An Empty Husk

Our attempts to capture the exploratory vessel of the … have ended in catastrophe. Unfortunately, they resisted more vigorously than expected, and once it became clear that their fight was hopeless, they set the vessel to self-destruct. Little now remains of their vessel but debris. We can only hope their exploration vessel will not be followed by warships bent on revenge!

The command below will trigger the "An Empty Husk" event in Stellaris:

When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:

• We must redouble our efforts to translate their language.
• Let's try this again...
  • As we have located their home systems, we may try to abduct specimens from there. However, they will be on their guard.

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how An Empty Husk (first_contact.270) connects.