its still pre-planetary invasion and I've met about 3/4 of the major races and explored about half the galaxy. no minors to be seen anywhere. im playing a huge galaxy with 8 major races, abundant minors, lots of stars, lots of planets. its puzzling.
i'll start a new game with the minor setting one less than abundant and see if that makes any difference.
I'm pretty sure my last 1.7 game had minor races not a whole lot but I had it set to abundant.
if you were late in contacting other races they may have killed off all the minor's