Tiny Map - A "teamed" partner on startup?

I've just started a new game in a tiny universe.
I had contact to one other race, our relations were "TEAM".

I did not talk to them, I did not have a universal translator, I did not play a scenario...

Is this a bug? (I started some other games on a tiny map - every time a saw i TEAM partner in the forein politics screen)

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You can set relations with any of the AI races, up to Team, on the opponent selection screen. IIRC, relations this high become unavailable at a certain difficulty, but I don't remember what, as I've only used it two or three times.

See if you can turn the starting relations down?

My apologies if this is obvious.

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I know, that I can customize the starting relations with every race.
I did not do that. I started the game with 9 random races.

This error was reproduceable.
I restarted a game with the very same settings and I got a new team partner. First - Torian, after tha Drengin.

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kryo

Join Date 05/2003

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If you played a scenario with teams, or had a particular race set to teamed last tie you used it, that team setting will persist on that race until you specifically set them back (even with random races).

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I figured out how this has happened.

Race selection.
- choose any race and set relations to TEAM.
- choose RANDOMIZE opponents

and
The race that comes to the slot where you set the relations to "TEAM" will become your TEAM partner.

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