Caught Red-Handed
The "Caught Red-Handed" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Caught Red-Handed

Ship eventDLC: Grand Archive
Unfortunately, one of the guards caught on to our scheme as we were loading the capsule onto the ship. The discovery led to a short firefight, as we were forced to flee the scene with the precious cargo in tow. The capsule was successfully extracted, but Scientist … killed in the crossfire.
The command below will trigger the "Caught Red-Handed" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- Terrible news...
- Unity: +None to None
- Start special project: Decode Chart Piece
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Caught Red-Handed (grand_archive.8120) connects.
Can lead to
- Pirate Base Abandoned
grand_archive.8125