Mirrors, Brightly
The "Mirrors, Brightly" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Mirrors, Brightly

The Manifesti have unveiled their most public exhibition to date. A new and extremely popular interactive experience on … invites visitors to manipulate reflections and images of themselves, and to create distorted collages of political figures - some from other galactic empires. Critics herald these pieces as casting a necessarily and harsh light upon our sense of self. The exhibition has also inspired a number of other satirical works both on domestic issues, and on pan-species relations. Debate amongst our social researchers is lively; more conservative voices urge caution.
The command below will trigger the "Mirrors, Brightly" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- A bold statement.
- Gain modifier: Deep Reflections
- A diplomatic disaster waiting to happen. Shut them down.
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Mirrors, Brightly (manifesti.20) connects.
Triggered by
- A Thousand Words, None Official
manifesti.15
Can lead to
- Rise of the Manifestists
manifesti.25 - Nipped in the Bud
manifesti.10
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
owner = { has_event_chain = "manifesti_chain" }