"Previouslyon the expanse." "Pickedupamayday." "Lookslikealightfreighter." "Callsitselfthescopuli." "We're obligated to check it out." "It's pirate bait." "Purge the logs." "We never received that signal." "Ihave somethingforyou." "Littlelostdaughtercase." "So what's my contract exactly?" "Find Julie mao." "If she's still here on ceres, detain her and ship her home." "Kidnap job." "My pleasure." "Anybody grew up this far from the sun won't give a good goddamn what planet you're from." "Realskyoveryourhead  andrealgravity holdingyouon theground, theydon'ttrustyou ." "That distress call we never received, it was logged with hq." "Holden, you'll head up this rescue, or salvage." "Put a shuttle team together." "So, just for the record, guys," "I don't wanna be here right now." "This must be the beacon that called us." "Forwardingyou ana-1tightbeam fromthecanterbury." "Torpedo launch!" "Canterbury, burnlikehell, yougotincoming." "Real lemon works best, if you could ever get your hands on one." "It's a crucial part of the formula." "Neutralizes acidity, adds body, balances ph." "Something like that." "Here." "A perfect cup of coffee." "Ah!" "It's an acquired taste." "Yeah." "So, wait and see." "Yeah." "Hey, what's your name?" "Ade." "I'm the new navigator." "Jim, there's something you should know." "Hoss." "Hoss!" "Debris field." "Buckle up!" "I'll try to drive us out of it." "How bad are we gonna catch it?" "Pretty bad." "Right, sweetheart." "You know how much I love you." "Airlock breach!" "We're losing pressure!" "Somebody close the hatch!" "I'm on it!" "Somebody shut that damn airlock!" "Son of a bitch." "We're through." "Do we still have scopes?" "Damn straight." "Do not lose that ship." "What?" "Jesus, you're not..." "We're going after them." "Buddy, I don't think..." "We're losing them!" "Don't do it, Alex." "They just dusted 50 of our friends." "Well, let's not make it 55." "Alex, I'm telling you to go after that ship." "What if they don't like being followed?" "They slip off that screen, they're gone forever." "They'll get away with this." "What is wrong with you?" "I gave an order!" "You think rank matters now?" "Get up, I'll do it myself." "Get up!" "We're not going anywhere." " Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" " Whoa, whoa!" "Let's just take a deep breath here, people." "All of you." "Waterrationexceeded." "Waterrationexceeded." "They're trying to thirst us out." " Who's that?" " Earth, Mars." "The water shipment's not late,  copain." "They're holdin' it back." "You seem pretty sure about that." "Water means life." "One shipment late, you got protests." "Two shipments late, you got dead people in the street." "And it's gonna get worse." "Mark my words." "Christ." ""Father,bother,pouredhot  coffeeintheparkinglot. "" ""Father,bother, pouredhotcoffee intheparkinglot ."" "Home." "I 'mhome." "Showmemy files." "Copyallfiles." "Replaymylast messages." "Itriedto giveyou  thebestof allworlds, andyouchoosetolive  likesomefilthyhandmaid amongtheriff-raff ofthesolarsystem." "Sinceyouhavenointention ofreturninghome," "I'mforcedto consider sellingtherazorback." "You'renaive, sweetheart." "It'stimeto comehome." "Please." "I 'llmake everythingrightagain." "Jesus." "Spare me." "Showmemy replies." "You'resoblind andsocondescending andyou'renever gonnachange." "Ifyouwon'ttakeyourself seriouslyasan adult, thenwhyshouldIcare  aboutbeingyourchild?" "Youwantto sell the razorback?" "Do it." "Youcan'tbuymeoff orcontrolme anymore." "Maybewhatyouhate aboutmethemost isthatIremindyou ofyourself." "Keep it up, partner." "You'll get there." "Thespecialsession todiscuss resolution11682 isaboutto begin." "Pleasetakeyourseats." "Is it true that you had a belter up on hooks for 20 hours?" "He's an o.P.A. Smuggler and a terrorist." "The secretary-general..." "He didn't want to talk..." "The secretary-general has publicly disavowed gravity torture." "If you want to talk to that belter, you put him in the tank." "You know who I am?" "I'veheardof you,yes ." "Manyinterestingtales." "You're well-spoken for an o.P.A. Soldier." "BecauseI 'ma belter, I'mnaturallyo.P.A.?" "I'mjust acitizenof thebelt." "Iworkforthe future ofmypeople asyoudo foryours." "Then for the future of both our people," "I need to know how you got your hands on restricted stealth technology that could destroy the balance in the system." "Youmeanthebalance betweenearthandMars." "Eitherway, it'sa lousydeal forbelters." "The o.P.A. Demands legitimacy through violence." "They haven't earned it any other way." "No?" "Youtalktome througha pieceof glass, youseemy bodywhichcan nolongersurvive ontheveryplanetthat bore  mygreat-grandmother." "Earthhascreatedarace  ofexilesoutinspace, whohaveno homes toreturnto ." "Shouldthisgo  unanswered?" "Idon'tmeanto makeyouafraid, madame." "Have I given you the impression that I'm afraid?" "Thenwhywasteyourtime  ona meaninglesscourier likemyself?" "You're too modest, child." "Someone entrusted you to transport pieces of the holy grail." "The question is, who?" "There are places far worse than this." "And I imagine there is a mother somewhere who'll love to see her boy again." "Estcelaça ,madame." "Iunderstand." "Weallhaveour duty." "We've got a dead radio and about four hours of oxygen left." "Alex, how much burn do we have?" "I could get us maybe a third of the way to ganymede station, maybe." "Or get us right to the edge of the shipping lanes, and then we'd have to pray someone tripped over us." "It won't happen." "With a dead transponder, we're just like space trash." "What's wrong with the radio?" "Board's cooked, and I'm guessing the antenna array up top has seen better days." "See if you can improvise another board." "I'm gonna go outside and see what's what." "Great." "We'll wait here." "I don't mean to be a bad news bull or anything, but the airlock's done." "The outer door's gone." "Then we'll have to vent the ship." "Are you outta your tree?" "We'll lose all oxygen in the cabin." "Everything depends on fixing that radio." "We're wasting time." "There you go." "Calling the shots again." "I'm going outside." "You got a problem with that?" "Amos, go with him." "Whoa!" "Let's just hold on for one second." "We don't have to go outside." "We're safe right now." "We open those doors, we're done." "The ship could crack apart." "I'm telling you..." "Shed?" "I'm just..." "If we open those doors..." "Please, just listen to me." "Listen to me!" "If we out there, we're gonna die." "Hey, hey, hey!" "You're in shock." "You're in shock." "You know the symptoms." "You know the symptoms." "Just breathe." "Breathe." "Deep... breathe." "Breathe, breathe." "All right." "There." "There." "You chilled?" "Okay." "Now, we're gonna go outside, and we're gonna fix the antenna, and we're gonna make some noise and get rescued." "Okay." "Okay?" "Yeah." "Watchyourstep,boys." "We'reontheway ." "How'sitlooking outthere?" "Well, itcould'vebeenworse." "Itcanalwaysbeworse." "Okay." "It'sworse." "Captain was pissed you weren't around." "She wanted this dealt with." "Yeah, it must be my week." "New earth partner." "Drawing all the "hot" cases..." "Yourattention,please." "Theair,waterand power..." "Well, it's about time." "Expected you an hour ago." "It's a long hoof from the Medina, sir." "A week ago, those dead patches started appearing." "My guess is, the greigas are stealing water again." "Some belters clearly don't respect the green space's role in recycling the air and the water." "Not to mention the embarrassment it causes the governor." "You seem sure it was belters." "The criminals here tend to be." "You're new here, aren't you?" "We'll get right on that, sir." "Maybe if everyone in ceres had this view, they'd respect you more." "There." "Now, you can make your own view." "Oh,shit!" "You'reanearther." "AndI don'tevenknow whereyou'refrom." "We'regonnabe  spacetrashin afew hours andyouwanna starta friendship?" "Ifyoudon'tthink we'regonnamakeit,  whatareyoudoinguphere?" "Naomitoldme to , soI am." "Asfaras I'mconcerned, she'sthecapnow ." "Alex,sendme  somejuiceto e-12." "Alex!" "Oh." "E-12." "Copythat." "Thereyougo ,sugar." "Youdoin'okay upthere?" "I'mdoingas goodasdew ona mornin'fullofsunshine." "Hey,what'sthedeal withyouandNaomi?" "Youtwoan item orsomething?" "Anitem?" "Hey,it'snone ofmybusiness,but ..." "Youmustthink I'mprettystupid, don'tyou?" "Imean,you'reright." "Icantakeacore apart andputit backtogether withmyeyesclosed." "Butaskme whetherornot Ishouldripyourhelmetoff andkickyouoff thisbucket, andI couldn'tgiveyou  areasonwhyIshould orshouldn't." "ExceptNaomi wouldn'tlikeit ." "Couldyoupassme thedrill?" "Thankyou." "Alex,whatare youdoing?" "I'mbringin'her home,honey-pie." "Hey." "Onemore,two..." "Andwe'llbe together." "Justonetripto ganymede,sweetheart." "Oh,don'tbe likethat,sugar, IsaidI'mcomin'home ." "Alex." "Shed, what'swrongwithhim ?" "He's,uh..." "He'shypoxic." "Oh,shit!" "Hisbreather's crappingout!" "Damnit!" "Howlong canheholdon?" "Oh,oh,shit." "We'relosin'him!" "We'recomingbackin." "Negative." "Wedon'thave enoughoxygento ventagain." "Shed,takecareofhim!" "Dosomething!" "We'reinavacuum!" "He'sinasuit!" "I..." "Whatdoyou wantmeto do ?" "There'snospare!" "Shed,you'reamedic!" "Actlikeone!" "Holdon,buddy." "Listen,I 'mhookingour breathersup,okay?" "Sowecanshareair." "Soyoucanbreathe offmine,okay?" "Shed, what'shappening?" "Okay." "Holdon ,buddy." "Comeon." "Holdon,Alex!" "Comeon." "Yeah,thereit is !" "Breathe!" "Breathe,Alex!" "Breatheitin ." "Breathe." "Justkeepbreathing." "We'rebuddy-breathing." "It'sallgonnabegood ." "It'sallgood." "Shed,yougotthis?" "Nooneelsediestoday." "Ifwedon'tget  thatradioback, wealldie...today." "Okay,Alex." "Myturn,buddy." "Ijustneed acoupleof breaths." "Ah,that'sthestuff." "How'sAlexdoing?" "He'shangingin there." "Whatdoesthatmean?" "Meanshe's hanginginthere!" "Getonwithit." "Hurryup." "Don'tlookat it ." "Justthinkabout somethingelse,okay?" "Likeyourkid." "Thinkaboutyourkid ." "Swingingona..." "Swingingonaswing orsomething." "You'retryingto  distractme." "Hey,guys." "We'rerunningoutof..." "We'rerunningoutofair." "Now?" "Nocarrier." "Ah,pieceof shit!" "Wehaveconnection." "Getbackin herenow !" "Comeon." " Go!" " Pressurizing." "Ow!" "What the hell did you do to me?" "You saved my hide, partner." "You crazy son of a bitch." "Ah, no problem." "I need him sent to Luna for deeper interrogations." "Let the team here go another round, they'll break him." "They have a budget, it's already shot to hell." "And unlike you, i have to grovel and promise and deliver to get reappointed." "This concerns me?" "How?" "You're two heartbeats away from running the government on this planet." "Yet you're accountable to no one." "How does that happen?" "This boy isn't some hapless smuggler." "I believe the o.P.A may be trying to obtain stealth weapons." "Everything is not an o.P.A. Plot and if earth can't afford a stealth program, how can a bunch of rock-tossers?" "They can't..." "Unless they've found a new friend like Mars." "Cold war is a bloodless war." "Mutual distrust and complete co-dependence." "Nobody wants to change that." "Least of all Mars." "That's another thing." "I want every martian weapons facility under a microscope." "They are." "You know, your belter will like gravity on Luna better." "That's the only thing he'll like." "I'm afraid for him." "Heaven help your enemies, chrisjen." "Heaven help us all if Mars and the belt decide to share a toothbrush." "Bold move, I'll give him that." "What?" "The cold war is over, this is something new." "The antenna's working but our signal's still too weak." "The transmitter was severed from the power grid." "It's done." "This just keeps getting better and better." "So we just blew an hour of air for a radio that doesn't even work?" "Can't we rig ourselves an amplifier?" "We're gonna need a shit load of power." "Take everything apart." "Be fast and be careful, we're inside of a limb with a pin here." "If it has a battery, a power pack, any charge capability, it goes into a part." "I'm sorry, does anyone need a back rub first?" "Last one." "Even if someone hears our sos, they're gonna think we're pirates." "Well..." "We're gonna just have to pray there's another caring soul out there like Ade." "Ade?" "She's why we're in this shit right now." "If she hadn't gone and logged that stupid distress call..." "Hey!" "You don't know what you are talking about." "You wanna keep your teeth in your mouth..." "We're wasting air." "Give me a hand over here, will you, buddy?" "You want to unburden your soul, do it on your own time." "On the remotest chance we get off this alive." "We have enough problems right now." "Yes, sir." "You know that guy was telling you to go hump yourself." "Yeah." "Geez... really?" "I hadn't realized that." "I've got plans for it, anyway." "Not even gonna ask." "Nice tat." "Your boss lets you wear your colors like that, out in the open?" "Boss has one just like it." "Here's the one." "Feeds the south-east corner of the gardens." "This guy?" "Yeah." "Look it, here." "Sensor box should be to your right." "Amateurs." "But you gotta admire their stones for hittin' the park." "Where did you say this pipe diverts to?" "Twelfth level, condenser grid." "It's in a warehouse." "Even water like this today, belter loader gonna want it." "Huh?" "Hmm?" "Sabaka." "It's good!" "Good." "We can sell it." "Let's make some money!" "Star helix, don't move!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Be smart." "Come on, kid." "Huh?" "Is that everything you got?" "Hey... hey!" "Doing my work, cop." "Hey, whoa, whoa!" "What are you punks doing stealing up-tunnel water?" "Free sample." "All piss and vinegar." "You know, you're lucky it's us chasing you and not the greigas." "They would feed you your fingers, for playin' in their district." "Greigas gone." "This is our turf now." "Nobody just abandons their territory to a bunch of street punks." "You see, the greigas were smart." "They'd siphon a little water, and sell it off..." "Nobody's the wiser." "But you, you gutter punks." "You screwed the golden goose." "Mmm?" "Okay, man." "Schoolin' me on gangsters,  que?" "Yeah, dirtbag school's in session." "Listen... pick all the pockets you want, roll drunks..." "But when you mess with the water, that's when you're going down." "Maybe a couple of years on a prison barge will set him straight." "Huh?" "Would you like that?" "Do what you gotta do." "Hey... hey!" "Get out of here." "Stay away from the aqua." "Tell all your friends!" "I did not see that coming." "Yeah?" "How about this?" "You see that coming?" "Yeah." "Madam, Iapologizefor callingsolate." "There'sbeenan incident ontheshuttletoLuna ." "Go on." "Theprisoner,heikkisobong tookhisownlife byavoiding thehigh-gravityinjections fromhiscrashcouch..." "Itappearshe brokefree ofhisrestraints, duringthecriticalphase oftheascent, whenheknewthe guards wouldbereceiving theirowninjections." "Ithink,madam, heismakingastatement." "Speak frankly, please." "Earth'sgravity." "Weusedit to hurthim ." "Hethrewit back inourface." "You want to clue us in?" "This beacon we answered isn't pirate tech..." "It's top-grade military stuff." "Serial stamp on the main board." "Martian congressional Navy." "That makes no kind of sense." "It makes all kinds of sense." "That ship that attacked thecantwasn'ttucked behind an asteroid, it was hiding in plain sight." "A stealth ship... why would they nuke a civilian ship without warning?" "Because they can." "You don't know what you're talking about." "Whoa..." "What the hell are we tangled up in here?" "Who gives a shit?" "Let's focus on staying alive." "We'll worry about Mars later." "Good so far?" "Good signal." "We've got three hours of juice." "Well..." "I guess all we gotta do now is pop a cold beer, and wait to be rescued." "Nope." "Got no record of a  razorback  on these docks." "Any, um, special hangar where rich people keep their pleasure-craft?" "On ceres ?" "Not last I heard." "Now, there's a girl I'm not gonna forget anytime soon." "Yeah, why's that?" "Uh, few rotations back, some dock-jock was slobbering all over her while she was prepping to ship out." "Eh, guy must've mistaken her good manners for encouragement and when he laid hands on her, god damn, she planted him in the deck." "That girl had skills." "What ship was that?" "Scopuli." "Dumpy old transport." "No cargo, just this young lady and a few crew." "Send me the ship manifest, will you?" "And transponder logs, et cetera?" "She in some kind of trouble?" "I'm sure it's nothin' she can't handle." "Alex?" "Someone heard us." "Someone heard us?" "Yeah." "Are they coming?" "Just waiting for the bounce back." "What is that?" "Ship en route." "How far?" "It's almost 80,000 clicks." "It's gonna be a hell of a close shave." "We'll make it." "What?" "What is it?" "The ship." "It's Mars." "What?" "The  donnager." "The flagship of the martian Navy." "Coming to finish the job." "And we just told 'em where we were." "...continuestoappearfor  theraidercanterbury whichdisappearedwhile respondingtoadistresscall ." "Thecanterburywas   reportedtobe carryingice , b adrasticincreasein waterrationingstation-wide." "Aspokesperson..." "Hey." "Hey." "Good golly, Ms. mao." "You sure can pick 'em." "Find your lost heiress yet?" "Well..." "She's not on ceres." "Shipped out on the  scopuli." "It just went dark right after take-off." "Vanished." "The week for vanishing ships." "You'd think a rich girl like her would've had that birthmark fixed." "I don't know." "If it was a birthmark, her parents would have had it fixed." "That's a scar." "I don't think she wanted it fixed." "Why do you say that?" "Oh, it's a badge of defiance." "Against everything she's supposed to be." "Wow." "She tell you that herself?" "Yeah, she did." "Listen, we're the only ones who know what happened to the  cant." "We get on that ship and chances are we're never comin' out." "Unless..." "What are you doing?" "Buying us insurance." "Mynameis JamesHolden, speakingforthefive survivorsofthecanterbury." "Our ship was destroyed answering a bogus sos from a ship called the  scopuli." "We recovered a false beacon and identified it as martian naval technology." "It was a trap." "Are you insane?" "We are about to be taken aboard the  mcrn donnager." "Alex, shut him down!" "He's locked us out." "He's locked us out!" "Hey, whoa, whoa!" "Youdon'tspeakfor us." "Weintendto cooperate andhopethismeans wewon'tbe harmed." "Should I smoke him?" "Say the word." "We're dead anyway." "Any such action will only confirm that the  canterbury was destroyed by Mars." "It just needs to reach one ship, one station." "Then it'll spread." "Don't count on it." "Their jammers were in range." "Youare prisonersoftheMars congressionalRepublic." "Moveandyoudie ."