAS, WILL BE" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
The Messenger: WHAT WAS, WILL BE

The … has located a small, minimally powered artificial object, broadcasting a looping signal at local range only. These sorts of things usually turn out to be escape pods, and this looks like one of those. It's been out here a long time. When the crew cracks it open - carefully observing quarantine procedures - they find ancient remains, preserved by the sterile pod environment. So far, not unusual. The captain of the … indicates, however, that they did not expect to find the … words WHAT WAS, WILL BE; WHAT WILL BE, WAS daubed on the wall in the bodily fluids of the pod's occupant - who the crew are now wryly referring to as "the Messenger". They add that there are some equally unexpected similarities between the Messenger's species, and our own.
The command below will trigger the "The Messenger: WHAT WAS, WILL BE" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- Interesting.
Firing conditions
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owner = {
is_ai = no
has_country_flag = worm_events_available
NOT = { has_country_flag = messenger_pod_found }
}
from = {
NOR = {
has_star_flag = guardian
has_star_flag = hostile_system
}
}