Contact Report: Remnants
The "Contact Report: Remnants" event in Stellaris — flavor, choices, and how to trigger it with the event console command.
Contact Report: Remnants

Country event
The … is abuzz with news of the alien remnants that were recently studied. These remains are considered definitive proof of intelligent, purposeful alien activity at some point in the past - we may still be alone now, but we are at least not the first to be so.
The command below will trigger the "Contact Report: Remnants" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 11 options:
- Excellent. Add them to our catalog.
- New life offers valuable scientific insights.
- We are one with the cosmos.
- Prepare to confront potential threats.
- The existence of life expands our understanding.
- Our dominance must be asserted.
- Embrace the bonds of new life.
- Fortify our defenses against the unknown.
- Diversity enriches our collective wisdom.
- Prepare to integrate this intelligence.
- Analyzing data for optimal efficiency.
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Contact Report: Remnants (story.5) connects.
Triggered by
- Mysterious Ruins
ancrel.1 - The Grunur
ancrel.2000 - Pirate Treasure
anomaly.5 - Derelict Shipyard
anomaly.25 - Junkyard
anomaly.30 - Crashed Scout Craft
anomaly.35 - Automated Mining Base
anomaly.40 - Crashed Ore Freighter
anomaly.65 - Important to Someone Else
anomaly.95 - Cell Cells
anomaly.115 - Eddic, Monolithic
anomaly.120 - Abandoned Amusement Park
anomaly.135 - Illicit Matter
anomaly.155 - Moon Projected
anomaly.191 - Misty Shores
anomaly.195 - Geothermal
anomaly.200 - Lightshow
anomaly.235 - A Whiff of Something
anomaly.250 - Apocalypse Past
anomaly.255 - Mineral Factorial
anomaly.260 - Alien Drag Racing
anomaly.265 - Fender Bender
anomaly.270 - Abandoned Thrusting
anomaly.275 - Up is Down
anomaly.295 - Abandoned Cargo Pod
anomaly.305 - Social Experiment
anomaly.310 - Aerostat Colonies
anomaly.315 - Debris Field
anomaly.320 - Crushed Cruiser
anomaly.325 - Mummified Pilot
anomaly.625 - Ancient Life Pod
anomaly.630 - Alien Writing
anomaly.635 - Solar Sailer
anomaly.650 - Glancing Hit
anomaly.655 - Towed Asteroid
anomaly.660 - Nuclear Devastation
anomaly.670 - Runaway Greenhouse Effect
anomaly.685 - Ancient Survey Marker
anomaly.705 - Limbo
anomaly.186 - Signs of Battle
anomaly.2530 - Alien Mural
anomaly.2540 - Automated Shipyard
anomaly.2550 - Gas Giant Ship
anomaly.2560 - Gilded Cage
anomaly.3005 - Crystal Codex
anomaly.3010 - Alien Barracks
anomaly.3015 - Ancient Automata
anomaly.3025 - Hard Shoulder
anomaly.3030 - Grinding Lattice
anomaly.3050 - Head in the Sand
anomaly.3060 - Toy Factory
anomaly.3080 - Life Finds a Way
anomaly.4000 - Lost in Space
anomaly.4010 - The Final Rest
anomaly.4015 - Leviathan Down
anomaly.4020 - The Servants of Sand
anomaly.4030 - Mining Your Own Business
anomaly.4065 - Abandoned Sensor Array
anomaly.4080 - Adrift
anomaly.4085 - The Fumes Lie Thick
anomaly.4105 - Teachings of Settlers
anomaly.4135 - Teachings of Explorers
anomaly.4140 - Teachings of Traders
anomaly.4150 - Cryopod Warrior
anomaly.4157 - Target Practice
anomaly.6800 - Asteroid Sensor Relay
anomaly.6805 - Infestation
anomaly.6810 - Frozen in Time
distar.6 - Hologram
distar.20 - Rudimentary Robots
distar.25 - Blinding Fate
distar.60 - Zone A
distar.220 - Junk Ball
distar.225 - Ruined Worlds
distar.230 - Sonified Science
distar.265 - Puzzling Polygon
distar.270 - Nanite Crystal Lattices
distar.275 - Nanosand
distar.280 - Ancient Medical Complex
distar.285 - The Vechtar Zavonia
distar.1000 - Thermal Driven Outflow
distar.1020 - Abandoned Observation Post
distar.1030 - Bunker-Bot
distar.1040 - 42 Years and 3 Days
distar.1045 - Eat or be Eaten
distar.1050 - The Cube
distar.1055 - Honeymooners
distar.1060 - The Planet That Wasn't There
distar.1065 - Silent Shout
distar.1080 - Abandoned Harvesters
distar.1090 - Shattered World
distar.2000 - Weapon Testing
distar.2005 - Artificial Moon
distar.2025 - Nefri's Pride
distar.2040 - Gateway Hijackers
distar.2045 - Critical Failure
anomaly_failure.4012 - Ruined Dyson Sphere
utopia.2010 - Ruined Science Nexus
utopia.2012 - Ruined Sentry Array
utopia.2014 - Ruined Ring World
utopia.2016 - Ruined Matter Decompressor
mega.9100 - Ruined Strategic Coordination Center
mega.9110 - Ruined Mega Art Installation
mega.9120 - Ruined Interstellar Assembly
mega.9130 - Ruined Mega Shipyard
feda.5 - Ruined Quantum Catapult
over.20 - The Vultaum Star Assembly
precursor.1 - The Yuht Empire
precursor.500 - The First League
precursor.1000 - The Irassian Concordat
precursor.1500 - The Cybrex
precursor.2000
Can lead to
- The First Clearing
origin.6030
Firing conditions
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