I recently sold off Civ 4 and looked towards GalCiv2 as a replacement, when I found out the Dark Avatar expansion is on the horizon. Looking over the planned features, they look to add features I can't imagine playing without, so I'd prefer to jump in from there.

I see that a CD version is available through the mail, but there's no mention of a deluxe version. $45 for GC2 + $30 (-5 if preordered) for DA + 2 S&H charges for the CD's is a bit much...normally deluxe versions go for $50-60 with disks, and that's with the retailers cut and whatever they pay for copy protection royalties.