The user manual for Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar is in Beta 2B.

It's a PDF that you get to by pressing the "manual" button.

It's a LOT longer than the original Dread Lords manual (and it'll probably end up costing around $100k more in manufacturing when it's all said and done -- that's why manuals aren't usually this big).

The manual right now is messed up in the sense that it's the pre-print version. We'll be updating it with a "normal" PDF.  But I thought beta testers might get a kick out of seeing what a pre-print manual looks like and get a sneak peek at the backstory elements that were added including how population really works and why the star map is presented the way it is.