Suspended in Ice

Our terraforming efforts on … revealed a surprising number of native fauna buried within the surface ice. Even more astonishing is that these creatures are somehow still alive. The species appears to have been in the midst of an exceptionally deep hibernation; an effective method for surviving …'s lengthy ice ages. Thawing caused by the terraforming process has prematurely brought their stasis to an end. Roused from their icy slumber, the creatures are already demonstrating glimpses of intelligence, utilizing simple tools in their food-gathering efforts.They will be exterminated without delay. We will harvest the resulting biomass for our own purposes.

The command below will trigger the "Suspended in Ice" event in Stellaris:

When this event fires, you can choose between these 5 options:

• Purge them.
  • Food: +None to None
• Hunt them.
  • Food: +None to None
• Study them.
  • Society: +None to None
• Purge them.
  • Food: +None to None
• Protect them.
  • Society: +None to None

Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how Suspended in Ice (strange_worlds.1010) connects.