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

Ship event
We did indeed discover life on …, but by our actions, it has since been eradicated. The microbial creatures which lived in the outer edges of the gas giant's atmosphere reacted poorly to our deep scans. These frequencies caused each creature's cellular structure to resonate - an effect that then cascaded and spread from gas mite to gas mite. Each was rendered inert soon after. We are now in orbit over the largest graveyard in the universe.
The command below will trigger the "Cascading Catastrophe" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Fascinating.
- Society: +None to None
- Can anything be done?
- Start special project: … Restoration Project