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

The … finds a disturbing tangle of technology hidden in a deep crater on the asteroid's surface. Evidently someone has - by rather simplistic means - managed to stabilize a one-way wormhole. Science Officer … suggests that the asteroid is an exit point. The other end opens up somewhere in uncharted space some light-years away from a black hole, and small quantities of dark matter are leaking - being siphoned - through the wormhole. Whoever set this up seems to have abandoned the operation.
The command below will trigger the "Illicit Matter" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- Fascinating.
- Dark Matter deposit found.
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Illicit Matter (anomaly.155) connects.
Can lead to
- Contact Report: Remnants
story.5 - action.941
action.941