Events

Story Events
Story Events will take place a month after certain story conditions are met:
 * One Humanity? takes place within the first two weeks. It will grant all nations 1 Cohesion.
 * U.N. Security Council Meets takes place within the first two weeks. It will give each faction a choice between remaining in shadows, quietly steering support (+25 influence, small Public Opinion boost everywhere, reveals the faction's motives to other factions) and delivering their menifesto (+50 Influence, moderate Public Opinion boost everywhere, reveals the faction's motives and councilors to other factions).
 * Select Management Team takes place within the first two weeks. It will give each faction a choice between 4 permanent bonuses to priority investments: +10% Economy, +5% Spaceflight Program and Boost, +5% Military and Build Army, +5% Welfare and Knowledge.
 * Select Advisory Team takes place within the first two weeks. It will give each faction a choice between 4 permanent bonuses to monthly income: +3 Influence, +15 Research, +3 Ops, +10 Money.
 * Objective Complete takes place for every faction that investigates the its first crash site. It will grant 20 Influence and 20 Research.
 * The New Normal takes place on 1st February 2023. Afterwards the mission assignment phase will only take place every 2 weeks.
 * They Have Not Come In Peace takes place the month after researching the Deep System Skywatch global research. The Academy will suffer a massive loss of Public Opinion and half of their Control Points will suffer a Crackdown effect. All nations with Cohesion above 5 will gain 1 Cohesion. All nations with Cohesion below 5 will lose 1 Cohesion.

Optional Events
Optional Events will take place a month after certain optional conditions are met:
 * Mysterious Obelisk has random outcome and can give a faction some research. The Servants have an additional option to increase their Influence income by 1. It has the following requiremnts:
 * Aliens have conducted an Abductions mission in a region controlled by one of the faction's nations
 * Haunted Forest will preform 2 abductions in one nation and move Cohesion by 1 towards extreme values. There is a chance to lessen the effects by paying 10 Ops. Humanity First has the option to pay 10 Ops and some GDP and Population to cancel the effects, give the nation 1 Cohesion and reduce the spread of xenoforming. The Servants has the option to pay 25 influence to increase the number of abductions and gain Public Opinion. It has the following requiremnts:
 * Alien councilor nearby
 * The Town That Stood Still will preform 6 abductions in one nation and increase Public Opinion for the aliens. There is a chance to lessen the effects by paying 20 Ops and 200 Money, or just 10 Ops if the Rapid Response Teams council engineering project has been finished. Humanity First has the option to pay 10 Influence, 1 Atrocity and some GDP and Population to cancel the effects and give the nation 1 Cohesion. It has the following requiremnts:
 * At least 2 abductions have happened in a region controlled by one of the faction's nations
 * Space Morgul Benefactor will grant a faction the choice between unlocking the faction's unique space org or gaining 10 Boost. It has the following requiremnts:
 * Faction finished the Alien Operations council engineering project
 * Faction does not have Control Points in any nation with 5
 * Faction's Boost income is 0 or 0.01.
 * Volunteer will grant a faction the choice between gaining 5 Influence or spending 100 Money to gain an open control point in a powerful nation. It has the following requiremnts:
 * World finished the Arrival Domestic Politics global research
 * Faction does not have Control Points in any nation with 4

Religion Events
Religion Events will increase Public Opinion for a faction in many parts of the world. The faction is chosen at random unless one of them controls all Control points in the nation that owns a certain region.
 * Aliens And The Dharma affects the Hindu religion regions. The deciding region is Mumbai.
 * Fatwa Issued affects the Sunni religion regions. The deciding region is Jeddah.
 * Papal Bull affects the Catholic religion regions. The deciding region is Rome.
 * Sunday Sermons affects the Evangelical religion regions. The deciding region is Atlanta.
 * The Ayatollahs Speak affects the Shia religion regions. The deciding region is Tehran.

Competitive Events
Competitive Events will reward the first faction that manages to achieve a milestone for humanity.
 * First Human Warship will grant 200 Influence.
 * First Aliens Defeated In Space Battle will grant 500 Influence.
 * First Lunar Base Founded will grant 100 Influence and 200 Research.
 * First Mercury Base Founded will grant 100 Influence and 500 Research.
 * First Martian Base Founded will grant 200 Influence and 500 Research.
 * First Asteroid Base Founded will grant 100 Influence and 500 Research. Dwarf planets are counted as asteroids too.

Random Events
Random Events can take place at any point. They can happen multiple times each game.
 * Breakthrough has no requirements. A faction will get some Research and can choose to gain Money, Influence, Ops, or additional Research.
 * Anti-Satellite Test can take place when a nation spends at least 20% priority on Miltech and has both any army and rivals. The nation's miltech will increase by 0.1. If a faction owns its executive control point it will hain a huge amount of Public Opinion in the nation but lose it around the world.
 * Lost Rocket can take plane when a faction has at least 3 Boost. The faction will lose 3 Boost.
 * Panic can happen in any nation that had abductions and Cohesion is below 9. Coneshion will increase by 2 if above 5 and decrease by -2 if below 5, while Unrest will increase by 3. 100 Money and 50 Influence can be spent to reduce it to -1 Cohesion and +1 Unrest, or 10 Ops and 0.01 Democracy can be spend to cancel the effects. The Initiative can gain 250 Money and 50 Influence while reducing the effects to -2 Cohesion and +1 Unrest.
 * Personality Clash can take place while having two councilors who both have at least 5 traits. One of both councilors will lose sole Loyalty unless the faction can pay a large amount of Influence.
 * Scandal can happen in any nation that has a Government above 2 and its Control Points are controlled by a faction. The faction will lose Public Opinion. There is a 60% chance to avoid it by paying 500 Money, 50 Influence and 5 Ops.
 * Snap Exercises can take place when two nations are rivals, controlled by different factions, and one of them has neither armies not strategic nuclear barrages. The nation without any of these lose -1 Cohesion and the faction controlling it will lose some Public Opinion. The other nation's Miltech will rise by 0.1.
 * Solar Flare can take place after the Mission to the Moon global research has been completed to any faction that has at least 20 Mission Control. It will reduce Mission Control by 50% for 6 months unless the faction can pay 100 Boost. If the Devolved Space Command council engineering project has been completed there will be a third option to pay 1K Money to reduce the penalty to 25%.
 * Sudden Flowering can take place in any region that had abductions. An Alien Life Forms alien asset will appear in the region. 20 Ops can be spent to reduce the initial growth, or 20 Influence can be spent to gain 300 Research. The Servants can spend 50 Influence to increase the initial growth and gain Public Opinion.
 * Work-Related Stress can take place while having a councilor has been used for at least 5 years. The councilor will gain a random trait.

Hab Events
Hab Events can only happen to factions that control at least one hab.
 * Backer Tour can take place after the Settlement Habs global research has been completed to any faction that has a tier 2 or 3 hab with at least one module. If the hab has any Money income the faction can pay 5K Money and 25 Boost to increase Economy priority effects by 2%. If the hab has any Research income the faction can pay 5K Money and 25 Boost to increase Knowledge priority effects by 2%. If the hab has any defenses the faction can pay 5K Money and 25 Boost to increase Military priority effects by 2%.
 * Debris Duty can happen to any faction that has a station hab that has intact modules and no defenses. The faction will gain 50 Research. Alternatively orbital debris can also be reduced if the station has has shipyard, construction or defense module.
 * Dry Hole can take place after the Space Mining and Refining global research has been completed to any faction that has a tier 2 or 3 base hab with a Mining Complex module. The resources present at the hab site will decrease by -50%. If the council's total Science attributes are above 35 there is a chance that resources will decrease by -25% instead.
 * Hab Accident can happen to any hab that has intact modules. A module will be destroyed.
 * Hab Offers To Defect can take place after the Industrialization of Space global research has been completed to any faction that has at least 5 Mission Control. If the offer is accepted thare is a chance that one hab from another human faction will switch sides.
 * Loose Packet can take place after the Space Mining and Refining global research has been completed to any faction that has a base hab with a Mining Complex module. A module will be destroyed. Can pay 30 Volatiles and 75 Base Metals for a 60% chance to avoid it. If the habitat has defense modules There is a 70% chance to avoid it.
 * Lucky Strike can take place after the Space Mining and Refining global research has been completed to any faction that has a base hab with a Mining Complex module. The resources present at the hab site will increase by 25%. If the council's total Science attributes are above 35 there is a chance that resources will increase by 50% instead.
 * Meteor Strike can happen to any faction that has a station hab that has intact modules. It has an 80% chance to destroy a module. If the station has defenses or docked ships it can attempt to destroy the meteor.
 * Orbital Debris Strike can happen to any faction that has a station hab that has intact modules and no defenses. 2-4 modules will be destroyed and orbital debris might increase.
 * Science Tour can take place after the Directed Space Research global research has been completed to any faction that has a tier 2 or 3 hab with at least one module. The faction will gain at least 500 Research and depending on constructed modules can pay 10K Money and 50 Boost to gain 500 Influence, 0.02 Antimatter or 5% increase in mining output and ship build speed.

Climate Change Events
Climate Change Events can only take place once the Global Temperature Anomaly rises or falls after a certain threshold.
 * Envirnmental Degradation can take place after temperature anomaly rises above 1.5°C in any nation where Economy+Spoils priority is greater than Welfare. A random nation will lose GDP and gain Inequality and Unrest while the faction controlling it will lose Public Opinion. The Unrest can be canceled and Public Opinion increased by paying Money. The Initiative can instead gain some Money but this will reduce Education by -1 and increase Inequality by 1.
 * Global Crop Failures will take place every 10 years as long as temperature anomaly falls below -4°C. All nations will lose -50% GDP, -6 Cohesion and up to -33% Population.