I have soooo many thing to say about this game and am currently nearing the end of my fourth playthrough!! I hope to get down everything I'm thinking eventually but for now there is one big-ish thing I really wanted to mention:
Would it be possible to maintain the option of inviting an elector to become a minister even after you've won their vote? On my current playthrough, my science minister tried to murder Zorana late in the game, and since she survived, they were of course removed. But Zorana had already spoken to almost everyone, and when she finally made her way over to a potential replacement, the vote had already been won so the option wasn't there. Ofc, this being late in the game, it wasn't as big of a deal, but I'm so used to having a strong science skill backing me up that it's making me nervous... (Zorana has not had the opportunity to study any skills this run because she has been almost hilariously assassin-prone. My fault for trying out Krovos as spiritual advisor, probably!!)
Edit: welp, this Zorana did not manage to win enough votes to become empress - only fifteen. (It seems slightly rough to still need 17 minimum after three whole electors all got removed in disgrace... though obviously none of them would have voted for her, so.) Ahh, that's really frustrating... It was losing out on the fast spaceship movement that kept her from making it to Mau at all and meeting those electors, at least one of which would have been a definite vote!! I'll try to see if there's anything else I can do... This was the playthrough I really tried to prioritise the Crystal Novan plot and V jnf fb rkpvgrq gb trg gb frr gur phyzvangvba bs gung yvar nsgre gur ryrpgvba...!