From Beneath the Waves
The "From Beneath the Waves" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
From Beneath the Waves

Planet event
The colonizers on … regularly explore the planet in hopes of finding more resources to help with day-to-day life. A recent expedition to the north pole has now unveiled a large object on the bottom of the ocean: An alien battle cruiser. The pressure of the deep will prove a challenge, but it is possible to get to the ship.
The command below will trigger the "From Beneath the Waves" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 6 options:
- Try and salvage it.
- Start special project: Submerged Cruiser
- Scrap it to learn its secrets.
- Scrap it to learn its secrets.Available only if Requires technology: Destroyers.
- Try and salvage it.Available only if Must not have technology: Destroyers.
- Start special project: Submerged Cruiser
- Try and salvage it.Available only if Requires technology: Destroyers; Must not have technology: Cruisers.
- Start special project: Submerged Cruiser
- Try and salvage it.Available only if Requires technology: Cruisers.
- Start special project: Submerged Cruiser
- Engineering: +None to None
Firing conditions
Conditions the game checks before this event can fire:
- Requires technology: Destroyers
Show raw conditions
owner = {
has_technology = tech_destroyers
NOR = {
has_country_flag = colony_submerged_cruiser
is_wilderness_empire = yes
}
}
pop_amount > 0
NOR = {
has_planet_flag = colony_event
is_planet_class = pc_volcanic
}
OR = {
is_planet_class = pc_continental
is_planet_class = pc_tropical
is_planet_class = pc_gaia
is_planet_class = pc_ocean
}