November 10, 2506
Dominion Treasury Building (Temporary)
Vardona
You've known ever since you achieved officer rank that having a dedicated, capable assistant is the best way to keep yourself afloat in a highly technical job when your own capabilities are more... physical. What you never seem to have quite gotten used to is how a really, really good assistant can not only do what you asked, but also what you wanted but would have never thought to ask.
In this case, Jacob has outdone himself once more. A memo floats across your desk drawing your attention to a bit of freed-up room in the office budget, along with authorization permitting the hiring and retention of a special advisor. This person would be directly detailed to you, without any intervening layers of bureaucracy, and could offer their particular talents free of outside interference. They'd be limited to providing opinions rather than actually directing the flow of government, but still, quite useful.
Also quite fortunately, your two previous prospects for Vice-Chancellor have yet to take up any other offers, and remain available for a well-salaried position with no real oversight or output requirements. There is a third candidate, though...
[] Victoria Archibald III
A blue-blooded scion of the Confederate Old Families who made the very wise decision to defect prior to the fall of Tarsonis rather than afterwards, she has neatly avoided the wave of arrests and prosecutions that followed the Dominion takeover. She served as Deputy Secretary for Industry under the previous regime, which was fitting given that the Archibalds used to own a sizable chunk of Nephor II. It's a shame that Mengsk (himself descended from the oldest of Old Families) hates aristocrats with a passion. (+5 Paranoia on hire)
Titan of Industry: +5 to all HI, LCI, and Bureaucracy dice
Uncrowned Queen: +10 to all Nephor II project dice; more Nephor II projects
[] Edward Fitzsimmons
Former vice-chair of the Koprulu Disaster Relief Committee, Edward Fitzsimmons is an expert at getting supplies and personnel where they're needed, when they're needed. Previously hamstrung by a corrupt and inept Confederate government that actively resented his NGO, he is now prepared to offer the Dominion his services and expertise. (-5 Paranoia on hire)
Crisis Management: +5 to all Infrastructure, Environmental, and Services dice
Doing More With Less: If a Reconstruction project comes within 30 Progress or less of completion at turn end, it is automatically completed
[] Jamie Winston
A veritable wunderkind who served as an engineer for the Sons of Korhal, they are best-known in the Koprulu sector for their pioneering adaptation of the Zerg burrowing ability, which led to the development of the Supply Bunker and a revolution in subterranean construction. They're also a multidisciplinary polymath whose lack of credentials is due entirely to being expelled from Tarsonis University for political activism. If only they weren't quite so... overly excitable. (-10 Paranoia on hire)
Literal Genius: +5 to all Environmental, Research, and Military dice
Perpetual Innovator: +10 to all Tech project dice; more Tech projects
You cleared the personal staff vote by triple the required DC, so here's a special surprise personnel subvote to pick your special advisor. You may begin voting; I'll leave this open for a day or two, unless a decisive majority shapes up sooner.