Don't think so, but it is possible with my mod, see signature.
Thanks!!! I'll try the mod
@PanzerMan7
Last time I played was when Utopia came out, so yes, learning a lot of ropes right now. And what better way to do that than on a Huge Galaxy with no year limit, amirite?

)) Mid-game is at 2600..... I'm never doing this again

I did start another game, with an assimilator race this time (made them look insectoid and called them Collectors

, this time with earlier mid-game, but I'd like to at least get to the mid-game in my current playthrough, and my empire deserves better enemies. Otherwise it's just a lot of micromanaging the planets.. And nothing bad came out of the L Cluster either, after all i've been through to actually open an L Gate and to secure the entire stellar cluster that contained it and all the build up of 'looks like someone sealed it on purpose'. A bit anticlimactic so far, except for a fight with a fallen empire.