Greetings!
CEO Brad Wardell just posted an in-depth look at a first turn in Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade. He details all of the important choices you have to make right at the beginning of the game and shows off a custom civilization and some ships he downloaded from other users on the Steam Workshop.
To read about it all in detail, check out the full post on our forums here:
http://www.stardock.com/games/article/482674/galactic-civilizations-iii-crusade---the-first-turn