Fix new players runtiming in pai (#17771)

code/modules/client/preference_setup/general/07_antagonism.dm

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 	var/datum/paiCandidate/candidate
 
+/datum/category_item/player_setup_item/general/basic_antagonism/New()
+	. = ..()
+	candidate = new()
+
 /datum/category_item/player_setup_item/general/basic_antagonism/load_character(list/save_data)
 	pref.exploit_record = save_data["exploit_record"]
 	pref.antag_faction  = save_data["antag_faction"]
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@
 /datum/category_item/player_setup_item/general/basic_antagonism/load_preferences(datum/json_savefile/savefile)
 	if(!candidate)
 		candidate = new()
+
 	var/preference_mob = preference_mob()
 	if(!preference_mob)// No preference mob - this happens when we're called from client/New() before it calls ..()  (via datum/preferences/New())
 		spawn()