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

Country eventDLC: Nemesis
One of our Politicians on … has carelessly misplaced a bundle of sensitive materials, including an encryption key whose very existence outside of government facilities is a gross breach of protocol. Our domestic authorities are scrambling to switch security platforms, as it's quite possible these materials may have fallen into hostile ….
The command below will trigger the "Stray Communiqué" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 3 options:
- Oops...
- Gain modifier: Lost Encryption Key
- Fire this incompetent, at once!
- A Politician on our capital is fired and demoted.
- −250 Energy Credits
- Gain modifier: Lost Encryption Key
- Fire this incompetent, at once!
- A … on our capital is fired and demoted.
- −250 Energy Credits
- Gain modifier: Lost Encryption Key
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Stray Communiqué (espionage.1060) connects.
Can lead to
- Finders Keepers
espionage.1050
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
is_regular_empire = yes
NOT = { has_country_flag = recently_dropped_finderskeepers }