I think you might be right. Seeing the same thing on the "Blood Lust" galactic event as well.

Also, I have galactic events on as "Random" and they are happening in my current game pretty much every other turn. Methinks that's a little too often.

Edit: actually what does "Random" mean in the game setup? I took it to mean something less "designed" than the options in the list. But perhaps it means "pick an option from the list and don't tell me what it is". I think that could be clearer.

OK, do galactic events even work? I got one earlier that offered "cloak" for my ships, but I don't see that in the designer. I just got another one where I found a powerful precursor artifact that I could turn on to gain +1 terraformed tile on each planet. The terraforming didn't happen but neither did the negative effects.