Ancient Life Pod
The "Ancient Life Pod" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Ancient Life Pod

An abandoned life pod was detected in close orbit of …. It is covered in scorch marks, presumably from when the pod's mothership exploded, and preliminary scans suggest it was built more than 5,000 years ago. The crew of the … managed to open the pod, revealing the withered remains of a reptilian alien clad in a resplendent uniform. Clutched in one of its claws was a small picture of another individual from the same race - possibly a mate or revered leader.
The command below will trigger the "Ancient Life Pod" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Interesting.
- Society: +None to None
- Their blood shall flow in other veins.
- Society: +None to None
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 Ancient Life Pod (anomaly.630) connects.
Can lead to
- Contact Report: Remnants
story.5