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

Country eventDLC: Distant Stars
Finally, our … have managed a peek into the alien box without compromising the container itself. By utilizing an advanced type of sonar, they have been able to identify its contents. The contents are puzzling or, at least, unexpected. The box holds three small vials, each filled with an unknown liquid. The box is safe to open, but it will require further research to understand how.
The command below will trigger the "Alien Box Contents" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 3 options:
- Open it.
- Research of the box has accelerated our Physics knowledge.
- Start special project: Cracking Open the Alien Box
- Physics: +None to None
- Sell it.
- Sell the box to the highest bidder.
- Energy Credits: +None to None
- Minerals: +None to None
- Physics: +None to None
- Irradiate it.
- Through neutron activation analysis, we can better understand what materials were used to make the box and the contents.
- Physics: +None to None