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Hi, thanks for the report. Yeah the Espionage feature with limited operation is included in the free update. So you are able to create spy networks on other empires and may receive some spy related events without owning Nemesis.
There were some events added to obfuscate whether or not you were actually being spied on, but those appear to be triggering even without Nemesis. The Thorquell Directorate's just being paranoid here, reacting to one of these false events, with similar effects as if you were actually the target of a smear campaign. We'll discuss this internally to see if there should be changes made.