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

Country eventDLC: Nemesis
Spymaster … reports having lost contact with … operatives on active deployment in the …. They have missed a number of their most recent, scheduled check-ins. In accordance with standard procedure, we must now decide whether or not to track down our own operatives.
The command below will trigger the "Contact Lost" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 3 options:
- Find our operatives.
- Pauses Operation … for about a month. Our chances of success depend on the target's Encryption level.
- Disavow.
- Silently cancel this operation. Any unspent Assets will not be consumed.
- Call in our local Asset.
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Contact Lost (operation.5000) connects.
Can lead to
- Contact Re-Established
operation.5001 - Contact Confirmed Lost
operation.5002 - A Surprise Catch
espionage.1040
Firing conditions
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