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

Planet event
A Synthetic worker unit on … recently went on a killing spree in a housing complex, butchering more than a thousand of our citizens before local armed forces could bring them down. Our forensic team is still investigating the Synths' remains, but they suspect some sort of malfunction in their neural processors is to blame for this tragedy. This incident has already prompted several revenge attacks against Synthetics on the …, leading to thousands of destroyed units.
The command below will trigger the "Malfunctioning Synthetics" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- Most unfortunate.