Abandoned Terraforming Equipment
The "Abandoned Terraforming Equipment" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Abandoned Terraforming Equipment

Since our initial settlement of …, several anomalies in the …'s biosphere have been discovered. The ecosystem is unstable and has not developed according to projected models for a world of this type. Our scientists suspect outside tampering, and these suspicions have now been confirmed! A few of our colonists have stumbled upon a large underground terraforming complex that was built thousands of years ago. The equipment was apparently deactivated in the middle of the terraforming process, leaving the …'s biosphere in its current unfinished state. If we supply enough power, we should be able to reactivate the machinery. There is no telling what the end result will be like, however...
The command below will trigger the "Abandoned Terraforming Equipment" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- Who could have built this?
- Start special project: Resume Process
- Start special project: Dismantle Equipment
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
pop_amount > 0
habitable_planet = yes
uses_district_set = standard
NOR = {
has_planet_flag = abandoned_terraforming_planet
has_planet_flag = colony_event
is_planet_class = pc_nuked
is_planet_class = pc_gaia
is_planet_class = pc_relic
owner = {
OR = {
has_country_flag = abandoned_terraforming_country
is_machine_empire = yes
is_wilderness_empire = yes
}
}
AND = {
owner = { ideal_planet_class = pc_arid }
is_planet_class = pc_arid
}
AND = {
owner = { ideal_planet_class = pc_desert }
is_planet_class = pc_desert
}
AND = {
owner = { ideal_planet_class = pc_tropical }
is_planet_class = pc_tropical
}
AND = {
owner = { ideal_planet_class = pc_continental }
is_planet_class = pc_continental
}
AND = {
owner = { ideal_planet_class = pc_ocean }
is_planet_class = pc_ocean
}
AND = {
owner = { ideal_planet_class = pc_tundra }
is_planet_class = pc_tundra
}
AND = {
owner = { ideal_planet_class = pc_arctic }
is_planet_class = pc_arctic
}
AND = {
owner = { ideal_planet_class = pc_alpine }
is_planet_class = pc_alpine
}
AND = {
owner = { ideal_planet_class = pc_savannah }
is_planet_class = pc_savannah
}
AND = {
owner = { ideal_planet_class = pc_volcanic }
is_planet_class = pc_volcanic
}
}