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** At the same time, it's pretty clear she doesn't have any answer for what *should* have been done to stop Clark. She talks a big game about how it was never the right time or that people were trying to quietly move against him or that they risked 'alien invasion' (when Clark himself was backed by the most powerful alien threat in the Shadows mind you) if they didn't do it 'right'. None of these reasons hold up to any realistic scrutiny given Clarks utterly iron grip on power. Her complaints about Sheridan stepping in and saving them with the military ring more of a ruthless politician shoring up her position by doing everything she can to force Sheridan to step off the political stage and write the narrative in her favour to consolidate her own position and power.
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* XanatosGambit: Sheridan actually sets up a pretty good one here. He surrenders himself to Earthforce custody as a sign he is fully prepared to face the consequences of his actions. But Earthdome, despite the posturing we see, would hardly be unaware that he has a near monopoly of force in the system who would almost certainly step in if they actually *did* try to shoot him in a kangaroo court. The public too are explicitly approving of his actions and with ISN back on the air and revealing everything that had happened, plus the backing of pretty much all the local races from across the Galaxy? In the end, he gets exactly what he wants; a new Government who are dismantling the Clark regime, Clark himself dead along with his most fanatic loyalists and formal legal amnesty for everyone who had followed him. Then, instead of simply fading away as Luchenko probably really hoped he would, he becomes President of the Interstellar Alliance that Earth is 'encouraged' to join (or else be left out in the cold AND miss out on all the sweet sweet technology and trade) meaning he's suddenly back in a position to make sure Earth doesn't backslide as soon as he is out of the picture, as well as ensuring Mars is freed as he promised.
* XanatosGambit: Sheridan actually sets up a pretty good one here. He surrenders himself to Earthforce custody as a sign he is fully prepared to face the consequences of his actions. But Earthdome, despite the posturing we see, would hardly be unaware that he has a near monopoly of force in the system who would almost certainly step in if they actually *did* try to shoot him in a kangaroo court. The public too are explicitly approving of his actions and with ISN back on the air and revealing everything that had happened, plus the backing of pretty much all the local races from across the Galaxy? In the end, he gets exactly what he wants; a new Government who are dismantling the Clark regime, Clark himself dead along with his most fanatic loyalists and formal legal amnesty for everyone who had followed him. Then, instead of simply fading away as Luchenko probably really hoped he would, he becomes President of the Interstellar Alliance that Earth is 'encouraged' to join (or else be left out in the cold AND miss out on all the sweet sweet technology and trade) meaning he's suddenly back in a position to make sure Earth doesn't backslide as soon as he is out of the picture, as well as ensuring Mars is freed as he promised.
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* TheyDo: Sheridan and Delenn finally officially tie the knot.
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* TheMafia: The Mars Mafia is a major player in the Martian underworld, with a crew associated with the mafia kidnapping Lise for ransom when she went to them for help in getting off-planet. [[spoiler: They soon find out what a bad idea that is when Garibaldi comes to her rescue.]]
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* TheMafia: The Mars Mafia is a major player in the Martian underworld, with a crew associated with the mafia kidnapping Lise for ransom when she went to them for help in getting off-planet. [[spoiler: They soon find out what a bad idea that is when Garibaldi comes and a group of Rangers come to her rescue.]]
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* TheMafia: The Mars Mafia is a major player in the Martian underworld, with a crew associated with the mafia kidnapping Lise for ransom when she went to them for help in getting off-planet. [[spoiler: They soon find out what a bad idea that is when Garibaldi comes to her rescue.]]
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Luchenko basically argues that Sheridan had the right idea but the wrong execution, a viewpoint shared by many characters in the series. Not stated in this, but implied, is that her [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished forcing him to resign or be prosecuted]] is meant as a warning to the rest of the military that [[MilitaryCoup rebelling against the government shouldn't be thought of as the normal way to resolve problems]]: democracies historically don't survive as such very long if the military starts seeing itself as the arbiter of policy rather than its executor.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Luchenko basically argues that Sheridan had the right idea but the wrong execution, a viewpoint shared by many characters in the series. Not stated in this, but implied, is that her [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished forcing him to resign or be prosecuted]] is meant as a warning to the rest of the military that [[MilitaryCoup [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope rebelling against the government shouldn't be thought of as the normal way to resolve problems]]: problems]]. While it is true that President Clark wiped his ass with the checks and balances on his office and got so unhinged and DrunkWithPower that he simply ''had to be stopped'', what Sheridan did was a MilitaryCoup even if he did let a civilian take over, and democracies historically don't survive as such very long if the military starts seeing itself as the arbiter of policy rather than its executor.
