After going throught he setup panels and building the galaxy the game brought up the main screen and the first introduction screen, then crashed. I am sending the SE report and debug file to Scott.
----SE report -----------
Stardock SmartException Logging Information
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OS Version : Windows XP
Video Card : Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 004BCC0C 01:000BBC0C C:\My stuff\Stardock\GalCiv2\GalCiv2.exe

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:00000000
EBX:00174D20
ECX:0012FA74
EDX:00174D24
ESI:00000000
EDI:3F800000
CS:EIP:001B:004BCC0C
SS:ESP:0023:0012F998 EBP:00000000
DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00010296


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
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004BCC0C 00000000 0001:000BBC0C C:\My stuff\Stardock\GalCiv2\GalCiv2.exe
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