I've performed MD5 check of the installation file, it's corresponding with the one posted on ausgamers.com where I've downloaded it. So It's not the installation, also I've reinstalled the game several times, and tried it on different resolutions including windowed mode.
Crash happens every time when starting new Roam campaign with Aestrom and Firestorm carriers and encountering your first intruders, while trying to drag "End of Log" panel in Perscan to see the details on the intruders.
Never had this problem with Megaton carrier.
I believe it happens only on ships with bigger personal complement where Perscan divides in two columns in order to fit everything on screen. Then this bug surfaces.
The error that Visual Studio Just-in-time Debugger catches:
"An unhandled win32 exception occurred in uc.exe [2040]..."
If it's of any relevance my specs are:
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3
Mainboard : Gigabyte P35C-DS3R
Chipset : Intel P31/P35
Processor : Intel Pentium 4 630 @ 3000 MHz
Physical Memory : 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM )
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
DirectX : Version 9.0c (September 2009)