History Fanfic / TarkinsFist

* WhatTheHellHero?: Edward Galloway, Johnathan Harris's predecessor as President of the NAU, is disturbed by the erosion of civil liberties at home and appalled at the violence used to get unwilling individuals and countries to join up with the new Confederacy of Earth Nations. Harris's deputy Chief of Staff blatantly threatens Galloway's family if he refuses to toe the line. Galloway reluctantly remains silent.

* DayoftheJackboot: The descent of the Earth's democracies into authoritarianism during the Empire-Earth War is gradual but steady. Following the destruction of the major cities martial law is declared in the nations whose governments haven't been completely wiped out. Wide spread anarchy in Europe and Africa leads the surviving governments to crack down hard at home and abroad, both as a means of restoring order and preventing violence from escalating. Government brutality is rationalized as a necessary means of getting everyone on Earth focused on repelling the Imperial invasion. Those who speak in opposition, such as the President of Greece, are accused of being unnecessarily divisive in a time of global emergency when action, any action, is desperately needed. [[spoiler:The problem is, even after the war, the authorities decide the emergency isn't over]].

* DividedStatesofAmerica: Mostly averted. The North American Union is one of the few nations on Earth to maintain some semblance of order and government after the initial orbital bombardment at the start of the Empire-Earth War. Their preoccupation with the Imperial invasion of the West Coast, however, allows Alaskan nationalists to seize control of the state and secede unopposed. The self-proclaimed Alaskan Free Republic sits out the war and refuses to contribute to the defense of North America. [[spoiler:Shortly after the war's end the Alaskan secessionists are ruthlessly crushed; their leaders captured for show trials or otherwise shot out of hand]].

* EarthIsaBattlefield: The Empire-Earth war begins with an orbital bombardment of Earth's major cities and military installations. The war develops into a three front conflict. Front one consists of an invasion of the Western Coast of the United States, targeting Los Angeles before pushing inland towards Las Vegas. Front two consists of an invasion of China focusing on Shanghai and pushes as far as Wuhu by the Yangtze river. Both fronts serve to tie down the North American Union and the People's Republic of China and prevent them from intervening in the third theater of the war; an island hopping campaign across the Pacific islands designed to abduct as many people as possible for slave labor needed to develop the new Imperial economy on Mars.

* ALighterShadeofBlack: The men and women of Tarkin's Fist are drawn to the project by their revulsion at the excessive officer purges enacted on Palpatine's orders and the fanatical persecution of perceived enemies by the Imperial Security Bureau. The new Empire they forge in the Milky Way is less oppressive and possesses more opportunities for the common person to advance, leading to [[spoiler:the restoration of the Imperial Senate and a powersharing agreement between the throne and elected politicians]]. They remain thoroughly Imperial in their outlook however, meaning that they consider themselves the superior civilization, with little concern for the rights or needs of anyone outside of their own society.