I just noticed a promotion event:
"Lieutenant Commander John Thomas has been promoted to Commander".
So I looked at the personality traits:
"Arrogant, Callous, Punctual, Unkempt" - in other words, a real John Thomas
Are we _sure_ that Steve isn't seeding some of these officer results?
Interestingly, he was actually flagged as an outstanding officer when commisioned:
Crew Training Rating 200
Fleet Movement Initiative Rating 183
Survey Bonus 15%
Factory Production Bonus 10%
Mining Bonus 10%
Terraforming Bonus 25%
Intelligence Bonus 10%
For an overall promotion score of 1868.
John