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With 1300 new worlds within reach, after the portal network opened some belter refugees decided to go through the ring, after running a UNN blockade and settle a world they name "Ilus". This brings them into conflict with Royal Charter Energy (RCE) which has been given exploration/ exploitation rights to the planet by Earth and Mars. The UN charges the crew of the Rocinante to settle a land dispute on its new colony world "New Terra". Avasarala also tells Holden to keep an eye out for protomolecule activity.

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With 1300 new worlds within reach, reach after the portal network opened opened, some belter Belter refugees decided to go through the ring, ring after running a UNN blockade and settle a world planet which they name named "Ilus". This brings them into conflict with Royal Charter Energy (RCE) which has been given exploration/ exploitation exploration/exploitation rights to the planet by Earth and Mars. The UN charges the crew of the Rocinante ''Rocinante'' to settle a the land dispute on its new colony world world, which they call "New Terra". Avasarala also tells Holden to keep an eye out for protomolecule activity.



* BadassBookworm: Holden is given a copy of ''Literature/DonQuixote'' to reread, and identifies Ilus as the brother of Ganymede.

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* BadassBookworm: Holden is given a copy of ''Literature/DonQuixote'' to reread, reread and identifies Ilus as the brother of Ganymede.



* CampfireCharacterExploration: This episode starts with Holden talking to his mother and then to Miller around a campire, establishing the new status quo for this season.

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* CampfireCharacterExploration: This episode starts with Holden talking to his mother and then to Miller around a campire, campfire, establishing the new status quo for this season.



** The Belter pirates consider Johnson and Dawes' factions of the OPA this for being willing to kill fellow-Belters to defend Inners and their cargo ships.

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** The Belter pirates consider Johnson and Dawes' factions of the OPA this for being willing to kill fellow-Belters fellow Belters to defend Inners and their cargo ships.



* InsistentTerminology: The Belter colonists insist on calling the planet Ilus whilst the UN and the RCE employees call it New Terra.

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* InsistentTerminology: The Belter colonists insist on calling the planet Ilus whilst Ilus, while the UN and the RCE employees call it New Terra.



* {{Lightworlder}}: Naomi is unable to visit Holden's home due to Earth's gravity, and has to undergo a long, painful regime of bone-density-increasing drugs and physical exercise in order to visit Ilus/ New Terra.

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* {{Lightworlder}}: Naomi is unable to visit Holden's home due to Earth's gravity, and has to undergo a long, painful regime of bone-density-increasing drugs and physical exercise in order to visit Ilus/ New Ilus/New Terra.



* OnePhoneCall: Clarissa gets one video call a month while incarcerated, and has nobody to call except Amos.

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* OnePhoneCall: Clarissa gets one video call a month while incarcerated, incarcerated and has nobody to call except Amos.



** According to {{Creator/Hesiod}} and {{Creator/Virgil}}, Ilus was not only the brother of Ganymede, but also founded the city of Troy where a dappled cow lay down.

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** According to {{Creator/Hesiod}} and {{Creator/Virgil}}, Ilus was not only the brother of Ganymede, but also founded the city of Troy in a location where a dappled cow lay down.



** The station in the Ring is named Medina, after the city where UsefulNotes/TheProphetMuhammad sought sanctuary.
** The Royal Charter Energy ship is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Israel Edward Israel,]] an astronomer who lead a failed expedition to the arctic.

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** The station in the Ring is named Medina, after the city where UsefulNotes/TheProphetMuhammad sought sanctuary.
sanctuary (just like the sector on Ceres).
** The Royal Charter Energy ship is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Israel Edward Israel,]] an astronomer who lead led a failed expedition to the arctic.Arctic.



* SettlingTheFrontier: Both the Belters and the UN are trying to do this on Ilus/ New Terra.

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* SettlingTheFrontier: Both the Belters and the UN are trying to do this on Ilus/ New Ilus/New Terra.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Amos gives Clarissa his version of a pep speech: "You breath in, you breath out, eat, shit, sleep, you take whatever they give you, and you give nothing in return."

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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Amos gives Clarissa his version of a pep speech: "You breath breathe in, you breath breathe out, eat, shit, sleep, you take whatever they give you, and you give nothing in return."
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* EvolvingCredits: The nuclear attack on South America and the opening of the Ring Gates are now included in the opening credits.
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** The Belter pirates consider Johnson and Dawes' faction of the OPA this for being willing to kill fellow-Belters to defend Inners and their cargo ships.

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** The Belter pirates consider Johnson and Dawes' faction factions of the OPA this for being willing to kill fellow-Belters to defend Inners and their cargo ships.
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** The Belter pirates consider the OPA this for being willing to kill fellow-Belters to defend Inners and their cargo ships.

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** The Belter pirates consider Johnson and Dawes' faction of the OPA this for being willing to kill fellow-Belters to defend Inners and their cargo ships.
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** The Belter pirates consider the OPA this for being willing to kill fellow-Belters to defend Inners and their cargo ships.
** Drummer makes it clear she doesn't approve of Belters building a colony on a planet's surface.
--->'''Drummer''': We are creatures of space. In two generations, their children will be Inners. They won't even remember what they were.
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** Amos's AffectionateNickname for Clarissa, "Peaches," is a tortured one: Her undercover alias was Melba, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach_Melba peach/peaches Melba]] is an old dessert. How Amos knows about four-hundred-year-old desserts is [[HiddenDepths anyone's guess]].
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* {{Lightworlder}}: Naomi is unable to visit Holden's home due to Earth's gravity.

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* {{Lightworlder}}: Naomi is unable to visit Holden's home due to Earth's gravity.gravity, and has to undergo a long, painful regime of bone-density-increasing drugs and physical exercise in order to visit Ilus/ New Terra.
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'''Season 4, Episode 1''':
!New Terra

With 1300 new worlds within reach, after the portal network opened some belter refugees decided to go through the ring, after running a UNN blockade and settle a world they name "Ilus". This brings them into conflict with Royal Charter Energy (RCE) which has been given exploration/ exploitation rights to the planet by Earth and Mars. The UN charges the crew of the Rocinante to settle a land dispute on its new colony world "New Terra". Avasarala also tells Holden to keep an eye out for protomolecule activity.

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* AffectionateNickname: Amos calls Clarissa "Peaches".
* BadassBookworm: Holden is given a copy of ''Literature/DonQuixote'' to reread, and identifies Ilus as the brother of Ganymede.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: We learn that Amos allowed Clarissa the chance to space herself once she learned she was facing life in prison, but she did not feel she deserved such an easy out.
* CampfireCharacterExploration: This episode starts with Holden talking to his mother and then to Miller around a campire, establishing the new status quo for this season.
* FlashbackStares: After Holden's mother asks him what he saw out there, Holden stares into the fire and has a flashback to the rings opening in "[[Recap/TheExpanseS03E13AbaddonsGate Abaddon's Gate]]".
* InsistentTerminology: The Belter colonists insist on calling the planet Ilus whilst the UN and the RCE employees call it New Terra.
* LanguageDrift: We see a return of Belter Creole. Drummer calls Naomi her kopeng (friend). Naomi tells Drummer, "Xalte to sif (stay yourself)". Drummer replies, "Dewe fasi".
* {{Lightworlder}}: Naomi is unable to visit Holden's home due to Earth's gravity.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Holden continues to talk to Miller.
* OnePhoneCall: Clarissa gets one video call a month while incarcerated, and has nobody to call except Amos.
* MeetTheInLaws: Naomi meets Holden's family over a video feed.
* ShoutOut:
** Holden is given a copy of ''Literature/DonQuixote''.
** Avasarala references [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush the Yukon Gold Rush]], perhaps recalling the violent fates of the humans in ''Literature/TheCallOfTheWild''.
** According to {{Creator/Hesiod}} and {{Creator/Virgil}}, Ilus was not only the brother of Ganymede, but also founded the city of Troy where a dappled cow lay down.
** The Ganymede refugee ship is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppa_Barbapiccola Giuseppa Eleonora Barbapiccola]].
** The station in the Ring is named Medina, after the city where UsefulNotes/TheProphetMuhammad sought sanctuary.
** The Royal Charter Energy ship is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Israel Edward Israel,]] an astronomer who lead a failed expedition to the arctic.
* SettlingTheFrontier: Both the Belters and the UN are trying to do this on Ilus/ New Terra.
* AStormIsComing: Holden's mother looks up in the sky and says a storm is coming in the opening of the episode. Miller later says it is going to be a real turd-floater after a crash of thunder.
* WarRefugees: The Belter colonists are refugees from Ganymede, whose homes were destroyed during the war between Earth and Mars
* WindmillCrusader: Holden's mother gives him a copy of ''Literature/DonQuixote'' to reread.
* WrenchWench: Amos praises Clarissa as a good mechanic.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Amos gives Clarissa his version of a pep speech: "You breath in, you breath out, eat, shit, sleep, you take whatever they give you, and you give nothing in return."

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