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

The leader of the Black Needle has made a proposition, offering us a significant bounty in exchange for the Celestial Chart. If we took this deal, we would be handing over the key to Captain Ness's treasure. Rejecting this proposal will invoke their full wrath. The extent to which these pirates have infiltrated our ranks is unknown, but they have threatened to completely dismantle … from the inside out. Whether these are but empty threats remains to be seen.
The command below will trigger the "A Bold Proposition" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Reject their offer.
- Leads to event: Sabotage!
- Sell the Celestial Chart.
- Lose the Celestial Chart Gain +$@max_credit_mult|0%$ of your maximum Energy Credits Gain a ship from the Black Needle
- Leads to event: A Deal Brokered
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how A Bold Proposition (grand_archive.8415) connects.
Triggered by
- Cobalt Quill, Captain of the Black Needle
grand_archive.8410
Can lead to
- Sabotage!
grand_archive.8505 - A Deal Brokered
grand_archive.8500
Firing conditions
Conditions the game checks before this event can fire:
- Requires origin: Treasure Hunters
Show raw conditions
has_origin = origin_treasure_hunters
has_event_chain = "treasure_hunters_origin_story_chain"
exists = event_target:cobalt_quill
fromfrom = {
has_fleet_flag = is_spawned_for@root
}