[2023] Bug? Feature? Did I do something I wasnt supposed to?

So, I started a game as Ancients, held my own for a while and earned enough tomes to start a prison. Said prison quickly filled with the poor sods who decided rushing into a cave full of Void lads was a good idea.

I made my 40+ prisoners into citizens, so that I have enough actual crafters to man the stations, but this seems to havechanged how NPCs interact with me. I get occasional orphans who want to stay with me, and the Ancients in the crypts I uncover are immediately hostile to me. It is as if the game now considers my settlement a Human one, rather than an Ancient one.

Is this intended? Have I done f*cked up?