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

Situation event
Update: location of missing drone squad confirmed. The machines were found standing on a field, unmoving and unresponsive despite being switched on. Preliminary analysis confirms their memory drives were wiped by a magnetic burst.
The command below will trigger the "Wiped Drives" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Attempt to reinstall operating system.
- Scrap them for parts.
- Gain... some alloys
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Wiped Drives (situation.251) connects.
Triggered by
- Missing Units
situation.250
Firing conditions
Show raw conditions
has_situation_flag = vanished_pop