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

… can't help but notice that an abnormally large number of apparently undamaged systems in the station seem to be failing with excessive frequency, even allowing for their age. Upon reactivating them for the umpteenth time, agonized screams are heard from the team's comp tech: "What? Why? How?!" The stream of distressed and incredulous noises continues unabated for some time before … shakes … head, defeated. "It seems this entire facility was cobbled together with duct tape," … says. "I'm surprised it ever worked."
The command below will trigger the "System Failures" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Proceed with extreme caution.
- Try kicking it.
- Percussive Maintainer grants faster research in the fields of Archaeology and Computing at the cost of -1 max Skill Levels.