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

Country eventDLC: Horizon Signal
… has now sequenced the origins of the Messenger species. Without stopping to ask anyone's opinion, they have also recreated a highly contagious virus. It stalks our worlds. Under its influence, our primary species falls into a chrysalis-coma and emerges a day later as the Messenger species. This is causing - it is fair to say - some excitement.
The command below will trigger the "The Messenger: Night Falls" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 3 options:
- This has gone too far. Control the outbreak.
- All pops on the capital planet will be converted, but there it will end.
- Control the outbreak, and purge all affected citizens.
- This will purge all affected pops - nearly the entire population of ….
- What was, shall be. Circulate a sample of the virus.
- This will transform our entire species.
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how The Messenger: Night Falls (akx.9221) connects.
Triggered by
- The Messenger: Leashed
akx.9220