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

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 …. The … has suffered extensive damage, with the destruction of every major city and more than 90% of the population. Scattered survivors have emerged from the rubble, but our researchers predict that the …'s civilization will be regressing to a far less developed state. Our captured scientists are counted among the billions of dead.
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...
- …: Regresses to the ….