A Collective Intelligence
The "A Collective Intelligence" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
A Collective Intelligence

Our efforts to decipher the signals picked up from the … have paid off, and we are finally able to open diplomatic channels with the civilization we now know to be the …. Remarkably, they appear to completely lack the concept of individuality that is inherent in the … species. Indeed, the individual … "…" has no free will or thought whatsoever and is a mere pawn of the "…". Far from chafing under such tight control, our … speculate that the … have evolved to depend on this collective intelligence and would not be able to survive without it.
The command below will trigger the "A Collective Intelligence" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 4 options:
- We should study them - and apply the findings to our own workers!
- Gain modifier: Hive Mind Drone Study
- A fascinating species. We must find out how such a phenomenon is possible.
- Society: +None to None
- We will wipe them out.
- On screen.