Who Watches the Watchers?

The "Who Watches the Watchers?" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.

Who Watches the Watchers?

Country event

We built an observation post around … to study its inhabitants, only to realize the … are the ones studying us: they are fully aware of the existence of other alien species, and soon noticed the arrival of our …. Our previous activity in this solar system must have alerted the … to our presence. Efforts to keep our existence hidden are futile at this point.

The command below will trigger the "Who Watches the Watchers?" event in Stellaris:

Player choices

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

Acknowledged.

Event chain

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Who Watches the Watchers? (awareness.920) connects.

Can lead to

First Contact with the …action.2

Firing conditions

Show raw conditions

NOR = {
  has_country_flag = first_contact_completed@event_target:contact_empire
  event_target:contact_empire = {
    has_country_flag = unplugged_pre_ftl_empire_flag
  }
}
OR = {
  is_country_type = default
  is_country_type = fallen_empire
  is_country_type = awakened_fallen_empire
}