![]() During one mission, his ship was set to board another vessel until hearing the phrase “donkey balls,” at which point his captain immediately backed off without explanation. This jibes with something Alex remembers about his time as a Martian Navy pilot. Each ship has a code book that contains a secret pass phrase that will identify it to other Martian ships. ![]() Apparently, Martians send undercover vessels like that all through the system. Kenzo’s plan is this: Rather than continue pretending to be a simple gas freighter, the crew should pretend to be a Martian black ops unit pretending to be a simple gas freighter. After much pleading, Holden agrees to let him come back to the bridge. He warns Holden that as soon as the Martians set foot inside the ship, they’ll recognize the interior as one of their own vessels, but says he knows a way to convince them to turn around before boarding. Kenzo begs to be let out of the airlock and insists that he can help. Amos makes no bones about telling him that they’ll most likely eject him into space.Īs feared, a Martian Navy vessel flags the Rocinante for inspection and sends a shuttle with a boarding party. Holden and the others are inclined to distrust anything he says, and lock him in an airlock for safe keeping until they figure out what to do with him. (He conveniently leaves out the part about working for the U.N.) He claims that the signal he transmitted was a message to friends to pick him up at Eros Station, which is technically where the Rocinante’s flight plan says they’re heading. He admits to being a corporate spy, and says that he hitched a ride because things were getting too hot for him on Tycho and he needed to get out of there before Johnson caught him. It’s Kenzo, the corporate spy from Tycho Station. ![]() Suspecting that Fred Johnson may have placed a secret transmitter on board the ship to keep tabs on them, Amos goes to check it out. The problem is further compounded when Naomi detects a mysterious radio transmission coming from their ship’s own hull, which will only serve to bring Martian attention their way. This is bad news for the crew of the disguised Rocinante, who were hoping to slip through Martian territory without rousing any suspicion. That seemingly-pointless storyline last week about the drunken asteroid miner has a tiny amount of payoff this week, in that his attack on the Martian Navy ship has resulted in increased patrols through the area. Considering that we only have a few more episodes left in the season, I hope the show can keep up the momentum. Following two fairly disappointing episodes, ‘The Expanse’ came back this week with a much stronger entry.
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