History Lesson

We have spent the last month in a cultural exchange with the …. Their society mirrored our own until briefly before FTL technology was discovered, when they encountered an unknown alien vessel of unimaginable power. The vessel moved on without its purpose ever being discovered, but the brief visit shocked their society to the core. Seeing how helpless they would have been against this craft lead to an upheaval in their ideology and a shift towards spiritualism. It is clear to us that they made the incorrect choice, but it does pose an interesting question. Would our society also have gone down the wrong path had the same thing happened to us so early on? It is unfortunate for them that this event happened during the impressionable pre-FTL period of their history. Changing their foundational ethics undoubtedly slowed the progress of their empire.

The command below will trigger the "History Lesson" event in Stellaris:

When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:

• Unfortunate for them.

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how History Lesson (astral_rift.1605) connects.