So, I've recently run into some aliens.
When we make contact as a species, there's gonna be a lot of deep and profound questions
in this game, it provoked some questions of my own. I need answers, because otherwise I'm just gonna have to start over. I'm very particular about how this game goes down, and if this is irreversible, I'm off on the wrong foot:
#1: Where the hell did they come from?: I have discovered 4 systems outside of Sol. Each one has no planets with life on them, and I've fully explored them all. these aliens are in the Barnard's star system, a system isolated from all other systems except Sol (there are no other jump points).
#2: Are they precursors?: If so, #1 still applies. I've found no planets with ruins, and I've fully explored my little domain. Nothing suspicious.
#3: Can I make them go away: I don't mean kill them. At this stage in my civilization, I wanted to develop peacefully. Is there any way, using spacemaster mode or whatever, that I can remove every trace of their existence from the galaxy. I already tried the "delete race" button, and that doesn't work, volleys of missiles are still flying at my civilization construction fleets every day or so. . . so what does that button do?
I should mention that I deliberately picked a galaxy with no starting alien races. I wanted to do things on my own time.