Snuffed Out

Spymaster … reports that our team of operatives near the … has missed a number of checkpoints. Given the nature of this operation, we had already anticipated them being unable to maintain frequent contact. However, our Spymaster is regrettably confident that by now, the team has been lost. Operation … may be rescued if we can successfully cover our tracks, pitting our Codebreaking against … Encryption.

The command below will trigger the "Snuffed Out" event in Stellaris:

When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:

• Make it so.
  • Pauses Operation … for about a month. There is a medium-to-low chance our actions will go unnoticed, depending on our target's Encryption. Success is more likely if we have an Asset assigned to this Operation, sharing the same secondary category.
  • −20 Influence
• Disavow.
  • Cancels Operation …. There is a high chance our actions will go unnoticed, depending on the target's Encryption. Success is more likely if we have an Asset assigned to this Operation, sharing the same primary category.

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Snuffed Out (operation.5035) connects.

Conditions the game checks before this event can fire:

• Requires civic: Fanatic Purifiers
• Requires origin: Necrophage

exists = from
from = {
  OR = {
    has_espionage_category = op_cat_sabotage
    has_espionage_category = op_cat_provocation
    target = {
      OR = {
        has_valid_civic = civic_fanatic_purifiers
        has_origin = origin_necrophage
        AND = {
          is_gestalt = yes
          NOR = {
            has_valid_civic = civic_hive_empath
            has_valid_civic = civic_machine_servitor
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}