Stellaris - [3.7.4 (b646)] First first contact is with enclave on opposite side of galaxy

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SirBlackAxe

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[3.7.4 (b646)] First first contact is with enclave on opposite side of galaxy

Game Version
Canis Minor v3.7.4

What version do you use?
Steam

What expansions do you have installed?
All except Toxoids.

Do you have mods enabled?
Yes
(Only mod is the test branch of the Storm Cluster MODJAM2022 crisis, which isn't going to do anything until midgame and hasn't thrown anything to error.log besides the two expected overwrites.)

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
I've started a new game and first contact doesn't seem to be working correctly. All three first contact sites I've discovered have appeared in my own home system, and I've seen no sign of any any actual alien ships. I also got the 'leviathan discovered' contact event with no indication of which system it's in since I didn't enter it.

What specifically prompted this report was completing my first first contact site, which established communications with a Curator enclave on the exact opposite side of the galactic core. They're clearly nowhere near my hyperlane detection range.

Steps to reproduce the issue.
I'm running Eager Explorers, if that's relevant. I can't think of anything out of the ordinary that I've done. It's not even 3 years into the game yet, I've yet to finish researching a technology.

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Starfire Breeze

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I see this frequently too. It seems like choosing the location for the first contact icon just goes off the rails sometimes. Just speculation but I'm curious as to whether there's a nearby wormhole that leads to systems near those entities, as I suspect (though I'm not completely certain) that that might be a implicated in some of the situations when I've seen this.