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

Now that crucial colonization efforts of … have been completed, … have turned their attention towards its lofty spires. These mineral formations appear to be entirely hollow, transporting gaseous substances from beneath the planet's crust all the way to the thermosphere. For an as yet unknown reason, these gases also attract Tiyanki and other spaceborne fauna to travel across great distances to this planet. A more thorough research project would allow us to study this planetary wonder and expand our understanding of these incredible creatures, or perhaps to devise a method of claiming these precious gases for ourselves.
The command below will trigger the "Stratospheric Vents" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Study the vents.
- Start special project: Stratospheric Vents Project
- There is no time for this.
Firing conditions
Conditions the game checks before this event can fire:
- Requires modifier: Stratospheric Vents
Show raw conditions
has_modifier = "stratovents"
pop_amount > 0
NOR = {
has_planet_flag = colony_event
has_planet_flag = stratovent_world_colony
owner = { has_country_flag = stratovents_event_started }
owner = { has_ethic = ethic_gestalt_consciousness }
}
OR = {
owner = { has_communications = event_target:tiyanki_garrison_country }
owner = { has_communications = event_target:tiyanki_country }
}