Great to have you Chris you may be looking for work as the Minister of Infrastructure
President - Assigns Research, Alien Diplomacy, Espionage and Ministers. the president has no direct control but will give tasks to the ministries to accomplish (Need increased mineral output on earth, colonize mars) and can overrule a ministers decision. every five game years there will be a Presidential election. A president can propose a declaration of war but it requires a majority vote. A character can only be president twice. a player cannot be president more than twice in a row. ( Ardem is the player while his character is Charels Winston. this means Ardem if he ran for president could be president many times, just not more than twice in a row. Charles Winston can only be president for two terms, then Ardem has to invent a new person to be president. Characters are not a nessesity but they do add to the "story" and give atmosphere.)
Ministries
Minister of Infrastructure - Priorities construction tasks and Ship yard construction
Minister of Military - Arranges and Issues orders to Military Task Forces and Ground forces
Survey Minister - Orders survey teams and fleets, conducts mineral and system exploration
Commerce Minister - Handles civilian hauling and colonization ships controlled by the government
Minister of Technology - Responsible for the development of new Components (cant assign research but offer suggestions to the president)
Should numbers grow or should the current ministers vote and pass a new law, tasks may be divided up further (maybe military gets split into space and ground ministers and so on)
I think to start I will handle the first president Jayne Casey starting the game say 2029 in his last year of office, just to get things rolling, then we'll have an election and let someone take over starting 2030.