Descends Into Nuclear War
The "Descends Into Nuclear War" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Descends Into Nuclear War

Country event
Several of the nation states on … have banded together against the one that shot down our shuttle, after the latter refused to share the technologies they recovered from the crash site. Following a brief conventional war, both sides obliterated each other in a massive exchange of nuclear missiles that ruined most of the …. There are no survivors on the surface, including our captured scientists, and the environment has taken significant damage.
The command below will trigger the "Descends Into Nuclear War" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- If only our shuttle had made it out...