A Growing Pain
The "A Growing Pain" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
A Growing Pain

Situation event
A sudden outbreak of … has befallen our empire. While severity ranges widely, the condition has already affected a significant proportion of the population, causing widespread disruption across the …. A small number of particularly powerful psionic … are among the worst affected, and preliminary statistical analysis suggests a correlation between psionic aptitude and intensity of symptoms.…
The command below will trigger the "A Growing Pain" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 3 options:
- We must learn to tolerate this.
- Society: +None to None
- Distribute protective upgrades.
- −1000 Energy Credits
- Draw strength from adversity.
- Unity: +None to None
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
exists = owner
NOT = {
has_situation_flag = shroud.2420_fired
}