Weird Threat Build Up

[Trandrin]

I started a new game to mess around with some stuff and within the first 11 minutes my threat is going haywire. It eventually peaks at 1k or so and then slowly trickles into my world. I haven't even been off my homeworld with anything other then my scouts at this point so I am slightly confused. Save is below. Is it the dark spire or one of the other settings causing it?

[keith.lamothe]

Do you have a save from before the threat started going up?  My suspicion is dark-spire, but I don't know what would have triggered the dark spire spawns at this stage in the game (devourer no longer can).

[Trandrin]

Sadly that save is the only one. Its the autosave. My normal save for that game sits a little further along. Wasn't really expecting this sort of thing so didn't have multiple saves for so early in the game.

[Trandrin]

I might have come across something pertaining to the problem. Started a new game played like normal. Had to reload a save. Suddenly 350 threat from 0. I know that wasn't there when I first saved that game. Curious I loaded up some other games. One had a scout on a generator planet. I watched as without interaction it spawned dozens of Dark Spire.

Then on a fresh game a few seconds out I saved and loaded. Threat started building. Then decreasing as what I think are the AI forces started to destroy the spire. Games are below. One is the fresh game the threat tries to increase but can't. The other was a bit further along and you should be able to see the threat spike from 0 to 350 or so.

Addendum: The fresh game if you wait awhile eventually the threat starts building up. I believe the Ai defenders get overrun.