Is There Life In There?

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

Is There Life In There?

Country eventDLC: First Contact

Even after meeting us, the … refuse to accept the existence of extraterrestrial life. They claim we're not interstellar visitors, but subterranean dwellers who climbed to the planet's surface through a hole in the ground. Their planet, …, is thought to be hollow, and they believe we fly inside this central cavity using our spaceships. These baffling beliefs are hindering our diplomatic efforts. Everything we say or do is met with the utmost suspicion.

The command below will trigger the "Is There Life In There?" event in Stellaris:

Player choices

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

Bring their most influential skeptics to space.
- Leads to event: Proving Skeptics Wrong
is not hollow! Show them the calculations!
- Leads to event: Proving Skeptics Wrong
Admit we are subterranean invaders.
- Leads to event: Proving Skeptics Right

Event chain

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Is There Life In There? (fircon.6000) connects.

Can lead to

Firing conditions

Show raw conditions

has_first_contact_dlc = yes
NOR = {
  has_global_flag = fircon_6000_fired
  has_country_flag = recent_preftl_diplomatic_event
}
any_observed_pre_ftl_within_border = {
  NOR = {
    is_subterranean_empire = yes
    has_civic = civic_flat_world_theory
    is_broken_shackles_pre_ftl_to_scope = { SCOPE = root }
  }
}