Star-Crossed Lovers

The "Star-Crossed Lovers" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.

Star-Crossed Lovers

Country event

It seems that, instead of performing … task and representing … interests, our envoy … has fallen for the charms of a … diplomat. Fearing the repercussions of this transgression, the pair have eloped to the …: a nation whose dangerously liberal constitution permits such unions. In doing this, … has forfeited … position as our envoy. However, this loss of control over our own officials has hurt our galactic standing. We must restore our reputation by apprehending the miscreant!

The command below will trigger the "Star-Crossed Lovers" event in Stellaris:

Player choices

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

The … owe us their help.
Approach them and appeal to reason.
- If the … accepts, we will owe them 2 Favors.
Let it be; the affair will be forgotten soon enough.
- Gain modifier: Diplomatic Corps Ridiculed

Event chain

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Star-Crossed Lovers (envoy_events.7) connects.

Can lead to

Incoming Transmissionenvoy_events.8

Firing conditions

Show raw conditions

is_country_type = default
is_xenophobe = yes
is_homicidal = no
NOT = { has_country_flag = recent_envoy_event }
any_envoy = {
  NOT = {
    has_envoy_task = {
      task = none
    }
  }
  OR = {
    AND = {
      OR = {
        has_envoy_task = {
          task = harm_relations
        }
        has_envoy_task = {
          task = improve_relations
        }
      }
      envoy_location_country = {
        is_country_type = default
        is_gestalt = no
        NOT = { is_same_species = prev }
        NOT = { is_same_species = root }
        any_relation = {
          is_country_type = default
          is_xenophile = yes
          has_communications = root
          is_at_war = no
          NOT = { has_country_flag = recent_envoy_event }
          has_policy_flag = refugees_allowed
        }
      }
    }
  }
}