The Ransomeers: Best Laid Plans
The "The Ransomeers: Best Laid Plans" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
The Ransomeers: Best Laid Plans

Fleet event
The pirate base, while fairly inconspicuous, is obvious when you know what to look for. A fleet in confused formation slowly drifts out from behind the re-purposed mining complex - they were obviously not expecting company.
The command below will trigger the "The Ransomeers: Best Laid Plans" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- Open comms. The captives need to be ready.
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how The Ransomeers: Best Laid Plans (anomaly.3095) connects.
Can lead to
- Captives
anomaly.3096
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
from = { has_star_flag = ransomeer_system }
owner = {
has_country_flag = captive_rescue
}