Research Secured

Our infiltration attempt in the … has proceeded flawlessly so far. A single operative has gained access to the interior of a remote research facility via its utility ducts, having slowly wound their way to a restricted-access terminal for the … central repository. A complex series of electronic blinds and bluffs has exposed the research database for just long enough to make our move. … security will clamp down tightly after we're done here.

The command below will trigger the "Research Secured" event in Stellaris:

When this event fires, you can choose between these 5 options:

• That will do. Mission accomplished.
• Retrieve as many of our operatives as possible.
• Sabotage whatever we leave behind.
  • …: Afflicted by Research Sabotaged for 1 year.
  • −25 Influence
• Give us backdoor-access to their future research.
  • Gain modifier: Research Backdoor
• This is an ideal opportunity to seize more!
  • An additional technology is made available for research, as well as the item we have attained.

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Research Secured (operation.1026) connects.