Misuse of Technology
The "Misuse of Technology" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Misuse of Technology

To foster good will, we agreed to share our matter replication technology with the inhabitants of …. Of course, we expected them to use it to reduce resource scarcity, but now we are receiving reports that the technology is being weaponized. The inhabitants have arrived at the bold idea of reversing the functionality of a replication unit so rather than assembling pre-programmed matter, the device can now be used to disassemble living beings at the atomic level.
The command below will trigger the "Misuse of Technology" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Confiscate the tech. They cannot be trusted to use it correctly.
- Leads to event: Confiscation
- Unity: +None to None
- What they choose to do with the tech is not our concern.
- Leads to event: Destructive Tendencies
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Misuse of Technology (fircon.8500) connects.
Can lead to
- Confiscation
fircon.8505 - Destructive Tendencies
fircon.8510
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
has_first_contact_dlc = yes
NOR = {
has_country_flag = fircon.8500_fired
has_country_flag = recent_preftl_diplomatic_event
}
has_pre_ftl_trade_agreement = yes
any_observed_pre_ftl_within_border = {
NOT = { is_broken_shackles_pre_ftl_to_scope = { SCOPE = root } }
}