Additional Information: After posting I went back through all the game files and found a "fatal error" file time stamped at the last time I tried to start a game. Opening this file revealed "unable to open design folder.' The only thing in the design folder are the new battlestation b...

Downloaded game from steam and everything worked well. Played tutorial and then started a game as human. After playing a few hours to learn how things work, I wanted to start a new game. Launch application. Click new game. Chose galaxy type. Choose race. Click start and end up back at original scree...