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

Once our decision was made clear, the ethereal creature immediately severed lines of communication. Every tendril of its dark matter withdrew back into its central mass. We have deployed surveillance drones and data infrastructure for cross-rift observation of this device and its prisoner. Days have passed since our exit back through the rift, and the entity still has yet to move.
The command below will trigger the "Life in a Cage" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- A peculiar specimen.
- Add deposit: +25
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Life in a Cage (astral_rift.2445) connects.
Triggered by
- A Prisoner's Plea
astral_rift.2420
Can lead to
- Research Subject Euthanized
astral_rift.2450