Developing Civilization Encountered

The "Developing Civilization Encountered" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.

Developing Civilization Encountered

Country event

The news that we have made formal contact with an intelligent yet undeveloped civilization has been received with mixed feelings by our populace. This confirms our long-held belief that there are non-space-faring aliens within our galaxy who may have never even considered exploring beyond their own planet. Each species we encounter represents both an opportunity and a threat. We must be wary. The technological level of these particular aliens is low by our standards. They have not yet achieved space flight. We must decide how best to engage them going forward.

The command below will trigger the "Developing Civilization Encountered" event in Stellaris:

Player choices

When this event fires, you can choose between these 8 options:

This changes everything.
Available only if Must not have ethic: Gestalt Consciousness; Must not have origin: Storm Chasers.
How fascinating.
Available only if Must not have origin: Storm Chasers.
Indeed.
Available only if Must not have origin: Storm Chasers.
They are... different.
This data must be analyzed.
Prey...
Gathering tactical data...
Wild.
Available only if Requires origin: Storm Chasers.

Event chain

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Developing Civilization Encountered (progress.5) connects.

Triggered by

First Contact with the …action.1
First Contact with the …action.2

Firing conditions

Show raw conditions

is_ai = no
NOT = { has_country_flag = first_contact_preFTL_established }
NOR = {
  has_origin = origin_payback
  has_origin = origin_broken_shackles
  has_origin = origin_unplugged
}
event_target:contact_empire = { is_primitive = yes }