For users who have Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar (or Galactic Civilizations II Gold Edition) the first beta of Galactic Civilizations II v1.7 is now avaiable.

The new update includes a host of new features including several new governors, a new lease management screen, galactic event logging, AI updates, and more.

Use Stardock Central to download the latest version (make sure you have check for betas checked).

For a change summary see here.