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

Country event
With …'s health quickly failing, our best medical minds have devised an unorthodox solution. An elaborate apparatus will be built directly inside of the council chambers. By granting this machine control over many of … natural processes, we can keep … alive indefinitely.
The command below will trigger the "The Second Chance" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 6 options:
- Build this apparatus.
- An apparatus will be built for …, granting … immortality at the price of locking … inside the palace.
- −1500 Energy Credits
- −1500 Minerals
- Prepare the upgrades.Available only if Requires tradition: Cybernetic Traditions Finished.
- Our cybernetics will prepare the advanced parts which will extend …'s life.
- −1000 Energy Credits
- −500 Alloys
- Prepare the Zro and the upgrades.
- Our … will conduct a ritual to grant …'s immortality.
- −250 Zro
- Prepare this synthetic marvel.
- Our roboticists will prepare an advanced synth shell to extend the …'s life.
- −500 Alloys
- Prepare the clone vats.Available only if Requires tradition: Genetic Traditions Finished; Requires tradition: Cloning Traditions Finished; Requires tradition: Purity Traditions Finished; Requires tradition: Mutation Traditions Finished.
- Our geneticists will create clones to extend …'s life
- −1000 Energy Credits
- −1000 Food
- This is too much; allow … to cease functioning.
- The cost of changing our Luminary is too much. Instead, we will allow … to power down.
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how The Second Chance (paragon.6000) connects.
Triggered by
- The Fall
paragon.5202
Can lead to
- The Living Empire
paragon.6005 - Upgrades Complete
paragon.6010 - Psionic Infusion
paragon.6015 - Synthetic Expansion
paragon.6020 - A More Perfect Body
paragon.6025
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
exists = ruler
ruler = { has_leader_flag = paragon_origin_legendary_leader }