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

… has reconstructed the Messenger. It's, ah, quite impressive - worryingly so. It is considerably more robust and aggressive than our current edition. There needs to be some clarification about whether we were the source species, the Messenger modified version, or whether the Messenger was our predecessor. … firmly believes that we were once much more of a warrior species and that some meddling precursor muzzled our potential. Indeed, they consider losing our martial abilities a "tragedy." Such a tragedy that they have undergone experimental treatments to alter their physiology to that of the Messengers. They insist that this will equip them much better to continue the project.
The command below will trigger the "The Messenger: Leashed" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 3 options:
- A creative form of treason! Execute them, please.
- A creative form of treason! Execute them, please. Destroy their notes.
- Excellent idea! Get on with it, then.
- This may have significant and unpredictable consequences
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how The Messenger: Leashed (akx.9220) connects.
Can lead to
- The Messenger: Night Falls
akx.9221