I've encountered a similar issue with a galaxy I started this week. 8 Civs, 8x8, 700 stars ?, civ distance set to distant. I load up starting with me in a corner and surrounded by other empires.

So if I set distance to random I wont have this issue? Fantastic.

<t> I bought Legends yesterday after purchasing Distant Worlds and its first expansion earlier in the year. While I enjoyed the first part of the series, I was slightly put off by having to micromanage all of my defense fleets throughout my sprawling empire while also simultaneously managing at ...