⚠️ Could start blooming colony in foreign sector

[Bl4ckSh33p]

Not sure if this is working as intended but a whale put my seed on a far away planet (3 more came but they never planted one on the 2 nearby starter planets).

I thought I have to own the system but when I had a first contact event in the same system I noticed I can start and click the situation button and colonization started.

But after a short while I got a message that I lost a colony cause the unknown empire had a Starbase there. Now they get my colony in a few years.


Is it intended to be able to start the blooming colonization process if the planet is outside of my empire borders?

1. What platform are you using?
Xbox Series X

2. What version of the game are you using?
3.9.3 (Xbox Release)

3. What DLC do you have installed?
All of them, including C6 portrait

4. When did this start happening?
Al noticed I can use button to colonize after a first contact.

5. Can you replicate it, if so, please explain how
Not yet. Need more time to get more seeds placed.

6. Does this happen on all saves or just specific ones?
Only current game so far. But needs testing.

 

[MrFreake_PDX]

Thanks for all the reports so far, I didn't respond to all of them but I got them all logged. <3 Please check back through, I had a few follow up questions

 

[Bl4ckSh33p]

Sure. I don't know if this is how it's intended to work but after a while I could start a colony on another planet. Don't know what triggers it or if you just have to wait a while.
The situation log shows a red error text but I can still use the start button. Then I got a colony and shortly after a Starbase (outpost) popped up. Now I have a far away sector. But there are no timers or anything when I activate the situation.

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