Yep. Anything that a race could do themselves, given unlimited time alone is possible.
Some "cheats" are also possible, such as having one or two futuristic, unknown-racial-tech-using Dreadnaughts per race in a low-tech start game.
In your example, having a few colony ships & Escorts, you could also have an SE3 style "pick x tech levels to start with".
(You just have to request the specific tech levels before the scenario is created)
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