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

A creature of legend swims languorously between the gas giants in the … system. Larger than any Tiyanki on record - indeed, larger than any of our projections could have allowed for, a space whale of impossible proportions seems to have made her nest here. With tentacles longer than a … battleship, this magnificent Matriarch's glowing hide stands out startlingly against the void of space. She is old, remarkably so, a veritable ancient covered end to end in battle scars and strange growths. A gigantic, unexploded proton torpedo is lodged in the venerable creature's back, and the fractured remains of ships in the system speak of what manner of fate befell any vessels that strayed too close.
The command below will trigger the "The Matriarch" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- Incredible.
Regardless of your choice
- Leads to event: Contact Report: Leviathan
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how The Matriarch (distar.211) connects.
Can lead to
- Contact Report: Leviathan
story.8
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
from = { has_star_flag = elderly_tiyanki_system }
owner = {
is_country_type = default
NOT = { has_country_flag = encountered_elderly_tiyanki }
}
exists = event_target:elderly_tiyanki_fleet
exists = event_target:elderly_tiyanki_country