Trap 5 on load from autoload @ 0043CDD1 01:0003BDD1 in GALCIV.EXE

I started off with a tiny galaxcy and got the following when I tried to reload a game from the autossave.
The game can not be restarted. I have preserved the autosave files.
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OS Version : Windows ME
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS (IBM)
Application Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
Crash Addr: 0043CDD1 01:0003BDD1 E:\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE

Processor Registers (x86):
EAX:00000000
EBX:844EC3D8
ECX:00000000
EDX:00000000
ESI:011D7234
EDI:00000202
CS:EIP:0187:0043CDD1
SS:ESP:018F:00A14EE0 EBP:00A4D16C
DS:018F ES:018F FS:12A7 GS:0000
Flags:00010212


Current Application Call Stack:

Addr Frame Logical addr Module Name
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0043CDD1 00A4D16C 0001:0003BDD1 E:\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004471AD 00A4F518 0001:000461AD E:\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
00433F98 00A4F97C 0001:00032F98 E:\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
00429E05 00A4F9FC 0001:00028E05 E:\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004851AD 00A4FA64 0001:000841AD E:\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004853E1 00A4FACC 0001:000843E1 E:\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004812D0 00A4FB44 0001:000802D0 E:\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
004A49C4 00A4FBC4 0001:000A39C4 E:\DRENGIN.NET\GALCIV\GALCIV.EXE
BAABD504 00A4FBF0 0001:0001C504 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\DDRAW.DLL
BFF63613 00A4FC10 0001:00002613 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
BFF848F7 00A4FC24 0002:0001B8F7 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL
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Cheers,
Jack