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A Poor Hack Job

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

A Poor Hack Job

A Poor Hack Job event picture
First contact eventDLC: First Contact

It appears that our attempts to covertly delve into the network systems of the … were detected. It is not clear exactly what went wrong, but … claims that the systems they were up against were simply too advanced - or their overseers too vigilant - to be caught out in this manner. Unfortunately, by the time this became clear, it was too late. We can only hope that we haven't made ourselves dangerous enemies with this ploy...

The command below will trigger the "A Poor Hack Job" event in Stellaris:

Player choices

When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:

  • A regrettable turn of events.
    • The … have gained a poor first impression of us.

Event chain

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how A Poor Hack Job (first_contact.215) connects.

Can lead to