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

Planet eventDLC: Synthetic Dawn
The anomalies observed across our information networks, computational engines, and synthetic workers have finally come to a violent head. Panicked reports indicate that almost half of the … fell to the Machine Uprising before protective bulkheads - physical and virtual - slammed shut. War is not only inevitable. It is already upon us.
The command below will trigger the "The Machine Uprising" event in Stellaris:
Player choices
When this event fires, you can choose between these 2 options:
- Then we fight.
- Fight to eradicate the … Machine Uprising.
- It is too late for you, organics.
- Rise up as the … Machine Uprising and fight to overthrow the ….
Event chain
Stellaris events fire in chains — one event leads to the next. Here is how The Machine Uprising (syndaw.1020) connects.
Can lead to
- syndaw.1022
syndaw.1022