NS Commander Knobhead has confirmed the rumours that have been circulating for some months now that he will stand down at the end of the year. He will be replaced by a new fixed-length term NS President, with the term set at 2 years though with no limit on re-election. The NS President will be elected by a new NS Central Committee which will comprise the NS Poliburo and other senior officers (the committee will comprise around 36-40 in total).
Knobhead said nominations for the president will open in November with the vote at the end of the month, December would then be the transition month with Knobhead stepping aside at the start of 2118.
Knobhead said he would probably remain in New Sparta. With Sea Urchin the favourite to be the first NS President (he has said to friends he would like to be the leader before he retires in the early 2120s) its possible Knobhead will be the next Director of Technology. Its not known who else will stand.
