Echoes from the Deep

Suspicious that the crew is hiding something, Science Officer … decided to mount an unauthorized solo-expedition to examine the planet's core. A video feed from the ships submarine shows what happened: Going deep into the oceans of … there is only darkness, but also something... alive. Inside deep-sea caverns close to the …'s warm core there are webs of plankton-like vegetation, that spans the …'s entire crust. While investigating the plankton … is stricken with a seizure, only to awake hours later. After returning to the … the Science Officer is delusional and only speaks of horrors and haunted visions.

The command below will trigger the "Echoes from the Deep" event in Stellaris:

When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:

• The Science Officer probably just needs rest.
  • Science Officer … gains the Maniacal Trait.
• The Science Officer is insane. To the brig!
  • Science Officer … is permanently suspended.

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Echoes from the Deep (anomaly.4049) connects.