I started a new game today, the last map on the small maps selection. It's a 3 person map with 18 or 19 planets, anyways I chose to play the Tec and let the computer handle the AI for the Advent and Vasari. I selected the same icon for the Advent and Vasari but gave them different colors. It appears that the Advent and Vasari where allied for the game till my eventual demise.
Does the AI sometimes make alliances early on and if so how can I tell if they are allied? I was thinking that by giving them the same icon albeit with different colors causes them to somehow work together.
Has this happend to anyone else?