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

Country event
A matter has arisen in the course of our ongoing contract with …. Diagnostic cycles have flagged an accumulation of deferred maintenance tasks across several primary and secondary systems. Efficiency projections indicate a statistically significant improvement to workforce output would follow a scheduled maintenance period. The report has been flagged to …, who will be monitoring how the matter is handled, and will certainly demand a revision in terms.
The command below will trigger the "Downtime Request" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Approve the request.
- This contract's completion payout will be reduced by 25%.
- Gain modifier: Downtime Granted
- The contract comes first.
- Gain modifier: Downtime Denied