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

Science Officer … reports that … is covered from pole to pole in a web-like network of electrical filaments. These networks respond to external stimuli: the … experimented with sending a low-voltage pulse to the surface, which resulted in a wave of illumination that rippled through the network like a circuitboard. Even more remarkably: the webs rearrange themselves! A second, low-voltage pulse revealed that the filaments had been organized into a new pattern, centered around where the previous pulse had contacted the surface of …. … concludes that this discovery confirms … long-held theory: that life can exist as almost purely electrical impulses, independent of cellular- or viral structure.
The command below will trigger the "Life Electric" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Fascinating.
- Add deposit: +3
- Disturbing.
- Add deposit: +3
Regardless of your choice
- Leads to event: Contact Report: Simple Forms of Life
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Life Electric (distar.85) connects.