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Orbital Speed Demon

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

Orbital Speed Demon

Orbital Speed Demon event picture
Ship eventDLC: Distant Stars

Attempts to scan the object in high-speed orbit of … have been unsuccessful. The object quickly falls below …'s horizon and the …'s instruments are simply unable to keep up. While …'s gravitational pull is strong, that alone does little to explain the object's extreme momentum. Either the object itself possesses some extraordinary properties, or there is some gravitational phenomenon at work here. The object's velocity appears to be increasing over time, and Science Officer … suspects that it may soon be thrown out of orbit, even without outside interference.

The command below will trigger the "Orbital Speed Demon" event in Stellaris:

Player choices

When this event fires, you can choose between these 3 options:

  • Try to slow it down.
    • Dispatch a drone and attempt to latch onto the object to reduce its momentum.
  • Attempt to halt it.
    • Eject debris to collide with the object, hopefully stopping it in its orbital tracks.
  • Get away from it.
    • Move out of harm's way and leave the object to its fate.
    • +200 leader experience

Event chain

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Orbital Speed Demon (distar.3050) connects.

Can lead to