Its actually easy , i don't know if someone already think about it but its work without SM and even with commander political bonuses... The game every time a good officer come from the academy have like "Promising New Officer" "Outstanding new" etc... you take that officer and give him a award (RP) for his good work in the academy and in like 20 or 30 years like that every officer from rank 2 and higher is from the best you can have.