Alien Ship Captured!
The "Alien Ship Captured!" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Alien Ship Captured!

First contact eventDLC: First Contact
After a brief struggle in which we sustained minimal casualties, the crew of the exploratory vessel of the … - who we now know to be … species - surrendered to our boarding party. We now hold both their ship and a large portion of their crew hostage, and can set to work interrogating them and studying their technology.
The command below will trigger the "Alien Ship Captured!" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 4 options:
- They shall be interrogated.
- Let the vivisection commence!
- We will likely find out more from this approach, but the … will be extremely displeased when they find out.
- We have no need of survivors.Available only if Must not have civic: Devouring Swarm.
- We will also investigate their ship for clues about them.
- Gain Unity
- Let's see how they taste...Available only if Requires civic: Devouring Swarm.
- We will also investigate their ship for clues about them.
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Alien Ship Captured! (first_contact.250) connects.
Can lead to
- Vessel Seized
first_contact.252 - The Cruelty of the …
first_contact.253 - The Cruelty of the …
first_contact.254