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

The expedition has returned with an answer to the mystery of … and its missing people. Most of the planet's population died out in the sudden, chaotic ice age. The remnants of the species migrated deeper into the planet's crust to get closer to the cooling core, which was the only remaining source of warmth and energy in the ice age's wake. A tremendous subterranean engineering project was initiated by the survivors. In a desperate attempt to thaw their frozen world, they tried to channel geothermal heat from the planetary core up to the surface. But something went terribly wrong, and the core rejuvenation spiraled out of control, flooding the shelter tunnels with magma and superheated gas, wiping out all the survivors in an instant.
The command below will trigger the "Fatal Heat Wave" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- Oops...
- Physics: +None to None