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* TheAtoner[=/=]WhatYouAreInTheDark: The short story ''The Butcher of Anderson Station'' [[spoiler: explores his motives in defecting to the OPA. Dawes [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind interrogates Johnson]] to determine if Johnson is truly showing remorse for his actions and wants to make amends or [[SuicideByCop just wants the OPA to kill him so he doesn't have to do it himself]]]]
* ColonelBadass: Subverted; [[spoiler: the engagement which established his badass credentials was a set-up; Johnson did not know the Belters aboard the station had surrendered until ''after'' the battle. He is deeply ashamed of his actions.]]
* SpaceMarine
* CasualDangerDialogue: Havelock is constantly trying to avoid killing the [[{{Mook}} engineering techs he trained as a militia]], calmly advising them to take cover and tend to their wounded. He's somewhat less charitable with [[GungHolierThanThou Koenen]], their leader.
* GenderBlenderName: Named for his grandmother, a prominent physicist.
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* KickedUpstairs: Fred Johnson flat out states that Ashford and his XO were chosen over the much more qualified Baca to be in command of the ''Behemoth'' for political reasons; Belters might not be willing to follow the command of Baca, an Earther. By placing Baca in the senior command staff as chief of security, however, Johnson explicitly is relying on him to make sure the other two don't get too far out of hand.
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* BadassBureaucrat: ''Par excellence''. Holden remarks that she has never been elected to any position in the UN government but nonetheless is the most powerful person in that government. She manipulates even her superiors with ease.
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* TheConscience: For the whole crew, but especially Amos. Although sometimes he gets too full of himself and Naomi or Alex have to bring him back to reality.
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* OddFriendship: With all of the ''Rocinante'' crew, but really seems to open up around Alex.
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!Captain Ashford
Commander of the OPA battleship ''Behemoth'' (ex-LDSS ''Nauvoo'') in ''Abbadon's Gate''
* BadBoss: Your chief engineer not working fast enough for your liking? [[spoiler: [[YouHaveFailedMe Have her shot]] and replaced by someone only just barely qualified to do the job.]]
* InsaneAdmiral[=/=]TheNeidermeyer: Not only unable to control his raging paranoia, does not have the full respect of his crew and is in over his head with most situations.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Ashford argues that the ''Behemoth'' be the one to apprehend Holden and the ''Rocinante'' crew after Holden's [[spoiler: fake announcement]] asserting OPA control over the Ring. From the perspective of establishing the OPA as a legitimate government in the eyes of Earth and Mars, Ashford's argument is quite valid.
* MuggingTheMonster: His strategy for escaping the control of the Ring station. [[spoiler: Never mind that real warships from both Earth and Mars are completely powerless against it; most of his crew is incapacitated or actively engaging in mutiny against him; and that any attempt to use the ''Behemoth'''s weaponry will result in the ship's destruction.]]
* TheMutiny: Both the subject and instigator of one.
* SanitySlippage: Undergoes a ''severe'' case as the events of the story unfold.
Commander of the OPA battleship ''Behemoth'' (ex-LDSS ''Nauvoo'') in ''Abbadon's Gate''
* BadBoss: Your chief engineer not working fast enough for your liking? [[spoiler: [[YouHaveFailedMe Have her shot]] and replaced by someone only just barely qualified to do the job.]]
* InsaneAdmiral[=/=]TheNeidermeyer: Not only unable to control his raging paranoia, does not have the full respect of his crew and is in over his head with most situations.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Ashford argues that the ''Behemoth'' be the one to apprehend Holden and the ''Rocinante'' crew after Holden's [[spoiler: fake announcement]] asserting OPA control over the Ring. From the perspective of establishing the OPA as a legitimate government in the eyes of Earth and Mars, Ashford's argument is quite valid.
* MuggingTheMonster: His strategy for escaping the control of the Ring station. [[spoiler: Never mind that real warships from both Earth and Mars are completely powerless against it; most of his crew is incapacitated or actively engaging in mutiny against him; and that any attempt to use the ''Behemoth'''s weaponry will result in the ship's destruction.]]
* TheMutiny: Both the subject and instigator of one.
* SanitySlippage: Undergoes a ''severe'' case as the events of the story unfold.
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* PapaWolf: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]; he would tear apart Ganymede piece by piece to find his daughter but lacks both the temperment and the skill to do so. This is made apparent ''very'' quickly in the story [[RealityEnsues when he gets hustled by an information broker and his first encounter with an armed opponent goes pear-shaped.]]
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* ButtMonkey
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* PassiveAggressiveCombat: knows ''exactly'' how to get under the skin of Bobbie, Avsarala, and probably everyone else he's working for while appearing to do nothing wrong. It takes Bobbie less than 24 hours to develop a burning dislike for him.
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* HeelRealization: Starts out, like all Belters, with a strong contempt for all 'inners'. Then about three-quarters of the way through ''Leviathan Wakes'' he realizes that most of the people he's come to associate with and who have had his back, including many who are actively working towards improving conditions in the Belt, are 'inners'.
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* LeeroyJenkins: Has his moment while accompanying Holden, Amos, and a few [[HiredGun security guards]] on Ganymede during the search for his daughter. [[spoiler: Results in a running firefight resulting in several deaths, whereas Holden was trying to negotiate a peaceful resolution.]]
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* LeeroyJenkins: Has his moment while accompanying Holden, Amos, and a few [[HiredGun security guards]] on Ganymede during the search for his daughter. [[spoiler: Results in His actions start a running firefight resulting in several deaths, whereas Holden was trying to negotiate a peaceful resolution.]]
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* PaperThinDisguise: In ''Caliban's War'', he has a beard and registers the ''Rocinante'' as a humanitarian aid ship. Avasarala is not fooled for a moment.
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* EvilerThanThou: Coop and the OPA terrorists among the Ilus settlers look like they may be the villains for the first quarter or so of Cibola Burn. Then Murtry lands with his security team and kills all of them in about 3 chapters.
* {{Expy}}: He's pretty similar to Miles Quaritch from {{Film/Avatar}} and also has some traits and lines that are reminiscent of [[{{Film/Serenity}} The Operative]].
* JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope: His actions are understandable, if ruthless right up until he orders the Israel's crew to attack the Rocinante while it tries to save the Belter ship.
* MotiveRant: Gives one to Holden at the climax of Cibola Burn just before their ShowdownAtHighNoon.
* {{Expy}}: He's pretty similar to Miles Quaritch from {{Film/Avatar}} and also has some traits and lines that are reminiscent of [[{{Film/Serenity}} The Operative]].
* JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope: His actions are understandable, if ruthless right up until he orders the Israel's crew to attack the Rocinante while it tries to save the Belter ship.
* MotiveRant: Gives one to Holden at the climax of Cibola Burn just before their ShowdownAtHighNoon.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Between his broadcast of the destruction of the ''Canterbury'' and his broadcasts to the ''Donnegal'' this trope should have his picture attached to it.
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* ChekovsSkill: Being a professional deep-space welder comes in handy in a surprising number of situations.
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* FamedInStory: Starts with the ''Canterbury'' broadcast, and continues as he serves as the public face of the ''Rocinante''. Invoked in ''Abaddon's Gate'' when the rest of the crew browbeats him into doing interviews with Monica Stuart so they can get work done.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: WordOfGod says that Holden is partially an exploration of how frustrating it would be to actually have [[ThePaladin a paladin]] [[PlayerParty in the party]].
* HookersAndBlow: usually spends his port leave partying at a variety of bars, casinos, and especially brothels.
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* ActionSurvivor: compared to the rest of the ''Rocinante'''s crew, he's not much in a gunfight, but he's gotten used to living through them.
* AmazonChaser: Toward Bobbie Draper. [[spoiler:Defied in ''Nemesis Games'', where they end up working closely together and developing a tight friendship without any physical intimacy; Alex even remarks to himself that the emotional intimacy reminds him of a love affair without the touching.]]
* AmazonChaser: Toward Bobbie Draper. [[spoiler:Defied in ''Nemesis Games'', where they end up working closely together and developing a tight friendship without any physical intimacy; Alex even remarks to himself that the emotional intimacy reminds him of a love affair without the touching.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: as the ''Rocinante'' and her crew become more famous, Alex is the most casual when talking about their various feats with outsiders.
* HookersAndBlow: like Amos, spends his port leave partying (though less brothels and more casinos in his case.)
* MissionControl: even moreso than Naomi, Alex is rarely separated from the ''Rocinante'', for obvious reasons.
* TheDeterminator: after Mei is kidnapped, spends all his time and energy looking for her, to the point where he's suffering from malnutrition when he joins the crew of the ''Rocinante''.
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* GenkiGirl: Even among the scientists on the RCE team, Elvi stands out for her enthusiasm for new discoveries. And [[MotorMouth she'll tell you about them.]]
* HeroicResolve: Repeatedly works herself to exhaustion trying to solve the increasingly dangerous problems of New Terra.
* HeroicResolve: Repeatedly works herself to exhaustion trying to solve the increasingly dangerous problems of New Terra.
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* ActualPacifist: Even toward a realistic example. Anna seeks non-violent solutions to every problem, and ''refuses'' to kill or allow people to be killed, but she's willing to protect herself or others with the judicious application of a handy taser.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: in her very first chapter, she [[WifeBasherBasher tasers an abusive husband in her congregation]]. Later, she [[spoiler:does it again, to a berserk Clarissa Mao.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: in her very first chapter, she [[WifeBasherBasher tasers an abusive husband in her congregation]]. Later, she [[spoiler:does it again, to a berserk Clarissa Mao.]]
* IndyPloy: despite her appearance and calm nature, Anna is prone to these. Her chapters contain many variations of the old saw "easier to gain forgiveness than permission."
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* TeamMom: invoked; she deliberately acts like a mother or schoolteacher because it's the easiest way to get respect from the various military types around her.
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* UnwittingPawn: in ''Abbadon's Gate'', her [[spoiler:documentation of Holden's mission is set up by Clarissa Mao, and one of her film crew is [[TheMole]].]]
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* TheEngineer: her official job title on the ''Canterbury''; on the ''Rocinante'', she works as the Chief Engineer, managing the ship's software systems.
* GadgeteerGenius: downplayed due to the fairly realistic setting, but it's clear that Naomi is vastly overqualified for her job on the ''Canterbury''.
* GadgeteerGenius: downplayed due to the fairly realistic setting, but it's clear that Naomi is vastly overqualified for her job on the ''Canterbury''.
* MyGreatestFailure: when she was barely out of her teens, [[spoiler:a program she wrote was used to kill thousands of people in a terrorist attack. By her boyfriend.]]
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* TheSnarkKnight: naturally, as part of his HardboiledDetective persona. He gets even moreso as [[spoiler:a protomolecule puppet in ''Cibola Burn''.]]
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* DirtyCoward: at the climax of ''Caliban's War'', he proves willing to first endanger everyone in the solar system, then betray his own cause and employer, if he can be saved.
* PowerLimiter: in ''Nemesis Games'', a condition of her imprisonment is a regimen of drugs to negate her BioAugmentation.
* NotAfraidToDie: Murtry puts no value on human life, including his own; he's content to die if that's the only way to get his job done.
* TheSheriff: Appears to see himself this way, fitting with ''Cibola Burn'''s invocation of [[TheWildWest Western archetypes]].
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* TheChessmaster: Responsible for much of the conflict in ''Nemesis Games'', and no one is even directly aware of his existence yet.
* TheGhost: Hasn't made a personal appearance yet.
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* TheChessmaster: Responsible for much of the conflict in ''Nemesis Games'', without being publicly tied to it.
* KlingonPromotion: Implied; he's introduced as a Commander andno one is even directly aware of by the epilogue he's being called Admiral by his existence yet.
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* RedHerringShirt: appears briefly helping Alex with his inquiries on Mars, and isn't mentioned again until [[TheReveal the epilogue reveals him to be behind everything that's happened.]]
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A PrivateEye hired in the employ of Star Helix Security on Ceres. He's assigned by his superiors to take a job for Jules-Pierre Mao Mao, one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the solar system, to locate his rebellious daughter Juliette. Later joins Holden and his crew to get to the bottom of the conspiracy behind her kidnapping [[spoiler:and death]]. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
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* GadgeteerGenius: Officially, Amos is the ''Rocinante'''s mechanic, but considering how sophisticated it is, being the mechanic requires the equivalent of a few graduate degrees in engineering and physics. And he's excellent at cooking up solutions from available parts.
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!James Holden
'''Played by:''' Steven Strait
De facto captain of the ''Rocinante''. Originally from Earth. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* TheAce
** BrokenAce: After the events of ''Leviathan's Wake'', and suffers through it for most of ''Caliban's War''. He does get better though.
* TheCaptain
* {{Hypocrite}}: His "no secrets ever" policy doesn't seem to apply to himself -- as in ''Nemesis Games'' when he gets annoyed with Monica Stuart for mentioning [[spoiler:the theft of the final protomolecule sample]] on television during his interview.
* InformationWantsToBeFree: His primary method of messing things up for the bad guys (and sometimes everyone else).
* MustHaveCaffeine: He's really fond of his state of the art coffeemaker aboard the ''Rocinante''.
* PaperThinDisguise: In ''Caliban's War'', he has a beard and registers the ''Rocinante'' as a humanitarian aid ship. Avasarala is not fooled for a moment.
-->''"Well, thank God he didn't [[ClarkKenting put on a pair of glasses]], we might never have figured it out."''
* RelationshipUpgrade: With Naomi by the end of the first book.
* RightlySelfRighteous: Acts rather sanctimonous towards other characters and believes he is always in the right no matter what.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Has a reputation for this by ''Caliban's War''. Lampshaded by Avasarala.
-->''"If he realizes he's being watched, he'll start broadcasting pictures of all our Ganymede sources or something. Do not underestimate his capacity to fuck things up."''
** Does this again in ''Cibola Burn'' [[spoiler:by ''not'' acting how Avasarala and Fred Johnson wanted him to act.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Transmitting the details on the attacks on the ''Canterbury'' and the ''Donnager'' was something [[spoiler:Protogen]] relied on to provoke a war between Mars and Earth.
* WhatTheHellHero: He gets this on a pretty regular basis, as his tendency to broadcast anything and everything he knows to the solar system at large has started at least two open conflicts between Earth, Mars and the outer planets.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be The Protomolecule?]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: After Captain [=McDowell=] is killed during the initial attack on the ''Canterbury''. Retains the position aboard the ''Rocinante''.
!Naomi Nagata
'''Played by:''' Dominique Tipper
The ''Rocinante'''s resident engineer and technical expert. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* AlliterativeName
* AmbiguouslyBrown
* DamselInDistress: She's disabled by Clarissa in ''Abaddon's Gate'' and gets captured in both ''Cibola Burn'' and ''Nemesis Games''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Finally explained in full as of ''Nemesis Games''.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler:She has a son, Filip Inaros, who she left behind when she fled the crew of radical Belters she shipped with during her teenage years.]]
* MissionControl
* NumberTwo: Is the Executive Officer of the ''Rocinante''
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: And when Holden starts to become more anti-heroic, she draws away from him.
* StatuesqueStunner: As a Belter, she's considerably taller and lankier than Earthborn humans.
* WhatTheHellHero: Usually the one to let Holden hear it when he's losing his way.
!Amos Burton
'''Played by:''' Wes Chatham
The ''Rocinante'''s mechanic. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Torward Naomi.
* {{Badass}}: The ''Rocinante'''s go-to guy when it comes to combat.
* BaldOfAwesome
* BerserkButton: Hurting or endangering a child is the quickest way to get Amos to beat you senseless with a can of chicken or blow your head off with his automatic shotgun.
* BrutalHonesty: His preferred method of conversation. He says what he means, whether you like it or not.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implicated in several murders, but never convicted. The novella ''The Churn'' goes into more detail about his backstory.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Gets shot in the head in ''Caliban's War''. Turns out it was a rubber bullet.]]
* TheEngineer: Actually fits this trope better than Naomi, the ship's actual engineer. He's a mix of The Combat Engineer and The Mechanic.
* GentleGiant: Usually. More than one character remarks that he doesn't look like a killer at all -- more like a friendly repairman or a schoolteacher.
* TheNicknamer
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: His auto-shotgun.
* TheSociopath: Seems likely as of ''Nemesis Games'', where we have him as a POV character and he often behaves in a way that he thinks emulates standard social behavior and doesn't seem to understand why people have emotional reactions to anything. See TokenEvilTeammate.
* SonOfAWhore
* TokenEvilTeammate
-->'''Naomi''': He's using you as his external, aftermarket conscience.
-->'''Holden''': No, he's not.
-->'''Naomi''': It's what he does. Finds someone who has a sense of ethics and follows their lead.
!Alex Kamal
'''Played by:''' Cas Anvar
The ''Rocinante'''s pilot, originally from Mars' Mariner Valley, though he exaggerates his southern drawl for effect. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* AcePilot: Plugger type.
* AmazonChaser: Toward Bobbie Draper.
* AmbiguouslyBrown
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:A twist, as he's the disappeared dad to a child he doesn't know about on Mars.]]
* HighSpeedMissileDodge: A ''master''.
* ImprobablePilotingSkills
* NiceGuy: Probably the friendliest and most relatable of the ''Rocinante'''s crew.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Allies]]
!Detective Miller
'''Played by:''' ThomasJane
A PrivateEye hired by Jules-Pierre Mao to locate his rebellious daughter Juliette. Later joins Holden and his crew to get to the bottom of the conspiracy behind her kidnapping [[spoiler:and death]]. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* TheAlcoholic
* AntiHero: Type IV.
* DeathSeeker: Thanks to his SanitySlippage.
* FireForgedFriends: Averted. If anything, Miller and Holden like each other ''less'' by the end of ''Leviathan Wakes''. [[spoiler: Though after Miller's final HeroicSacrifice in ''Cibola Burn'', Holden regrets not having made an effort to mend the gap between them.]]
* HardboiledDetective
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Merges with Eros at the end of ''Leviathan Wakes'' to help Julie steer it into Venus.]]
** [[spoiler:And ''again'' when he shuts down Ilus' defense systems. This one seems to be the end of Miller -- physical, virtual and otherwise.]]
* ImaginaryFriend: Starts having conversations with hallucinations of his ex-wife, then Julie Mao.
* LoveBeforeFirstSight: Toward Julie.
* MouthOfSauron: [[spoiler: Serves as the protomolecule's primary method of communicating with Holden as of the end of ''Caliban's War''.]]
* NiceHat: Can't be a HardboiledDetective without one. Holden doesn't actually like the hat.
* RobotBuddy: [[spoiler:Briefly, at the end of ''Cibola Burn''. He inhabits one of the protomolecule masters' mining robots and helps Holden and Elvi stop the alien defense systems. The robot also keeps Miller's mannerisms and voice.]]
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:He doesn't slip that badly compared to other examples of this trope, but he's still not quite sane, especially after his hallucinations of Julie get more detailed and creepy.]]
* VirtualGhost: [[spoiler:In ''Abaddon's Gate'' and ''Cibola Burn''.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Gets one from Holden for [[spoiler:shooting Dresden when they find him.]]
!Fred Johnson
'''Played by:''' Chad Coleman
A former Earth military colonel and current leader of the Outer Planets Alliance. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* TheButcher: He's known as The Butcher of Anderson Station. Fred is a rare example of TheButcher also being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
* CoolOldGuy
* DefectorFromDecadence
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* RebelLeader: A reasonable one, which almost gets him assassinated in ''Nemesis Games''.
* TranquilFury: When he gets angry, even Holden finds him downright terrifying and has no difficulty believing he lives up to his nickname.
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters
!Praxidike "Prax" Meng
A botanist living on Ganymede with his daughter Mei. Enlists the help of Holden's crew to find her when she's kidnapped. First appearance: ''Caliban's War''.
* ActionSurvivor
* TheChewToy: Loses his daughter, spends weeks on the verge of starvation on Ganymede, and [[spoiler:the galaxy thinks he's a wife-beater and pedophile thanks to Earthgov's smear campaign.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Spends most of the second book deciding whether to cross it.
* EarnYourHappyEnding
* GenderBlenderName: Obscure enough that his parents didn't know they'd named him after a Greek ''goddess''.
* TheLoad: At first.
* TheProfessor
!Chrisjen Avasarala
'''Played by:''' Shohreh Aghdashloo
Assistant to Sadavir Errinwright, UN undersecretary of executive administration. First appearance: ''Caliban's War''.
* CoolOldLady
* EleventhHourRanger: In ''Caliban's War''.
* GuileHero
* HappilyMarried
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* OddFriendship: With Bobbie.
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior
* SirSwearsALot: To the point where Errinwright is concerned when she makes it through an entire conversation without swearing once.
-->'''Avasarala''': ''[[spoiler:...cunt.]]''
* TheSnarkKnight
* [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask The Woman Wearing The Ambassador's Mask]]
* WouldNotHurtAChild
-->''"Not even when it's the right thing to do. You'd be surprised how often it's hurt my political career."''
!Gunnery Sergeant Roberta "Bobbie" Draper
A Martian Marine stationed on Ganymede whose squad was killed by a mysterious unkillable monster. She joins up with Avasarala to get revenge and closure. First appearance: ''Caliban's War''.
* ActionGirl
* AmazonianBeauty / StatuesqueStunner: Oh yeah. Very curvy, ''very'' muscular and well over six feet tall. Holden thinks she looks like a Polynesian beach bunny blown up to 150% normal size in Photoshop.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her ancestry is mainly Samoan.
* {{Badass}}: The biggest in the series, and the ''Rocinante'' crew knows it.
-->'''Holden''': ''"Scares you too, does she?"''
-->'''Amos''': ''"Look. When it comes to scrapes, I'm what you might call a talented amateur. But I've gotten a good look at that woman in and out of that fancy mechanical shell she wears. She's a pro. We're not playing the same sport."''
* EleventhHourRanger: Along with Avasarala, in ''Caliban's War''.
* GentleGiant
* HonestAdvisor: To Avasarala.
* TheJuggernaut: When she's wearing her armor.
* MyGreatestFailure: The death of her squad, which she eventually accepts she couldn't have done anything about.
* OddFriendship: With Avasarala.
* PoweredArmor: Her Goliath suit.
* RocketRide: In ''Nemesis Games'', Bobbie rides on a laser-guided missile to rescue Naomi.
* ShesBack: At the very end of ''Cibola Burn''.
-->'''Avasarala:''' I need to put you back on the board, soldier.
* SpaceMarine
! Carlos "Bull" Baca
Originally intended to be the commanding officer of the ''Behemoth'' during its expedition to the Ring, Bull is instead screwed by the politics surrounding the voyage and is demoted to security chief before it even starts. First appearance: ''Abaddon's Gate''.
* CowboyCop: Frequently bends or breaks Ashford's rules and is sometimes quite ruthless, such as when he spaces a petty drug dealer to "lay things on the line" for the Belters.
* DaChief
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:His last stand in the shaft, and arguably everything he does after the slowdown, as every moment he spends doing his job makes it less and less likely that his pulverized spine will regrow properly.]]
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:Develops one after his spine is broken. In a twist, he actually coughs less in the buildup to his death.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:His spine is broken, leaving him quadriplegic after Ring Station lowers the maximum speed within the slow zone. He chooses to keep doing his job, knowing that his health is failing more by the hour.]]
* ManlyTears / NotSoStoic: Holden is surprised to see him cry [[spoiler:when he hears that Ashford killed Sam.]]
* PreMortemOneLiner: As he throws a couple of grenades toward a loyalist in PoweredArmor.
-->'''Bull''': Here, hold this.
* TakingYouWithMe
* UndyingLoyalty: To Fred Johnson.
* YouShallNotPass
!Annushka "Anna" Volovodov
A priest who joins a number of religious leaders traveling with the first fleet to approach the Ring. First appearance: ''Abaddon's Gate''.
* ActualPacifist: Even toward Clarissa Mao.
* GoodShepherd
* LipstickLesbian: Has a wife and daughter back on Earth.
* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: She feels that the universe will never be too large or alien to render a religious interpretation obsolete, but is aware of the possibility that others will turn from faith in a higher power as a result of the Ring's portal to other worlds.
!Monica Stuart
A reporter who accompanies the ships that cross through the ring, and who documents the events and conflict on the ''Behemoth''. She later gets Holden to join her investigation on Tycho Station in ''Nemesis Games''. First appearance: ''Abaddon's Gate''.
* DamselInDistress: Gets captured by [[spoiler:the renegade OPA faction]] in ''Nemesis Games''.
* GoingForTheBigScoop: Her investigation into the missing ships in ''Nemesis Games''.
* HotScoop
* IntrepidReporter
!Elvi Okoye
A biologist that came to New Terra as part of RCE's scientific expedition. First appearance: ''Cibola Burn''.
* CelebCrush: She has one on Holden pretty much as soon as she sees him.
* HotScientist
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Fayez offers this as a solution to her crush on Holden. It works.
!Dimitri Havelock
Detective Miller's partner aboard Ceres Station. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* AscendedExtra: A minor character in ''Leviathan Wakes''. Returns four books later as a POV character.
* HeelFaceTurn: It takes a while, but he finally turns against Murtry and helps Naomi -- who he took prisoner in the first place -- escape back to the ''Rocinante''.
* FantasticRacism: He's a decent guy, but he's shunned and disrespected by the primarily-Belter population of Ceres Station because he's Earthborn. Eventually leads to him having to leave the station before things reach a boiling point.
** Played with in ''Cibola Burn'', where his experience on Ceres and working for Murtry have left him with his own distrust of Belters; ultimately, he's a better person than he tells himself he is, and frequently works to subvert the Belter-Earther tensions aboard the ''Edward Israel''.
* HeelRealization: Later in ''Cibola Burn''.
* NaiveNewcomer
* PunchClockVillain: He's not a bad guy, but he's a pushover who tends to find himself intimidated by the likes of Murtry and Koenen.
* PutOnABus: By Miller at the beginning of ''Leviathan Wakes'', to protect him.
** TheBusCameBack: As of ''Cibola Burn''. Amusingly, he's been part of nearly every mercenary group the crew has encountered, from Eros to Ganymede -- it just took four books for him to actually run into the crew of the ''Roci''.
* SixthRanger: To the ''Rocinante'' crew toward the end of ''Cibola Burn''.
* TookALevelInBadass: Shows himself to be more than competent in combat during the later chapters of ''Cibola Burn'' when he helps Naomi and Basia escape the ''Edward Israel''. Granted, this was combat against amateurs he trained himself, but he's still seen his share of action and is much more confident than he was when he was partnered with Miller.
!Basia Merton
A family man and colonist on Ilos/New Terra, in league with a local radical faction planning to drive away the corporate interests arriving to stake their claim on the newly inhabited world. First appearance: ''Caliban's War''.
* AscendedExtra: Like Havelock, he appeared briefly in an earlier book and returns in ''Cibola Burn'' as a POV character.
* TheAtoner: After he realizes how many people have died as a result of his actions he gives himself up into Holden's custody and eventually helps rescue Naomi.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Comes to deeply regret assisting in the destruction of the landing platform and the shootout with Murtry's security forces.
* OverprotectiveDad: Especially toward his teenage daughter.
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Though he eventually realizes he's the former.
!Erich
A former criminal henchman from Amos' past. As of ''Nemesis Games'', he controls most of Baltimore. First appearance: ''The Churn''.
* AffablyEvil
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* FriendlyEnemy: With Amos. They're both amiable to one another, but they also keep their finger on the button/trigger at all times when dealing with each other. By the end of ''Nemesis Games'', they have a sort of mutual trust but both of them know there's nothing more they have to say to each other.
* RedRightHand: His withered arm.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Antagonists (Unmarked Spoilers Ahead)]]
!Jules-Pierre Mao
CEO of Mao-Kwikowski Industries. The search for his daughter Juliette sets off the plot of ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* BigBad: Of ''Caliban's War''.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* FateWorseThanDeath: Avasarala promises that she'll make him watch as she dismantles his legacy bit by bit.
* TheManBehindTheMan
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
* SmugSnake
!Sadavir Errinwright
The UN undersecretary of executive administration. Avasarala's boss.
* BigBadFriend
* TheChessmaster
* InUniverseNickname: Avasarala calls him "the bobble-head." [[RefugeInAudacity To his face.]]
!Admiral Augusto Nguyen
Earth admiral straining at the leash for a war against Mars.
* GeneralRipper / InsaneAdmiral
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The protomolecule monsters he intended to use against Mars are used against his own ship.
* KilledMidSentence
!Dr. Strickland / Carlos Merrian
The doctor responsible for kidnapping Prax's daughter and conducting experiments on children using the alien protomolecule.
* MadScientist
* TheSociopath
* TheyCalledMeMad: Fired from his previous position due to his questionable ethics and later signed on with Protogen because they wouldn't care.
* WouldHurtAChild
* YourHeadAsplode: Thanks to Amos' auto-shotgun.
!Melba Koh / Clarissa Mao
The daughter of Jules-Pierre Mao, who assumes an alias in order to sabotage the fleet headed toward the Ring and frame James Holden for the disaster.
* AvengingTheVillain: She has an extremely skewed view of her father, and is trying to get revenge on Holden for putting him in jail.
* BioAugmentation: The glands in her mouth give her SuperStrength and enhanced speed, but leave her exhausted for a time afterward.
* DaddysLittleVillain
* DarkActionGirl
* EasilyForgiven: Understandably averted, considering that she's at least a little bit insane, directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people (several by her own hand in order to cover up her sabotage), and personally tried to murder Naomi. The only reason any of the ''Roci'' crew don't blow her head off instead of taking her back to trial is because Anna made them promise not to, and they owed her a favor.
* HeelRealization: Starts with her regret at the murder of one of her engineering team, and eventually extends to the realization that no one is responsible for her father's fate except for her father.
** HeelFaceTurn
* WaifFu: Especially in ''Nemesis Games'', where she's considerably more gaunt thanks to her years in an underground prison, but is still able to use her glands to rip people apart with her bare hands when necessary.
!Murtry
The security chief sent by Royal Charter Energy to establish the company's claim on Ilus / New Terra. Serves as the principal antagonist of ''Cibola Burn''.
* ColonelKilgore: The first thing he does when he arrives on Ilus is to shoot one of the colonists for threatening him.
* TheSociopath: Miller says as much, telling Holden that Murtry is just using the situation on Ilus to do all the sadistic, trigger-happy stuff he's always wanted to.
* UndyingLoyalty: To RCE, apparently. When it becomes fairly certain that everyone on the planet, including himself, is going to die, he actively interferes with Havelock and the ''Rocinante'' crew's attempts to find a way for everyone to survive. He just wants a shelter with the RCE logo on it dropped so the company can maintain its claim when they send the next crew.
!Marco Inaros
Leader of the Free Navy who has a history with Naomi. First appearance ''Nemesis Games''.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Even while he says he doesn't care about Holden, he comes up with some pretty elaborate plans for getting rid of the guy.
* ManipulativeBastard: He tries very hard to be a MagnificentBastard, but several characters comment that everything he does seems entirely too practiced to come across as anything but slimy.
* MoralSociopathy
* RationalizingTheOverkill
* RebelLeader: A dark version
* UnwittingPawn: For all his planning and boasting, he turns out to be a pawn for Admiral Duarte.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Believes that the discovery of the Rings will make the Belters obsolete, but is willing to kill untold numbers of people to make the point.
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: More like "Why did you make me hold our son hostage in order to control you, turn our friends against you, and then kidnap you years later?"
!Admiral Duarte
The man behind the Free Navy's uprising -- apparently a Martian Naval officer with designs on controlling the protomolecule.
* BiggerBad: Marco is the main villain of ''Nemesis Games'', but Fred and Holden mention that he isn't the sort of person who could plan such an unprecedented series of attacks. It turns out Duarte is the one truly responsible.
* TheChessmaster: Responsible for much of the conflict in ''Nemesis Games'', and no one is even directly aware of his existence yet.
* TheGhost: Hasn't made a personal appearance yet.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To Marco.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Sauveterre implies that Duarte is willing to dispose of the Belter Free Navy once they've served their purpose.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Minor Characters]]
!Admiral Souther
Another Earth admiral, the only one who sides with Avasarala (initially).
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* StraightGay
!Samantha Rosenberg
The mechanic on Tycho Station who takes care of the ''Rocinante'''s repairs while Holden and crew are working for the OPA. Later serves as chief engineer aboard the ''Behemoth'' during the Ring expedition.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Ashford shoots her in the head for allying with the mutineers.]]
* HeroesWantRedheads: Amos and Alex do, anyway.
* LipstickLesbian: Alex suspects as much. Naomi hangs out with her girlfriend in ''Nemesis Games''.
* OddFriendship: With Bull.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath
* WrenchWench: Complete with oversized coveralls.
!Soren
Avasarala's personal assistant.
* BeleagueredAssistant
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheMole
* YesMan
!Cotyar
The head of the UN security team assigned to Avasarala aboard the ''Guanshiyin''.
* CatchPhrase: "As you say."
* ConsummateProfessional
* ShipTease: With Bobbie in ''Caliban's War''.
!Mei Meng
Prax's daughter.
* CheerfulChild
* TheCutie
* LivingMacGuffin: Prax's search for her kicks off the plot of ''Caliban's War''.
!Juliette "Julie" Andromeda Mao
Jules-Pierre Mao's daughter. Left behind her family and money to assist in the plight of the outer planets.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:The only time we see her alive is in the prologue to ''Leviathan Wakes''.]]
* RapeAsBackstroy: Happened sometime in her past, but exactly when is unclear; it's what moves her to take a class in low gravity jiu jitsu.
* RebelliousPrincess
* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler:''You can't take the Razorback. She is gone and gone and gone.'']]
* SpaceshipGirl: [[spoiler:A pretty nightmarish version of this trope, being the pilot of the protomolecule-infested Eros station. Miller realizes she's in control of Eros due to her MadnessMantra.]]
!Captain Shaddid
Detective Miller's boss; chief of police on Ceres Station.
* DaChief
* DirtyCop
* TurnInYourBadge: When she fires Miller.
!Shed Garvey
The ''Canterbury'''s medical officer. Survives the attack on the ''Cant'', but doesn't make it as far as the ''Rocinante'' with the others.
* HeroicBSOD: Spends most of his time locked into one after the attack on the ''Canterbury''.
* MauveShirt
* TheMedic
* YourHeadAsplode
!Wei
Murtry's second-in-command. Becomes fast friends with Amos.
* AlasPoorVillain: Amos ends up having to shoot her, which he counts as another point against Murtry.
* TheDragon: To Murtry.
* PunchClockVillain
[[/folder]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder: The Crew of the ''Rocinante'']]
!James Holden
'''Played by:''' Steven Strait
De facto captain of the ''Rocinante''. Originally from Earth. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* TheAce
** BrokenAce: After the events of ''Leviathan's Wake'', and suffers through it for most of ''Caliban's War''. He does get better though.
* TheCaptain
* {{Hypocrite}}: His "no secrets ever" policy doesn't seem to apply to himself -- as in ''Nemesis Games'' when he gets annoyed with Monica Stuart for mentioning [[spoiler:the theft of the final protomolecule sample]] on television during his interview.
* InformationWantsToBeFree: His primary method of messing things up for the bad guys (and sometimes everyone else).
* MustHaveCaffeine: He's really fond of his state of the art coffeemaker aboard the ''Rocinante''.
* PaperThinDisguise: In ''Caliban's War'', he has a beard and registers the ''Rocinante'' as a humanitarian aid ship. Avasarala is not fooled for a moment.
-->''"Well, thank God he didn't [[ClarkKenting put on a pair of glasses]], we might never have figured it out."''
* RelationshipUpgrade: With Naomi by the end of the first book.
* RightlySelfRighteous: Acts rather sanctimonous towards other characters and believes he is always in the right no matter what.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Has a reputation for this by ''Caliban's War''. Lampshaded by Avasarala.
-->''"If he realizes he's being watched, he'll start broadcasting pictures of all our Ganymede sources or something. Do not underestimate his capacity to fuck things up."''
** Does this again in ''Cibola Burn'' [[spoiler:by ''not'' acting how Avasarala and Fred Johnson wanted him to act.]]
* UnwittingPawn: Transmitting the details on the attacks on the ''Canterbury'' and the ''Donnager'' was something [[spoiler:Protogen]] relied on to provoke a war between Mars and Earth.
* WhatTheHellHero: He gets this on a pretty regular basis, as his tendency to broadcast anything and everything he knows to the solar system at large has started at least two open conflicts between Earth, Mars and the outer planets.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be The Protomolecule?]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: After Captain [=McDowell=] is killed during the initial attack on the ''Canterbury''. Retains the position aboard the ''Rocinante''.
!Naomi Nagata
'''Played by:''' Dominique Tipper
The ''Rocinante'''s resident engineer and technical expert. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* AlliterativeName
* AmbiguouslyBrown
* DamselInDistress: She's disabled by Clarissa in ''Abaddon's Gate'' and gets captured in both ''Cibola Burn'' and ''Nemesis Games''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Finally explained in full as of ''Nemesis Games''.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler:She has a son, Filip Inaros, who she left behind when she fled the crew of radical Belters she shipped with during her teenage years.]]
* MissionControl
* NumberTwo: Is the Executive Officer of the ''Rocinante''
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: And when Holden starts to become more anti-heroic, she draws away from him.
* StatuesqueStunner: As a Belter, she's considerably taller and lankier than Earthborn humans.
* WhatTheHellHero: Usually the one to let Holden hear it when he's losing his way.
!Amos Burton
'''Played by:''' Wes Chatham
The ''Rocinante'''s mechanic. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Torward Naomi.
* {{Badass}}: The ''Rocinante'''s go-to guy when it comes to combat.
* BaldOfAwesome
* BerserkButton: Hurting or endangering a child is the quickest way to get Amos to beat you senseless with a can of chicken or blow your head off with his automatic shotgun.
* BrutalHonesty: His preferred method of conversation. He says what he means, whether you like it or not.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Implicated in several murders, but never convicted. The novella ''The Churn'' goes into more detail about his backstory.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Gets shot in the head in ''Caliban's War''. Turns out it was a rubber bullet.]]
* TheEngineer: Actually fits this trope better than Naomi, the ship's actual engineer. He's a mix of The Combat Engineer and The Mechanic.
* GentleGiant: Usually. More than one character remarks that he doesn't look like a killer at all -- more like a friendly repairman or a schoolteacher.
* TheNicknamer
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: His auto-shotgun.
* TheSociopath: Seems likely as of ''Nemesis Games'', where we have him as a POV character and he often behaves in a way that he thinks emulates standard social behavior and doesn't seem to understand why people have emotional reactions to anything. See TokenEvilTeammate.
* SonOfAWhore
* TokenEvilTeammate
-->'''Naomi''': He's using you as his external, aftermarket conscience.
-->'''Holden''': No, he's not.
-->'''Naomi''': It's what he does. Finds someone who has a sense of ethics and follows their lead.
!Alex Kamal
'''Played by:''' Cas Anvar
The ''Rocinante'''s pilot, originally from Mars' Mariner Valley, though he exaggerates his southern drawl for effect. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* AcePilot: Plugger type.
* AmazonChaser: Toward Bobbie Draper.
* AmbiguouslyBrown
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:A twist, as he's the disappeared dad to a child he doesn't know about on Mars.]]
* HighSpeedMissileDodge: A ''master''.
* ImprobablePilotingSkills
* NiceGuy: Probably the friendliest and most relatable of the ''Rocinante'''s crew.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Allies]]
!Detective Miller
'''Played by:''' ThomasJane
A PrivateEye hired by Jules-Pierre Mao to locate his rebellious daughter Juliette. Later joins Holden and his crew to get to the bottom of the conspiracy behind her kidnapping [[spoiler:and death]]. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* TheAlcoholic
* AntiHero: Type IV.
* DeathSeeker: Thanks to his SanitySlippage.
* FireForgedFriends: Averted. If anything, Miller and Holden like each other ''less'' by the end of ''Leviathan Wakes''. [[spoiler: Though after Miller's final HeroicSacrifice in ''Cibola Burn'', Holden regrets not having made an effort to mend the gap between them.]]
* HardboiledDetective
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Merges with Eros at the end of ''Leviathan Wakes'' to help Julie steer it into Venus.]]
** [[spoiler:And ''again'' when he shuts down Ilus' defense systems. This one seems to be the end of Miller -- physical, virtual and otherwise.]]
* ImaginaryFriend: Starts having conversations with hallucinations of his ex-wife, then Julie Mao.
* LoveBeforeFirstSight: Toward Julie.
* MouthOfSauron: [[spoiler: Serves as the protomolecule's primary method of communicating with Holden as of the end of ''Caliban's War''.]]
* NiceHat: Can't be a HardboiledDetective without one. Holden doesn't actually like the hat.
* RobotBuddy: [[spoiler:Briefly, at the end of ''Cibola Burn''. He inhabits one of the protomolecule masters' mining robots and helps Holden and Elvi stop the alien defense systems. The robot also keeps Miller's mannerisms and voice.]]
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:He doesn't slip that badly compared to other examples of this trope, but he's still not quite sane, especially after his hallucinations of Julie get more detailed and creepy.]]
* VirtualGhost: [[spoiler:In ''Abaddon's Gate'' and ''Cibola Burn''.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Gets one from Holden for [[spoiler:shooting Dresden when they find him.]]
!Fred Johnson
'''Played by:''' Chad Coleman
A former Earth military colonel and current leader of the Outer Planets Alliance. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* TheButcher: He's known as The Butcher of Anderson Station. Fred is a rare example of TheButcher also being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
* CoolOldGuy
* DefectorFromDecadence
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* RebelLeader: A reasonable one, which almost gets him assassinated in ''Nemesis Games''.
* TranquilFury: When he gets angry, even Holden finds him downright terrifying and has no difficulty believing he lives up to his nickname.
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters
!Praxidike "Prax" Meng
A botanist living on Ganymede with his daughter Mei. Enlists the help of Holden's crew to find her when she's kidnapped. First appearance: ''Caliban's War''.
* ActionSurvivor
* TheChewToy: Loses his daughter, spends weeks on the verge of starvation on Ganymede, and [[spoiler:the galaxy thinks he's a wife-beater and pedophile thanks to Earthgov's smear campaign.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Spends most of the second book deciding whether to cross it.
* EarnYourHappyEnding
* GenderBlenderName: Obscure enough that his parents didn't know they'd named him after a Greek ''goddess''.
* TheLoad: At first.
* TheProfessor
!Chrisjen Avasarala
'''Played by:''' Shohreh Aghdashloo
Assistant to Sadavir Errinwright, UN undersecretary of executive administration. First appearance: ''Caliban's War''.
* CoolOldLady
* EleventhHourRanger: In ''Caliban's War''.
* GuileHero
* HappilyMarried
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* OddFriendship: With Bobbie.
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior
* SirSwearsALot: To the point where Errinwright is concerned when she makes it through an entire conversation without swearing once.
-->'''Avasarala''': ''[[spoiler:...cunt.]]''
* TheSnarkKnight
* [[TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask The Woman Wearing The Ambassador's Mask]]
* WouldNotHurtAChild
-->''"Not even when it's the right thing to do. You'd be surprised how often it's hurt my political career."''
!Gunnery Sergeant Roberta "Bobbie" Draper
A Martian Marine stationed on Ganymede whose squad was killed by a mysterious unkillable monster. She joins up with Avasarala to get revenge and closure. First appearance: ''Caliban's War''.
* ActionGirl
* AmazonianBeauty / StatuesqueStunner: Oh yeah. Very curvy, ''very'' muscular and well over six feet tall. Holden thinks she looks like a Polynesian beach bunny blown up to 150% normal size in Photoshop.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her ancestry is mainly Samoan.
* {{Badass}}: The biggest in the series, and the ''Rocinante'' crew knows it.
-->'''Holden''': ''"Scares you too, does she?"''
-->'''Amos''': ''"Look. When it comes to scrapes, I'm what you might call a talented amateur. But I've gotten a good look at that woman in and out of that fancy mechanical shell she wears. She's a pro. We're not playing the same sport."''
* EleventhHourRanger: Along with Avasarala, in ''Caliban's War''.
* GentleGiant
* HonestAdvisor: To Avasarala.
* TheJuggernaut: When she's wearing her armor.
* MyGreatestFailure: The death of her squad, which she eventually accepts she couldn't have done anything about.
* OddFriendship: With Avasarala.
* PoweredArmor: Her Goliath suit.
* RocketRide: In ''Nemesis Games'', Bobbie rides on a laser-guided missile to rescue Naomi.
* ShesBack: At the very end of ''Cibola Burn''.
-->'''Avasarala:''' I need to put you back on the board, soldier.
* SpaceMarine
! Carlos "Bull" Baca
Originally intended to be the commanding officer of the ''Behemoth'' during its expedition to the Ring, Bull is instead screwed by the politics surrounding the voyage and is demoted to security chief before it even starts. First appearance: ''Abaddon's Gate''.
* CowboyCop: Frequently bends or breaks Ashford's rules and is sometimes quite ruthless, such as when he spaces a petty drug dealer to "lay things on the line" for the Belters.
* DaChief
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:His last stand in the shaft, and arguably everything he does after the slowdown, as every moment he spends doing his job makes it less and less likely that his pulverized spine will regrow properly.]]
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:Develops one after his spine is broken. In a twist, he actually coughs less in the buildup to his death.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:His spine is broken, leaving him quadriplegic after Ring Station lowers the maximum speed within the slow zone. He chooses to keep doing his job, knowing that his health is failing more by the hour.]]
* ManlyTears / NotSoStoic: Holden is surprised to see him cry [[spoiler:when he hears that Ashford killed Sam.]]
* PreMortemOneLiner: As he throws a couple of grenades toward a loyalist in PoweredArmor.
-->'''Bull''': Here, hold this.
* TakingYouWithMe
* UndyingLoyalty: To Fred Johnson.
* YouShallNotPass
!Annushka "Anna" Volovodov
A priest who joins a number of religious leaders traveling with the first fleet to approach the Ring. First appearance: ''Abaddon's Gate''.
* ActualPacifist: Even toward Clarissa Mao.
* GoodShepherd
* LipstickLesbian: Has a wife and daughter back on Earth.
* OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: She feels that the universe will never be too large or alien to render a religious interpretation obsolete, but is aware of the possibility that others will turn from faith in a higher power as a result of the Ring's portal to other worlds.
!Monica Stuart
A reporter who accompanies the ships that cross through the ring, and who documents the events and conflict on the ''Behemoth''. She later gets Holden to join her investigation on Tycho Station in ''Nemesis Games''. First appearance: ''Abaddon's Gate''.
* DamselInDistress: Gets captured by [[spoiler:the renegade OPA faction]] in ''Nemesis Games''.
* GoingForTheBigScoop: Her investigation into the missing ships in ''Nemesis Games''.
* HotScoop
* IntrepidReporter
!Elvi Okoye
A biologist that came to New Terra as part of RCE's scientific expedition. First appearance: ''Cibola Burn''.
* CelebCrush: She has one on Holden pretty much as soon as she sees him.
* HotScientist
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Fayez offers this as a solution to her crush on Holden. It works.
!Dimitri Havelock
Detective Miller's partner aboard Ceres Station. First appearance: ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* AscendedExtra: A minor character in ''Leviathan Wakes''. Returns four books later as a POV character.
* HeelFaceTurn: It takes a while, but he finally turns against Murtry and helps Naomi -- who he took prisoner in the first place -- escape back to the ''Rocinante''.
* FantasticRacism: He's a decent guy, but he's shunned and disrespected by the primarily-Belter population of Ceres Station because he's Earthborn. Eventually leads to him having to leave the station before things reach a boiling point.
** Played with in ''Cibola Burn'', where his experience on Ceres and working for Murtry have left him with his own distrust of Belters; ultimately, he's a better person than he tells himself he is, and frequently works to subvert the Belter-Earther tensions aboard the ''Edward Israel''.
* HeelRealization: Later in ''Cibola Burn''.
* NaiveNewcomer
* PunchClockVillain: He's not a bad guy, but he's a pushover who tends to find himself intimidated by the likes of Murtry and Koenen.
* PutOnABus: By Miller at the beginning of ''Leviathan Wakes'', to protect him.
** TheBusCameBack: As of ''Cibola Burn''. Amusingly, he's been part of nearly every mercenary group the crew has encountered, from Eros to Ganymede -- it just took four books for him to actually run into the crew of the ''Roci''.
* SixthRanger: To the ''Rocinante'' crew toward the end of ''Cibola Burn''.
* TookALevelInBadass: Shows himself to be more than competent in combat during the later chapters of ''Cibola Burn'' when he helps Naomi and Basia escape the ''Edward Israel''. Granted, this was combat against amateurs he trained himself, but he's still seen his share of action and is much more confident than he was when he was partnered with Miller.
!Basia Merton
A family man and colonist on Ilos/New Terra, in league with a local radical faction planning to drive away the corporate interests arriving to stake their claim on the newly inhabited world. First appearance: ''Caliban's War''.
* AscendedExtra: Like Havelock, he appeared briefly in an earlier book and returns in ''Cibola Burn'' as a POV character.
* TheAtoner: After he realizes how many people have died as a result of his actions he gives himself up into Holden's custody and eventually helps rescue Naomi.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Comes to deeply regret assisting in the destruction of the landing platform and the shootout with Murtry's security forces.
* OverprotectiveDad: Especially toward his teenage daughter.
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Though he eventually realizes he's the former.
!Erich
A former criminal henchman from Amos' past. As of ''Nemesis Games'', he controls most of Baltimore. First appearance: ''The Churn''.
* AffablyEvil
* FromNobodyToNightmare
* FriendlyEnemy: With Amos. They're both amiable to one another, but they also keep their finger on the button/trigger at all times when dealing with each other. By the end of ''Nemesis Games'', they have a sort of mutual trust but both of them know there's nothing more they have to say to each other.
* RedRightHand: His withered arm.
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[[folder: Antagonists (Unmarked Spoilers Ahead)]]
!Jules-Pierre Mao
CEO of Mao-Kwikowski Industries. The search for his daughter Juliette sets off the plot of ''Leviathan Wakes''.
* BigBad: Of ''Caliban's War''.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* FateWorseThanDeath: Avasarala promises that she'll make him watch as she dismantles his legacy bit by bit.
* TheManBehindTheMan
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
* SmugSnake
!Sadavir Errinwright
The UN undersecretary of executive administration. Avasarala's boss.
* BigBadFriend
* TheChessmaster
* InUniverseNickname: Avasarala calls him "the bobble-head." [[RefugeInAudacity To his face.]]
!Admiral Augusto Nguyen
Earth admiral straining at the leash for a war against Mars.
* GeneralRipper / InsaneAdmiral
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The protomolecule monsters he intended to use against Mars are used against his own ship.
* KilledMidSentence
!Dr. Strickland / Carlos Merrian
The doctor responsible for kidnapping Prax's daughter and conducting experiments on children using the alien protomolecule.
* MadScientist
* TheSociopath
* TheyCalledMeMad: Fired from his previous position due to his questionable ethics and later signed on with Protogen because they wouldn't care.
* WouldHurtAChild
* YourHeadAsplode: Thanks to Amos' auto-shotgun.
!Melba Koh / Clarissa Mao
The daughter of Jules-Pierre Mao, who assumes an alias in order to sabotage the fleet headed toward the Ring and frame James Holden for the disaster.
* AvengingTheVillain: She has an extremely skewed view of her father, and is trying to get revenge on Holden for putting him in jail.
* BioAugmentation: The glands in her mouth give her SuperStrength and enhanced speed, but leave her exhausted for a time afterward.
* DaddysLittleVillain
* DarkActionGirl
* EasilyForgiven: Understandably averted, considering that she's at least a little bit insane, directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people (several by her own hand in order to cover up her sabotage), and personally tried to murder Naomi. The only reason any of the ''Roci'' crew don't blow her head off instead of taking her back to trial is because Anna made them promise not to, and they owed her a favor.
* HeelRealization: Starts with her regret at the murder of one of her engineering team, and eventually extends to the realization that no one is responsible for her father's fate except for her father.
** HeelFaceTurn
* WaifFu: Especially in ''Nemesis Games'', where she's considerably more gaunt thanks to her years in an underground prison, but is still able to use her glands to rip people apart with her bare hands when necessary.
!Murtry
The security chief sent by Royal Charter Energy to establish the company's claim on Ilus / New Terra. Serves as the principal antagonist of ''Cibola Burn''.
* ColonelKilgore: The first thing he does when he arrives on Ilus is to shoot one of the colonists for threatening him.
* TheSociopath: Miller says as much, telling Holden that Murtry is just using the situation on Ilus to do all the sadistic, trigger-happy stuff he's always wanted to.
* UndyingLoyalty: To RCE, apparently. When it becomes fairly certain that everyone on the planet, including himself, is going to die, he actively interferes with Havelock and the ''Rocinante'' crew's attempts to find a way for everyone to survive. He just wants a shelter with the RCE logo on it dropped so the company can maintain its claim when they send the next crew.
!Marco Inaros
Leader of the Free Navy who has a history with Naomi. First appearance ''Nemesis Games''.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Even while he says he doesn't care about Holden, he comes up with some pretty elaborate plans for getting rid of the guy.
* ManipulativeBastard: He tries very hard to be a MagnificentBastard, but several characters comment that everything he does seems entirely too practiced to come across as anything but slimy.
* MoralSociopathy
* RationalizingTheOverkill
* RebelLeader: A dark version
* UnwittingPawn: For all his planning and boasting, he turns out to be a pawn for Admiral Duarte.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Believes that the discovery of the Rings will make the Belters obsolete, but is willing to kill untold numbers of people to make the point.
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: More like "Why did you make me hold our son hostage in order to control you, turn our friends against you, and then kidnap you years later?"
!Admiral Duarte
The man behind the Free Navy's uprising -- apparently a Martian Naval officer with designs on controlling the protomolecule.
* BiggerBad: Marco is the main villain of ''Nemesis Games'', but Fred and Holden mention that he isn't the sort of person who could plan such an unprecedented series of attacks. It turns out Duarte is the one truly responsible.
* TheChessmaster: Responsible for much of the conflict in ''Nemesis Games'', and no one is even directly aware of his existence yet.
* TheGhost: Hasn't made a personal appearance yet.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To Marco.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Sauveterre implies that Duarte is willing to dispose of the Belter Free Navy once they've served their purpose.
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[[folder:Minor Characters]]
!Admiral Souther
Another Earth admiral, the only one who sides with Avasarala (initially).
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* StraightGay
!Samantha Rosenberg
The mechanic on Tycho Station who takes care of the ''Rocinante'''s repairs while Holden and crew are working for the OPA. Later serves as chief engineer aboard the ''Behemoth'' during the Ring expedition.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Ashford shoots her in the head for allying with the mutineers.]]
* HeroesWantRedheads: Amos and Alex do, anyway.
* LipstickLesbian: Alex suspects as much. Naomi hangs out with her girlfriend in ''Nemesis Games''.
* OddFriendship: With Bull.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath
* WrenchWench: Complete with oversized coveralls.
!Soren
Avasarala's personal assistant.
* BeleagueredAssistant
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheMole
* YesMan
!Cotyar
The head of the UN security team assigned to Avasarala aboard the ''Guanshiyin''.
* CatchPhrase: "As you say."
* ConsummateProfessional
* ShipTease: With Bobbie in ''Caliban's War''.
!Mei Meng
Prax's daughter.
* CheerfulChild
* TheCutie
* LivingMacGuffin: Prax's search for her kicks off the plot of ''Caliban's War''.
!Juliette "Julie" Andromeda Mao
Jules-Pierre Mao's daughter. Left behind her family and money to assist in the plight of the outer planets.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:The only time we see her alive is in the prologue to ''Leviathan Wakes''.]]
* RapeAsBackstroy: Happened sometime in her past, but exactly when is unclear; it's what moves her to take a class in low gravity jiu jitsu.
* RebelliousPrincess
* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler:''You can't take the Razorback. She is gone and gone and gone.'']]
* SpaceshipGirl: [[spoiler:A pretty nightmarish version of this trope, being the pilot of the protomolecule-infested Eros station. Miller realizes she's in control of Eros due to her MadnessMantra.]]
!Captain Shaddid
Detective Miller's boss; chief of police on Ceres Station.
* DaChief
* DirtyCop
* TurnInYourBadge: When she fires Miller.
!Shed Garvey
The ''Canterbury'''s medical officer. Survives the attack on the ''Cant'', but doesn't make it as far as the ''Rocinante'' with the others.
* HeroicBSOD: Spends most of his time locked into one after the attack on the ''Canterbury''.
* MauveShirt
* TheMedic
* YourHeadAsplode
!Wei
Murtry's second-in-command. Becomes fast friends with Amos.
* AlasPoorVillain: Amos ends up having to shoot her, which he counts as another point against Murtry.
* TheDragon: To Murtry.
* PunchClockVillain
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