  The motility-induced phase separation exhibited by active particles with
repulsive interactions is well known. We show that the interaction softness of
active particles destabilizes the highly ordered dense phase, leading to the
formation of a porous cluster which spans the system. This \emph{soft limit}
can also be achieved if the particle motility is increased beyond a critical
value, at which the system clearly exhibits all the characteristics of a
standard percolation transition. We also show that in the athermal limit,
active particles exhibit similar transitions even at low motility. With these
additional new phases, the phase diagram of repulsive active particles is
revealed to be richer than what was previously conceived.
