Project Blue Lotus

Our scientists report that the newly-uncovered, crystalline blue deposits on … respond dramatically to delayed-erasure photon energy. The minerals filter its wavelengths and reflect a beam which is capable of transforming ordinary silicates into a new, super-conductive alloy - though only ever during daylight. Given that this process essentially involves bouncing high levels of radiation around an enclosed space, some scientists have already come out in protest. A different group of excited researchers offers a counter-argument, stressing that this phenomenon could revolutionize the way we refine precious metals. Either way: developing this technique further will be costly.

The command below will trigger the "Project Blue Lotus" event in Stellaris:

When this event fires, you can choose between these 4 options:

• Bring it back into the fold.
  • Add deposit: Blue Lotus Prototype
• Let's see where this research goes.
  • −420 Energy Credits
  • Add deposit: Blue Lotus Prototype
• Cease experiments at once.
• Purge the drone.

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Project Blue Lotus (colony_fed.105) connects.