1.1 major crash when trying to talk with opponents (save file and debug.err included)

Occasionally when clicking on an opponent in the world map to initiate discussion, I'll see the dialog screen for a second and then the game will crash Windows hard (as in drop to a text console with a memory dump).  I don't suspect problems with my hardware because Elemental is the only game I've had this experience with.  Here's the save file from just before the crash and the debug.err:

http://www.filedropper.com/autosave

http://www.filedropper.com/debug

Serendipitously, the autosave happened one turn before the crash.  It happened when my sovereign, Eldric, tried to initiate conversation with the opposing unit near him.

I hope this information is helpful to Stardock.