Scandalous Insult

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

Scandalous Insult

Country event

We have caught a delegate from the … in a rare blunder, letting slip their empire's true feelings about us to another, anonymous party. More than the usual political mud-slinging: these amount to an outright insult, as it appears we are the subjects of fierce ridicule amongst … society. Whether or not we pay any mind to this baseless slander: diplomacy and pride would demand that we stand our ground.

The command below will trigger the "Scandalous Insult" event in Stellaris:

Player choices

When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:

This is an outrage!
We are above such antics. Ignore them.
- −10 Influence

Event chain

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Scandalous Insult (envoy_events.100) connects.

Triggered by

Smear Campaignoperation.3005

Can lead to

Scandalous Insultenvoy_events.101

Firing conditions

Show raw conditions

is_country_type = default
OR = {
  exists = event_target:scandalous_insult_country
  AND = {
    NOT = { exists = event_target:scandalous_insult_country }
    NOT = { has_country_flag = recent_envoy_event }
  }
}
OR = {
  exists = event_target:scandalous_insult_country
  any_playable_country = {
    NOT = { is_same_value = root }
    OR = {
      AND = {
        is_galactic_community_member = yes
        ROOT = { is_galactic_community_member = yes }
        any_owned_leader = {
          is_assigned_to_galcom = yes
        }
      }
      AND = {
        has_federation = yes
        federation = { is_same_value = root.federation }
        any_owned_leader = {
          is_assigned_to_federation = yes
        }
      }
      is_improving_relations_with = root
    }
  }
}