Scheduled for Demolition

After recovering one of the more intact crashed wrecks and reverse-engineering it, the purpose of this orbital network became clear. The machines were automated cutting beams placed around …. Their function was to completely dismantle the planet, carving it up piece by piece over a span of centuries. Not long after the endeavor began, perhaps a few decades based on projections, something interrupted the procedure. The automated cutters lost power and their orbit decayed, until one by one they smashed themselves to bits on the planet's surface. Theories abound as to why anyone would do this. Whether it was mining on a hitherto unimagined scale, some obscure doomsday cult out to break and remake the world, a quirk of unknowable alien psychology, or just code that went awry after the original creators vanished, none can say.

The command below will trigger the "Scheduled for Demolition" event in Stellaris:

When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:

• Intriguing.