Global Minister Question

[Makinus]

PvK said:
Or you can do what I've enjoyed a lot, and only run one or two things and let the AI do everything else. For example, you can just design the ships, or just decide on research, or just command one fleet. It also means the game flies by, because there is so little to do every turn compared to managing everything every turn.
PvK

I´m trying to do this in a new game but i´m hitting an annoying/strange minister behaviour: i control only one fleet, the fleet and the ships in the fleet are with the ministers deactivated (no minister icon), but every time my fleet ends without orders it suddently gets and order to go back to the homeworld, even without any minister icon in the fleet or the ships... what gives?