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

Despite the efforts of our infiltration cells, the deteriorating diplomatic situation between the nation states on … has erupted into full-scale war! After a brief period of conventional warfare, all of the combatants made full use of their nuclear arsenals. The vast majority of life has been cleansed from the …'s surface, which has been reduced into a radioactive wasteland. Thousands of our covert infiltrators were lost along with the rest of the population. With the operation having ended in failure, our orbiting Observation Post has been dismantled and the staff evacuated.
The command below will trigger the "War Erupts" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between the following option:
- This is a disaster.
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
exists = event_target:prelude_to_war_country
event_target:prelude_to_war_planet = {
has_observation_outpost = yes
}