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

Situation event
Warning: extensive hardware and software damage reported in the population of …. Cause: exposure to excessive doses of ionizing radiation. Cognitive damage risks spreading to our Core intelligence.
The command below will trigger the "Malfunctioning Drones" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 3 options:
- Disconnect the drones.
- Kick the Simple Drones off the stage.
- Risk within acceptable range. Ignore.
- There are no strings on me.
- Restore and shield the drones.
- Spend... some energy to untangle the knot.
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
NOT = {
current_situation_approach = protect_everydrone
}
got_any_unprotected_drones = yes
target = {
any_owned_pop_group = { is_robot_pop_group = yes }
count_owned_pop_amount = {
count >= 300
}
}