The Retainer

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

The Retainer

Fleet eventDLC: Horizon Signal

Hello, hello. We welcome you back to …. Oh, you're different ones, aren't you? There are so many of you. So like our Brief, and yet so different. We request your kind assistance: do you have resources for our project? The Loop will assist us, but it's difficult to reach. Expensive, you see.

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

Player choices

When this event fires, you can choose between these 5 options:

Your Brief?
The Loop?
Yes.
- −800 Energy Credits
- −800 Minerals
No.
Perhaps later.

Event chain

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how The Retainer (akx.9600) connects.

Can lead to

The Retainerakx.9601
The Retainerakx.9602
The Retainer's Last Dutyakx.9620

Firing conditions

Show raw conditions

owner = {
  is_ai = no
  has_country_flag = worm_events_available
  from = {
    any_fleet_in_system = {
      exists = owner
      owner = {
        is_country_type = guardian_sphere
      }
    }
  }
  NOR = {
    has_country_flag = retainer_conversation
    has_country_flag = retainer_first_convo_concluded
  }
}