well the grox are realy cyborgs there organic with non organic parts (well they coud be non organic with organic parts but that not used very much and not exactly E10+) there more like the Borg from star treck rather than say R2D2. but back on topic I have notesed that some times after i cap a colony there is left over spices form the pre owner, since grox can mine spices on T-0 you may of just been geting there left over spices 🤔
That is my guss any way.
*From your last part* well, maybe. I finally figured out what it was: I upped the T-score and I had the colonies, but the screen didn't flash green. And, stop sayin that there cyborgs. It's like saying that grass is green.