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

Initial readings of the … signals left … bewildered. They seemed to be mainly white noise, devoid of anything which could be recognized as language. For a time, there were even doubts as to whether we were dealing with the utterings of an intelligent species, despite the visual evidence of their use of technology. It was only when our … experimented with tuning our instruments to detect sounds well outside the normal range frequencies of our … that patterns indicative of a language were detected. Unfortunately, this poses considerable challenges for our quest to come to understand them, since we will not be able to hear them at all without assistance...
The command below will trigger the "A Problem of Frequencies" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- We will have to persevere.
- This may take a while...
- Surely some extra funding will help?
- −1000 Energy Credits