I've noticed that my officers are retiring at age 32-33. Should there be a kind of military administrative structure to provide them with jobs as they age? A fleet staff structure or a general staff for ground commanders? If the answer is "yes," how would I create such a structure?
I don't have any warships, and the only ground unit I have is the "1st Infantry Regiment." I don't have any alien invasions or NPRs enabled in this game. It's my 7th restart.
You can assign commanders to academies, via the commanders screen. If you have lots of scattered academies that can give them something to do.
You can also create a naval command structure using the Naval Organisation screen.
Some people use this to create a civilian command structure as well, here is a post showing that:
https://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=13664.msg171811#msg171811The industral, logistics and survey admin types will provide useful bonuses even in an entirely peaceful game.