Lost to Bureaucracy
The "Lost to Bureaucracy" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Lost to Bureaucracy

Planet event
Due to a major clerical error parts of … has fallen behind in infrastructure maintenance and accommodation services. The people live in rather bleak conditions and will not tolerate it for long. Remedying these problems will cost us time and effort.
The command below will trigger the "Lost to Bureaucracy" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 4 options:
- Unfortunate.
- We must invest in this area.
- −500 Energy Credits
- −100 Influence
- Unity: +None to None
- We have a strong community, help them recover.
- −250 Energy Credits
- −50 Influence
- Gain Unity
- Throw out the inhabitants and raze the area.
- Influence: +None to None
Firing conditions
Conditions the game checks before this event can fire:
- Must not have ethic: Gestalt Consciousness
Show raw conditions
pop_amount > 0
has_building = yes
NOR = {
has_planet_flag = colony_event
is_planet_class = pc_habitat
}
owner = {
is_ai = no
NOT = { has_ethic = ethic_gestalt_consciousness }
}