"Previouslyon the expanse." "Iprovidedashipfor anopareconmission outofceres." "The name of that ship is the  scopuli." "I need this frigate to retrieve the lone survivor, Lionel polanski." "Our routine surveillance of diplomatic core logged an urgent communique between ambassador degraaf and his counterpart on Mars." "I leaked to degraaf that Mars was giving stealth tech to the opa." "My diplomatic credentials have been revoked." "I've been banned from Mars for life." "A lot of martians gave their lives getting us onto this ship." "Are there any bodies we need to take care of?" "LieutenantLopez." "Iamaconsultant fordavilaaerospatiale." "Corporate espionage?" "I've been stealing codes and tech from tycho for two years now." "Then why are you on our ship?" "Miller, you're fired." "I'm like some bad virus you just can't shake." "Solisten,thatship you'relookingfor," "Anubis,  whatever, it nevershowedup here." "Anubis 1-a  is still here on Eros,rackingup dockfees." "Aguywithbig ideas, wannatakeon thebad guys, so long as it doesn't cost him anything." "What the hell are you babbling about?" "I'm talking about that clown upstairs, that as soon as you cut loose, will sell us to the highest bidder." "I'm talking about the mickies comin' through that airlock to take us down." "Naomi was right to be afraid of you." "You'regonnaneed someonetowatchyourback ." "A partner." "You can't come with me." "JamesHoldenmayhave problemswithauthority, but I don't see a terrorist mastermind." "We'll have the asset bag him and bring him home for a long chat." "Yourcorporate spy'sbeencompromised." "His final report said that Holden was heading for Eros in a converted mcrn gunship, with fake transponder codes supplied by Fred Johnson." "SoI 'veactivated ablackopsteam." "We're taking Holden off the board." "Shit." "First time?" "First time what?" "First time in space?" "Oh, I am." "Ah." "Ceres born and raised then?" "Yup." "They say if you grew up on a station, you develop a natural agoraphobia." "From living underground." "In the tunnels." "You're not used to the wide open spaces." "I'm used to this guy." "He spends a lot more time working underneath things than he does on top." "He could worry a little more about his ear hygiene, too." "You just looked a little nervous, that's all." "You know, if you identify the fear, you can get past it." "And then you get used to it." "I've been flying once a month for the past year and a half." "Salesman?" "No, I'm, uh." "I'm preparing myself for the  nauvoo." "The  nauvoo." "Hmm." "Mormon?" "Yes." "A different kind of salesman." "But don't hold that against me." "Well, there was a time when I would've." "But not anymore?" "Uh." "Forgive me for saying so, but I don't get the impression you're a man who's accepted Jesus Christ into his heart." "I guess I'm just not that desperate." "We all are." "If we're being honest with ourselves." "Let me ask you something." "You guys are gonna get on this big ship, you're gonna ride out into the great beyond" "for 100 years." "What happens when you get out there..." "And there's nothing." "That big planet you got picked out, it ain't worth a damn." "I mean, nobody really knows what's out there." "You can't come back." "Well, you're right about not coming back." "But if that is the case, god has just revealed to us that we haven't finished our search yet." "Doesn't that scare the shit out of you?" "Yeah, of course it does." "But I put myself in the hands of god." "True faith is a risk." "You know, and with great risk comes..." "Yeah, yeah, i know the rest." "Yeah." "Ah, who knows." "You guys might be getting out at just the right time." "Only thing we got here is the lovely charted belt asteroid bravo-Alpha 834024112." "No life pod, no emergency habitat, nothing." "These were the coordinates we were given." "It'sjustarock." "Alex, take her around, let's have a look-see." "You got it, chief." "Alex, hold up." "Swing back." "Right there." "Inside that crevasse." "That is some sweet parking job." "It's barely registering on the scopes." "It's a stealth ship." "Just like the ones that killed the  donnager." "And the  cant." "I kinda want to blast it." "Easy there, partner." "These things tend to shoot back." "This is as far as you've got?" "It's level four mcrn encryption." "If I poke the wrong node, I'll wipe out all the data." "A lot of martian soldiers gave their lives for this information." "I need to know why." "I need you to look at something." "Kinda busy." "What the hell is that?" "I was hoping you could tell us." "Looks dead." "Oh, yeah, you're a great help." "Emf reflection, practically zero across all main bands." "It's nice stealth tech." "We already figured that out." "Who has ships like that?" "Mars, of course." "But this is not a design I've seen before, must be one of the newer." "It's not martian." "No one else builds stealth, no one else can afford to." "This is what Fred Johnson sent you out here to find." "I don't think he knew it was out here." "Bullshit." "A dead stealth ship sitting next to a rock looks just like a rock, unless you know exactly where to look." "You guys are out here to salvage this." "We're not on a salvage mission." "Fred Johnson is a terrorist, you can't..." "We're not on a salvage mission!" "We're here looking for survivors." "And some answers, if we're lucky." "Main airlock's open but the hull seems to be intact." "There could still be air inside." "All right, then." "We're going in." "Remember what happened the last time we went into one of these?" "Yeah, well, this time we got guns of our own." "Suit up." "You're coming with us." "Me?" "What?" "Why?" "And meet your new bodyguard." "He so much as breaks a toenail, you're hitch-hiking home from this rock." "Sure thing, skipper." "Move." "Youseeingoursuit-cams?" "Yup." "Allvideofeeds arelookin'good." "Thisisbullshit." "Youcan'tjusttreat melikesome..." ""Canaryinacoalmine ?"" "Allright,people." "Holdonto yourhelmets." "Dockingtunnelis engaged." "Connection..." "Is good." "Afteryou." "Lookslikesomebody gotspaced." "Yourkindof ship." "Thelatchis broken fromtheinside." "Someoneforced theirwayoutofthis ." "Thisisabeltersuit ." "Thisisdefinitely nota beltership." "Guessthatexplains whathappenedto the crewofthescopuli." "Thisistheship." "Theonethat killedthecant." "Ithasto be ." "I'mgoingto  checkengineering." "Seewhatshape thereactor'sin ." "I'llgowithyou ." "Hey,Amos,take theflightdeck." "Weneedto checkthe  ship'ssystemsandlogs." "Takehimwithyou ." "He'llbeuseful." "Comealong, tweetybird." "Flightdeck's gottabeupstairs." "Afteryou." "Youguysneedmore eyesoverthere." "Letmeseewhat Icangiveyou ." "All right, sweetheart, what do you got for me?" "I think that'll do just fine." "Youever thinkaboutthem?" "Who?" "Mcdowell." "Byers,paj,Ade." "IsupposeI'vebeen tryingnotto ." "Didn'tknowany ofthemthatwell." "Ididn'texactly signontothecant tomakefriends." "Whydidyou signonto thecant?" "SoI wouldn'thave tohaveconversations likethisone." "You'vepickeda strangetimeto be chatty." "Welivein strangetimes." "What?" "Remembermcdowell's glasscats?" "Thosefigurines inhisoffice." "Yeah." "Onetime,lateshift," "Icaughthim,like, pettingthem." "Hesaidhe wascleaning them,andthattheywere  investmentgradeantiques." "IreallywishI'd  gottenthatstory." "All the airlocks are open." "No doubt about it, this ship was vented on purpose." "Hangarbay'sempty,too ." "Shouldbeashort-range shuttleparkedthere." "Butitain't." "Folks, I do believe somebody got away." "Flightdeckis clear." "Lookslikewe gotasafe ." "Withsomethingin it ." "Great." "Another goddamnsafe." "Naomi,there'sbatterybackup onthecontrolpanel." "Allsystemsgreen." "Doyouwantmeto fireupthereactor?" "This'llgoquicker ifwehavesomelights." "Yeah,justwarmitup." "Someonecut throughthehatch." "Thereactorwas shutdownproperly." "Sowhydidsomeone needtobreakintodo it ?" "Uh..." "Naomi." "Whatthehellisthat ?" "Tycho station pinged the Nathanhaleapproximately four hours ago." "They wanted to know why a unn battleship was headed straight for them." "What were they told?" "A plausible story about reactor malfunctions and an urgent need for temporary dock." "We don't think they bought it." "Doesn't matter." "We'll be on their doorstep in three days and that's not enough time for Fred Johnson to dismantle and hide an entire stealth tech program, is it?" "Yeah, that's assuming that they had it in the first place." "We'll find something." "Sir, if we board and search that station..." "Tycho is an earth corp, we have jurisdiction." "The belters won't see it that way." "They'll think we're lying and the opa will make sure of it." "It's done." "Moving on." "James Holden." "We learn nothing from a dead man." "Secretary-general's orders." "You'll turn him into a martyr." "James Holden will be killed in random street violence on Eros." "The murder capital of the belt." "Wrong place and wrong time." "What now?" "Frank degraaf was found dead in his home this morning." "He took his own life." "Jesus." "I'm so sorry." "We can finish later." "We can finish now." "We'regoingin  fora closerlook." "Alex,didyourdrone turnanythingup ?" "Negative." "There's not another soul on board." "No bodies, no people." "Nothing." "Icouldcheck thelogsforyou ." "I'llcheckthelogs." "Can'thaveyousneakin' intocommsandcalling someoneyoushouldn't." "Feelfreeto try,though." "Haveyoueverseen anythinglikethisbefore?" "Nothingevenclose." "Maybeit's stealth-techstuff." "Anano-fluidspill thatfrozewhenthe  shipwasvented." "Theship'scalled the" Ann-you-bis."" ""Ann-you-bis"?" "Spelleda-n-u-b-i-s?" "Uh-huh." "It'spronounced "anoobis."" "Egyptiangodof thedead." ""Ann-you-bis" workstoo." "Okay,people,let'sreview." "Right, so the crew of this badass ship boards the  scopuli, uses it as bait to nuke the  cant, thenspacesthecrew exceptforLionelpolanski, whosomehowsurvives." "Getscontrol,andthen he powers down, vents the ship and then leaves a nuclear missile-ed, state-of-the-art stealth fighter tied to a rock." "Thatmakesense toanybody?" "Theship's inperfectcondition, whywouldhe justleave?" "We'remissingsomethinghere." "Hey,guys." "Ijustaccessed thenavs." "Whoeverwason thisship washeadedto Erosfrom Phoebestation." "Phoebe?" "Lopezsaidtheyfound everyoneonPhoebedead." "Sometoxicspill orsomething." "Maybethisis what hewastalkingabout." "I'mgettingareal badfeelingaboutthis." "Holden,behindyou!" "Jesus!" "Backoff!" "We'recomingin ." "Naomi,what'sgoingon?" "Ithinkit 'sabsorbing energyfromthereactor." "I'mshutting everythingdown." "Whathappened?" "Wehaveto kill thepower." "Standby." "Fora second,it felt likethatthingwas ..." "Itwasalive." "Yeah." "Amos, cutoutthecomputercores." "It'stimeto leave." "Alex." "We'veencountered apossiblebiohazard, weneedfull decontamination." "Wasn't gonna let y'all back aboard without it." "Weshould stowthesein thecargobay,  incasewe need tojettisonthemquick." "Getusoutofhere ." "You're going to Eros, aren't you?" "Aren't you?" "If this "Lionel polanski" is going to be anywhere, it's gonna be there." "I know that place." "I got hooks in systems all over Eros." "Let me help you find him." "And if I do, you let me walk." "Okay." "When we find polanski." "Not before." "Anybody object to us turning that ship into scrap?" "Hell no." "Well, I..." "Anybody except you." "Do it." "Look, you control that ship." "You have a bargaining chip." "Why would you destroy something you control?" "Because that ship is a weapon, and that thing on it felt like a weapon, too." "And I don't think Fred Johnson, or earth, or Mars, or anybody should have it." "Torpedoes armed and ready." "Fire." "Remember the  cant." "Erosstationpoliceservices areprovidedby cpm securitycorporation." "Trustcpmforall  yoursecurityneeds." "Damn it!" "Hey, uh, I was wondering if you could help me out." "Son of a..." "I'm looking for my ship." "Yeah, the  Anubis." "Check the board." "I did that." "It's here." "Look, it's my daughter's ship, you know..." "And I'm just trying to make sure, you know, did she fly it here, or did she maybe exchange it, you know, for some other goods, maybe to some low life." "We don't give out that info." "I'm just trying to find her, you know." "I mean, if she's here." "She's gonna be in some trouble." "Hey, how about" "I sponsor you a round." "More luck when it's not your money." "Help." "Get off of me!" "Anubis." "Lionel polanski?" "Freeze!" "Don't move." "You talkin' cause you're fed up." "You talkin' like a fed-up person would talk." "You need to talk with this." "Semi." "You seem sober." "That's the biggest surprise of the night." "Oh, I was chasing down a lead." "Judging by the footprint on that dock master's chest," "I'd say you were stomping on a lead." "Why are you on Eros?" "Well, it's not official business, or anything." "Actually, I'm not officially employed." "Ah, this just keeps getting better and better." "Open the door." "I'm taking this one for a walk." "And where's my damn hat?" "Hey, give me a number four, bare, in a bowl." "Uh..." "Just give me a coffee." "Two number fours." "It's on me." "All right, well, make mine the burrito-style, you know, regular." "And, uh, plus the coffee." "Hey." "All right, semi." "You could trace the girl." "For me." "With the security cameras." "Man, we usually lock people up for shit like that." "Anyway, I told you, this ain't the old days." "This new security contract." "These cpm guys are a pack of criminals with badges." "They shut down access to all the public cameras while they revamp the system." "They're just setting up their shakedown network while nobody's watching." "Anyway, what do you know about this kid?" "Why she's on Eros?" "Trust your gut before your head gets in the way." "Yeah, yeah, i used to spout off all kinds of bullshit back in the day." "Like how the road to hell is paved with good intentions." "Look, when I got kicked off the force, i gave you that hat so you'd keep your head, not make the same mistakes I did." "Oh, I must have forgot it back on ceres." "Yeah, you forgot it back on ceres." "And now you're following this girl out to the ass-crack of the solar system, huh?" "Get yourself fired." "Yeah, what in your head even tells you that this girl's lookin' to get rescued?" "She could be hard-core opa, who helped bomb those ships to start our goddamn war." "Who'll put a bullet in your head the minute you knock on her door." "Yeah." "Yeah, she might." "But you're still gonna pull on that thread, aren't you?" "No matter what I say, no matter what you unravel?" "I believe in her." "That's all I got." "It's all I got." "Think I'm crazy?" "It's probably gonna be my ass when they check the logs." "I knew you wouldn't take "no" for an answer." ""Lionel polanski." That's the name she used when she registered the shuttle." "Someone with that name is registered at the blue falcon." "What's that?" "Where is it?" "It's a flophouse core-side." "But it's not a good place." "I'll talk to you later, buddy." "Sir,theNathanhale hasjustflipped andisdecelerating towardsusat fullburn." "They'verepeatedtheir requesttodockfor repairs, claiminga reactor malfunction." "Butwebelieve they'redeliberatelyaltering theirdrivesignature." "What's their eta?" "Roughlytwodays,sir ." "Keep me posted." "Yousaidyoucrackedit." "Hope it's not a letter to a wife." "It's not." "It's a real-time tactical record of the  donnager battle, right down to the millisecond, with full sensor logs and analysis." "This must've come directly from the cic." "They also got hi-res images of the attacking ships." "Were they able to identify them?" "Not from what i can see here." "But they were able to collect highly detailed drive signatures." "Well, they did fly closer to those ships than anyone else in the system." "Unfortunately, for them." "You're going to want to see this for yourself." "So what are you going to do now?" "This place used to be the Jewel of the belt." "I wish I could've seen it in its heyday." "It's not a bad district, though." "I'm tellin' you, if you guys like okra-infused tank-grown ribs, there's this place on level six that's pretty..." "Please, shut your word hole." "There it is." "Last place the name Lionel polanski showed up on the nets was here." "System's actin' up today." "So the last time I was here this machine did not work." "Ah." "See that." "Here you go." " Help you?" " I'm lookin' a friend who checked into a room here." "Lionel polanski." "It's a special friend." "It's his birthday." "I got an "l." "Polanski," in room 22." "Call up for you?" "No." "No, it's a surprise thing." "Thank you." "Maybe I should go up on my own." "Not freak the guy out." "Maybe take Amos." "Alone is fine." "Hey!" "We're runnin' out of ammo." "James Holden." "Shit just follow you around, don't it kid?" "Are you a cop?" "Not anymore." "Hey, thanks for the assist." "Now who the hell are you?" "Anybody else know you were coming here?" "No." "No, I don't think so." "They do now." "Kenzo." "That son of a bitch." "Semi." "Listen, you're gonna get an alert from the blue falcon, shots fired, a bunch of dead bodies." "So I sure hope it's you who answers that call." "Hey!" "Hey!" "We need to talk." "Who the hell are you?" "And what are you doing here?" "I'm going up to room 22." "Now, any second, there's going to be another group of thugs coming through that door, this time with badges." "You touch me again, there's gonna be another body on the floor." "Don't!" "Julie?" "Who the hell's Julie?" "Oh, god." "What's that smell?" "Sweat." "Sick." "Ozone?" "Scopuli." "Somebody put up a bitch of a fight." "No, they were turning things off." "Same as that reactor." "Nobody touch anything." "Wait." "Wait." "Oh, my god." "Jesus." "Julie."