

Naomi Nagata, one of the best engineers in the solar system and XO of the Rocinante, she is looking forward to a quiet retirement alongside Holden, until the Laconians return and Naomi gets pulled in to the resistance with the rest of the crew of the Rocinante.

After the Laconians take Medina Station, Singh is appointed as the governor of the station. Santiago Jilie Singh, a Captain in the Laconian Navy, recently promoted to command The Gathering Storm.The Transport Union's control of Ring station, and the 1,300 worlds it connects to, makes Drummer one of the most powerful people in all of humanity. Camina Drummer, former head of security at Tycho Station, now the president of the Transport Union.When Holden retires, Bobbie takes up the mantle of Captain of the Rocinante. Bobbie Draper, former Martian Marine and now working on the Rocinante.While his companions all escape to lead the resistance against Duarte, he is taken back to Laconia as a captive. When the Laconians return through the gate, Holden is drawn back in to the fray. James Holden, aging Captain of the Rocinante, after over 30 years of working the Rocinante, Holden looks to the next chapter of his life, retirement.They return through their gate to take over Medina Station and launch an attack on the Sol system. They have spent their time in the Laconia system building an advanced fleet using leftover technology from the protomolecule creators. No one has heard from Admiral Duarte and his rogue fleet in the thirty years since they broke away from the Martian Congressional Republic Navy, until now. The crew of the aging gunship Rocinante are still together, working contracts for the Transport Union, who have control of the Ring station and the 1,300 worlds the gates lead to. Twenty-eight years have passed since the events of Babylon's Ashes and Earth is back on its feet after the attack that crippled the planet in Nemesis Games.
