Currently running on Ubuntu 17.04 and attempting to run Avorion via Steam. When I open the game it will give me the loading screen and then close shortly after. Checked that my drivers are up to date and tried to run the game with the console open.
Attached is a txt file with the log from attempting to run in console, hopefully that can help
EDIT: Attached games generated log from .avorion folder
SteamLaunchConsole.txt
clientlog_2017-12-19_15-42-34.txt