The guy selling her the new identity tries to shake her down and she kills him and his goons. Just before launch, Bull is re-assigned to chief security officer Captain Ashford doesn't want a former Earther as second in command of the OPA's flagship.Ĭlarissa Mao, daughter of Jules-Pierre Mao, gets a new identity as Melba Koh and will soon be shipping out on the Cerisier, a civilian maintenance ship going to the Ring.

The Behemoth is considered a 'retrofitted piece of crap' that wouldn't hold up in a real fight it's mainly for show. Formerly, it was known as the Nauvoo, but commandeered by Fred Johnson during the Eros incident.

Inside the Ring is some sort of anomaly.īull ( Carlos c de Baca) is a former UN marine, now member of the OPA and XO on the Behemoth, the largest weapons ship in the Sol system. There's a food shortage for the outer planets and the Asteroid Belt, since Ganymede now produces less than 1/4 of its previous food output. They know you help me.' Naomi knows about it, but Holden hasn't told the others. He asks Holden for help and says 'they know I find things. Detective Miller continues to visit Holden, but he doesn't seem to actually hear Holden or talk directly to him he mostly seems to speak gibberish.

The Roci crew has had a prosperous year they've made a bunch of ship upgrades including joining Naomi and Holden's rooms and adding a railgun. A live feed from the Y Que broadcasts the events.

A 'slingshotter' takes his ship, the Y Que, through the Ring, an artificial stable wormhole created by Venus, in orbit beyond Uranus it decelerates at 99 g and his body is splattered inside the ship, but the ship doesn't come out the other side of the Ring.

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