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

First contact eventDLC: First Contact
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, it turns out that they are a fully-autonomous robotic civilization led by a single, formidable AI. We have seen no sign of their creators. We can only assume that they were wiped out in the cataclysm from which the … emerged.
The command below will trigger the "A Civilization of Machines" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 3 options:
- We should study them - perhaps our own automation could be upgraded!
- Engineering: +None to None
- Terrifying. We must find out how to dismantle them!
- On screen.