An Unpleasant Surprise
The "An Unpleasant Surprise" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
An Unpleasant Surprise

Fleet eventDLC: Grand Archive
The asteroid in … served only as a shell for a massive organism living inside. We have successfully destroyed it and recovered …. Caution should be taken in further investigations of asteroids. More of these creatures may be out there, lying in wait of easy prey. Unfortunately, … suffered some irreparable harm.
The command below will trigger the "An Unpleasant Surprise" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- OK
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how An Unpleasant Surprise (grand_archive.3016) connects.
Can lead to
- Cutholoids
grand_archive.2900