What Separates Us
The "What Separates Us" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
What Separates Us

Planet event
The xenos living among us have begun to cause friction on …. Our own people are furious, resulting in more and more fights breaking out each day. If we idly stand by the xenos might end up losing more than some bodily fluids.
The command below will trigger the "What Separates Us" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 5 options:
- Distract the angry mob.
- All … Pops on … with the Xenophobe ethic gains the Enraged modifier for 24 months, with the following effects: Happiness -25% Production Output -25%
- Isolate the xenos from the mob.
- All … Pops on … with the Xenophobe ethic gains the Enraged modifier for 24 months, with the following effects: Happiness -25% Production Output -25%
- Gain modifier: Protecting Minorities
- Influence: +None to None
- Protect the minority at any cost.
- All … Pops on … with the Xenophobe ethic gains the Enraged modifier for 24 months, with the following effects: Happiness -25% Production Output -25% All Alien and Xenophile Pops on … gains the Pleased modifier for 12 months, with the following effects: Happiness +25% Production Output +25%
- Gain modifier: Protecting Minorities
- Influence: +None to None
- Do not get involved.
- 1 Alien Pop is killed. All Alien and Xenophile Pops on … gains the Enraged modifier for 12 months, with the following effects: Happiness -25% Production Output -25%
- Let the xenos fight their own fight.
- 1 Alien Pop is killed. All Alien and Xenophile Pops on … gains the Enraged modifier for 12 months, with the following effects: Happiness -25% Production Output -25%
Firing conditions
Conditions the game checks before this event can fire:
- Must not have ethic: Gestalt Consciousness
Show raw conditions
owner = {
NOT = { has_ethic = ethic_gestalt_consciousness }
}
pop_amount > 0
NOR = {
has_planet_flag = colony_event
is_planet_class = pc_habitat
}
any_owned_pop_group = {
is_enslaved = no
is_robotic_species = no
NOT = {
is_same_species = owner
}
}
any_owned_pop_group = {
is_same_species = owner
is_xenophobe = yes
}