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

While approaching …, the … suddenly received a glancing hit by several passing mass driver rounds. The projectiles were billions of years old, and based on their trajectory they appear to be stray rounds fired from a neighboring galaxy. After missing their intended target, they continued on their journey for untold millennia - until today. The rounds we have recovered are of an advanced design despite their incredible age.
The command below will trigger the "Glancing Hit" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- Incredible.
- Engineering: +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 Glancing Hit (anomaly.655) connects.
Can lead to
- Contact Report: Remnants
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