Hello and thanks for the report!
In this case, it's actually not a bug, but an A/B test.
Since a while back we are testing the two ship graphics selection variants to better learn what sort of impact these types of changes have in order to better know how to prioritize these types of changes in the future.
There is some more information in this dev diary
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In this case, it's actually not a bug, but an A/B test.
Since a while back we are testing the two ship graphics selection variants to better learn what sort of impact these types of changes have in order to better know how to prioritize these types of changes in the future.
There is some more information in this dev diary
Stellaris Dev Diary #213: Ship Previews Experiment and PDXCon Q&A Transcript
Hi everyone! Today I want to talk about two things - one is a new experiment that we are running for an alternative ship appearance browser in empire generation, and the other is the Q&A session that we held during PDXCon. Ship Appearance...