Secrets of the Past
The "Secrets of the Past" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Secrets of the Past

Situation eventDLC: BioGenesis
Archaeologists have discovered proof of an ancient civilization from our ancestral homeworld. A long buried vault has been uncovered, and within there is startling evidence of past genetic experimentation. If this news became public knowledge, it could dilute our modern claims to genetic purity.
The command below will trigger the "Secrets of the Past" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Integrate this research with our own. Build upon the past.
- Gain modifier: Ancestral Inheritance
- Add deposit: Underground Vault
- Destroy the evidence. Nobody must know.
- Gain modifier: Buried Secrets
Firing conditions
Conditions the game checks before this event can fire:
- Must not have origin: Lost Colony
Show raw conditions
NOT = { has_situation_flag = biogenesis_215_fire }
has_situation_flag = purity_approach_selected
owner = {
NOT = {
has_origin = origin_lost_colony
}
}