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

Country eventDLC: Distant Stars
Sensors report that Science Officer … was registered dropping from orbit around … in a personal landing pod. Crashing into the ocean at maximum velocity, we cannot imagine … survived. There are no traces of the pod remaining.
The command below will trigger the "Strange Calling" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- Curses!
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Strange Calling (distar.196) connects.
Triggered by
- Transmission
distar.195
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
exists = event_target:living_planet_tar
event_target:living_planet_tar = { has_modifier = living_sea }