If you’re trying to figure out who belongs in which cabinet position, the game doesn’t always make that obvious. Some characters refuse roles, some need higher approval, and some are absolute monsters in specific positions. I pulled everything together into one place so you can quickly compare stats instead of running around planet to planet guessing.
The lists below are arranged by planet, not by distance, so you can skim through cleanly. An X means the character is not available for that position.
At the end, you’ll find the top candidates for each major role, based purely on their highest possible scores.
Best Characters for Each Cabinet Position
If you only care about the strongest picks, here’s the quick rundown:
- Lord Chancellor: Grojdana (75)
- External Curator: Vahter or Sola (50)
- Science: Stoyan (75)
- Commerce: Ozara (75)
- Law: Rejt (75)
- Culture: Lorkas (75) or Sola (70)
Friends
Vasily
- Culture: 30
Kxenia
- External Curator: 30
Stoyan
- Science: 75
- Law: 30
- Culture: 20
Sinniparrt
- Science: 20
- Commerce: 50
- Law: 30
- Culture: 20
Draug
Stoyan
(Already listed above under Friends)
Sinniparrt
(Listed above)
Heru I
One Bite
- Lord Chancellor: 50
- External Curator: 30
- Science: 20
- Commerce: 45
- Law: 30
- Culture: 10
Three Rocks Nestled
Unavailable (likely approval-locked)
Heru II
Several characters here refuse due to story or approval requirements.
Robe of Ice & Starlight Needle
Unavailable
Chapadoc
Refuses the position
Khdarr
Stats unknown due to hostility
Heru III
Branekka
- Lord Chancellor: 40
- External Curator: 20
- Science: 30
- Commerce: 30
- Law: 40
- Culture: 50
Radomil
(Partial stats due to hostility)
- External Curator: 60
Eve
Refuses due to age
Heru IV
Jade
- Lord Chancellor: 20
- External Curator: 30
- Science: X
- Commerce: 55
- Law: X
- Culture: 40
Rippling History
Refuses (likely tied to imperial history requirement)
Grojdana
- Lord Chancellor: 75
- External Curator: 30
- Science: 20
- Commerce: 50
- Law: 50
- Culture: 30
Mau
Erilotti
Only accepts Chancellor positions
- Lord Chancellor: 50
Tulitust
Doesn’t take positions normally, but can be influenced into advisory status through traits
Muistis
Unavailable
Myrkka I
Zolot
Refuses
Lukomir
Refuses
Milan
- Lord Chancellor: 40
- External Curator: 30
- Science: 30
- Commerce: 40
- Law: 40
- Culture: 40
Ixil
- Lord Chancellor: 30
- External Curator: 10
- Science: 10
- Commerce: 30
- Law: 30
- Culture: 30
Krovos
- Spiritual Advisor: 50
(Can publicly serve via rhetoric trait events)
Vahter
- Lord Chancellor: 50
- External Curator: 50
- Commerce: 50
- Law: 50
Ethexae
Unavailable
- Spiritual Advisor: 75 after acceptance
Myrkka II
Mirelle
- External Curator: 10
- Science: 30
- Commerce: 30
- Law: 60
- Culture: 20
Tharkas I
Oberod
- Lord Chancellor: 30
- External Curator: 40
- Science: 10
- Commerce: 20
- Law: 40
- Culture: 10
Rejt
- Lord Chancellor: 60
- External Curator: 30
- Science: 20
- Commerce: 20
- Law: 75
- Culture: 20
Ozara
- Lord Chancellor: 60
- External Curator: 20
- Science: 40
- Commerce: 75
- Law: 40
- Culture: 40
Tharkas II
Oletko
- Lord Chancellor: 40
- External Curator: 40
- Science: 30
- Commerce: 40
- Law: 40
Lorkas
- Lord Chancellor: 50
- External Curator: 30
- Science: 60
- Commerce: 40
- Law: 40
- Culture: 75
Tharkas III
Sola
- External Curator: 50
- Culture: 70
Once you understand which candidates excel in which areas, cabinet building becomes a lot more strategic and much less guesswork. The biggest surprise for most players is just how strong certain characters are in niche roles—especially Grojdana, Stoyan, Rejt, Ozara, Lorkas, and Sola.