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Critical Failure

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

Critical Failure

Critical Failure event picture
Ship event

We are receiving a distress signal from the …. The crew has gone mad and are killing each other! The captain has lost all control, sending help would be futile at this point. Could this have anything to do with that derelict ship they recently investigated?

The command below will trigger the "Critical Failure" event in Stellaris:

Player choices

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

  • Terrible news...
    • The … is destroyed.

Regardless of your choice

  • Leads to event: Contact Report: Remnants

Event chain

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Critical Failure (anomaly_failure.4012) connects.

Triggered by

Can lead to