It's a Ploy!
The "It's a Ploy!" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
It's a Ploy!

Country eventDLC: Nemesis
It appears we acted too hastily in trying to extract our supposed, disavowed operative. We have entirely lost contact with the team of operatives we dispatched to the …. We now suspect that the operative never existed. All operatives who were associated with this endeavor have been disavowed. As a result, our ability to conduct further operations in the … will be restricted for a time as the Spy Network recovers.
The command below will trigger the "It's a Ploy!" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- This does not bode well.
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
exists = event_target:disavowed_agent_country
has_event_chain = operative_resurfaces_chain