Greetings citizens of the UC, its time to throw my hat back in the ring.
Some of you will have no idea who i am, so i will keep it brief, i am a former convict and maintenance engineer. I have served on the frontline with the FEF on and off since the second surface operation.
I have been a councilor before, and the council at the time was one of survival. We had to make hard decisions, dealing with civilisation ending events everyday. I was part of engineering teams responsible for the death of 15 Bunker Ascendant Engineers, led the FEF team that failed to eliminate the Network Specialist threat before they disappeared and caused an unknown number of deaths.
I tell you these things, not for your pity, but to point out that i know what failure looks like, and I am not afraid of it. What looks like failure to some, is the result of picking the least worst option, something our council has to do.
I have been privileged to watch the work of Cllr NED in balancing the technological needs of our society, he has secured updates to our infrastructure and made it safer for our FEF operatives to carry out their missions.
That being said, i was recently frustrated that i had a pile of recovered technology in my lab and struggled to get an answer on what the council wanted me to prioritise, or how they wanted it used.
Should i be successful in election, I will ensure that our engineering teams are given clear and swift direction for any recovered tech. Without access to the current council discussions, i would say that my current goal would be to prioritise power generation. It is clear that our current sources are not as clean as we would like, with possible long term implications. I believe we have the components to move away from it, we just need to assemble the puzzle.
I will also be pushing for an education program, to ensure that all members of the UC have access to the same opportunities as those that grew up in the Bunker from a technology perspective, or surface expertise from those that have lived under the sky.
So, if you want someone on the council who knows what its like to be under the heel of the powerful, to fight for equal rights and pretty handy with a blade, vote for Vasili.