Re: fascism. Well, to play devil's advocate - what I could see happening is that the Centauri in the fallout of the s5 events have a major social revolution, because it's the nobility with their endless scheming and powerplays that brought them to this point. And when was the last time Centauri Prime itself got bombed, anyway? Not during the Narn-Centauri war of old, because that took place on Narn, and various Centauri colony worlds. If we're into glib superficial historical parallels, I imagine Centauri Prime was a bit like the US and 9/11 in this regard. Or the US and Pearl Harbor. Wars happened elsewhere, not on the homeworld, not since the early days of the Republic.
So in the shock of having lived through the mass driver attack, I could see a grass root mass movement (how about a tea party? Okay, that's just mean) starting. But you know, definitely not by the surviving artistocracy, which brings us back of David not featuring any Centauri commoners. Also, it would go directly against the Drakh interest, because the thing about revolutions is that they upset any structures of command for a considerable time before resettling into new ones, and the Drakh are depending on the chain of command from the Emperor downwards to be intact. This includes the rise of a successful fascist party. Presumably David skipped the part of post WWI, pre WWII German history where there were street battles between Nazis and Communists, failed coup attempts and generally a lot of anarchy. It wasn't something that came from above, though Hitler of course later, once he was a significant factor, acquired backers in the industry and some allies among aristocrats like von Papen who thought they could use him and ended up being used by him instead.
Incidentally, if we do go for a revolution on Centauri Prime, overturning the old power structures, the human model I'd follow would be the French Revolution. Which means once the dust was settled there would be a new Emperor and a new aristocracy (with some leftovers from the old, but mainly New People), and some better laws for the population en masse, while if CP is unlucky the new Emperor would also be into conquering other worlds, but the Centauri flamboyance and individual need to show off florishing as much as ever.... and again, something like the French Revolution contains far too much anarchy and quick turnover rates of important power players to be compatible with what's supposed to be the secret assimilation of a planet by aliens.
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So in the shock of having lived through the mass driver attack, I could see a grass root mass movement (how about a tea party? Okay, that's just mean) starting. But you know, definitely not by the surviving artistocracy, which brings us back of David not featuring any Centauri commoners. Also, it would go directly against the Drakh interest, because the thing about revolutions is that they upset any structures of command for a considerable time before resettling into new ones, and the Drakh are depending on the chain of command from the Emperor downwards to be intact. This includes the rise of a successful fascist party. Presumably David skipped the part of post WWI, pre WWII German history where there were street battles between Nazis and Communists, failed coup attempts and generally a lot of anarchy. It wasn't something that came from above, though Hitler of course later, once he was a significant factor, acquired backers in the industry and some allies among aristocrats like von Papen who thought they could use him and ended up being used by him instead.
Incidentally, if we do go for a revolution on Centauri Prime, overturning the old power structures, the human model I'd follow would be the French Revolution. Which means once the dust was settled there would be a new Emperor and a new aristocracy (with some leftovers from the old, but mainly New People), and some better laws for the population en masse, while if CP is unlucky the new Emperor would also be into conquering other worlds, but the Centauri flamboyance and individual need to show off florishing as much as ever.... and again, something like the French Revolution contains far too much anarchy and quick turnover rates of important power players to be compatible with what's supposed to be the secret assimilation of a planet by aliens.