History Characters / TheExpanseTVShips

-->''"You're either some kind of genius Mr. Holden, or you're the luckiest dipshit in the solar system."''

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Earth and Mars have been stepping on the necks of the Belters out here for over 100 years and I didn't want to be the boot."'']]

* IronicName: 'Rocinante' in Spanish roughly translates into 'Previously a Workhorse', from DonQuixote's horse being repurposed from a broken-down nag to a knight's steed. This ''Rocinante'' is instead a war vessel disguised as a freighter a.k.a. a workhorse.

* KnightTemplar/ InspectorJavert: He's an interesting cross of both: the investigative side to chase the breadcrumbs -- with the increasingly harsh do-gooder aspect intact. With a fair amount of AntiHero thrown in as he gets more desperate to stop the protomolecule getting out of control. [[spoiler:The problem is, it was already well out of containment -- early conclusions that the Phoebe >> ''Anubis'' >> Julie Mao >> Eros >> Venus were the consequences of a last, isolate "sample" were... wrong (it was more like the accumulated actions to try ensuring that a patent would remain secure which in turn got well and truly bungled). As he crew tries to get through to him that he's too narrow-focussed to the point of disregarding vital details and new data about the nature of the molecule, he doesn't want to listen. It's dangerous; it gets chased down and destroyed in all iterations. End. Of. It may be incredibly dangerous, but. If intelligent (or getting to be that way), it's not been given a choice, here.]]

* PragmaticHero: She grows more towards this, but hints of it were always there. She got badly burned in her past, which made her promise to herself not to pull blind heroics -- preferably, no more heroics, ever. As a result, whenever she does backtrack on "no heroics", she tries to think all the angles through and puts longterm survival very high on the list: you can't play hero if you're dead and nobody learns from what you found.

* KnightTempler/ InspectorJavert: He's an interesting cross of both: the investigative side to chase the breadcrumbs -- with the increasingly harsh do-gooder aspect intact. With a fair amount of AntiHero thrown in as he gets more desperate to stop the protomolecule getting out of control. [[spoiler:The problem is, it was already well out of containment -- early conclusions that the ''Anubis'' >> Julie Mao >> Eros >> Venus were the consequences of a last, isolate "sample" were... wrong (it was more like actions to try ensuring that a patent would remain secure which got well and truly bungled). As he crew tries to get through to him that he's too narrow-focussed to the point of disregarding vital details and assumptions about the nature of the molecule, he doesn't want to listen. It's dangerous; it gets chased down and destroyed in all iterations. End of.]]

* PragmaticHero: She grows more towards this, but hints of it were always there. She got badly burned in her past, which made her promise to herself not to pull blind heroics -- preferably, no more heroics, ever. As a result, whenever she does backtrack on "no heroics", she tries to think all the angles through and puts longterm survival very high on the list: you can't play hero if you're dead and nobody learns what you found.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Heavily implied, with Amos. To the point of LikeBrotherAndSister on her side of things.

* MyGreatestSecondChance: He loves the ''Roci'' for many, many reasons (she ''is'' an awesome ship) -- but, the main one is this. Flying her to find out what the hell has been happening in the system won't fix the mistakes he's made in the past and the relationships he's wrecked through bad choices and worse timing. But, it does prove he was always more than a glorified bus driver. He's pulling the stops out to make every second with her ''count'' for something.

* PragmaticHero: She grows more towards this, but hints of it were always there. She got badly burned in her past, which made her promise to herself not to pull blind heroics -- preferably, no more heroics, ever. As a result, whenever she does backtrack on "no heroics", she tries to think all the angles through and puts longterm survival very high on the list: you can't play hero if you're dead.

* PragmaticHero: She grows more towards this, but hints of it were always there. She got badly burned in her past, which made her promise to herself not to pull blind heroics. As a result, whenever she does pull them now, she tries to think all the angles through and puts survival very high on the list: you can't play hero if you're dead.

* TheLancer: Begins to take this role, to Holden; where he's idealistic and righteous, she's much more pragmatic.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Heavily implied, with Amos.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: It's clear that Amos has a code he lives by. The problem is that the code is entirely his own and his crewmates don't know him well enough to gauge how he'll react in any given situation. As he puts it, he judges things by how "the churn" seems to be turning. The moment something get more advantageous to do for survival than the thing he's currently doing, he generally picks it with only a few caveats holding him back.

* LackOfEmpathy: He suffers from a form of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_detachment emotional detachment]] due to the abuses he suffered as a child. This becomes an advantage, as he's able to figure out how to talk with and understand a scientist who went through a voluntary procedure to destroy his ability to feel empathy, and thus can figure out how to get the scientist to talk. Having said that: those who share similarities in their backgrounds with him, he's quick to, if not totally empathise with, then get on the same side of. But, always to a point: if he decides the churn's moved on, he drops them.

* TheBigGuy: Growing up in Earth's higher gravity means he is the largest and heaviest of the ''Rocinante's'' crew, and also the most comfortable with violence. He hands Miller's ass to him in the Season 2 premiere (although Miller was still suffering extreme radiation poisoning at the time).

* TranquilFury: Almost never seen showing any anger, even in the middle of massive ship to ship battles or close quarters firefights.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Very much -- he goes out of his way to try not to. And, would very much like to hurt those who would hurt kids when they're within his reach. It's the most easily comprehended aspect of his personal morality chart.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: It's clear that Amos has a code he lives by. The problem is that the code is entirely his own and his crewmates don't know him well enough to gauge how he'll react in any given situation.

* DissonantSerenity: Amos is soft-spoken and friendly, and obviously has no problems at all with killing anyone except Naomi - such as when he calmly tells Holden that he's trying to come up with a decent reason why he shouldn't just murder him, then politely asks him to pass a wrench so he can keep fixing the oxygen regulator on the ''Knight''.

* LackOfEmpathy: He suffers from a form of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_detachment emotional detachment]] due to the abuses he suffered as a child. This becomes an advantage, as he's able to figure out how to talk with and understand a scientist who went through a voluntary procedure to destroy his ability to feel empathy, and thus can figure out how to get the scientist to talk.

* MustHaveCaffeine: A minor sub-plot is Holden's quest for a decent cup of coffee. He finally finds a stash of beans aboard ''Tachi'' and indulges himself.

* BottomlessMagazines: Averted. The ''Roci'' is explicitly supposed to hold ten thousand PDC rounds in her magazines and Alex spent around 2,800 while escaping from the ''Donnager''. Naomi worries about if the crew will be able to find someone willing to restock a salvaged Martian warship.
* CoolSpaceship: She is a sleek gunboat designed for speed and maneuverability and is bristling with more than enough firepower to take on one of the stealth ships that destroyed the ''Canterbury'', albeit at a disadvantage. On his first day piloting her, Alex can't help but gush that she can easily cruise at 12-''g'' while her engines purr. Later on, she's shown to be able to easily speed up to 15 and 20-''g'' with absolutely no problem. The occupants might die from the extended burn, but the ship would keep going on autopilot.

Having grown up in Mars' Mariner Valley, Alex was raised with the [[AmericanAccents incongruous Texas drawl that has caught on among the largely Indian and Chinese population who live there]]. Unlike the rest of his sizable family on Mars, Alex looked at the generations-long terraforming project with a sense of restlessness and dread. He just couldn't bear the thought of whiling his life away on a project he would never see completed. With dreams of flying fast attack gunships, he enlisted in the Martian Congressional Republic Navy. After his tour ended the call of adventure proved too strong to resist. Signing up with Pur'n'Kleen gave him the chance to visit the farthest reaches of the solar system.

[[folder:Alex]]
!!Alex Kamal
->'''Played By:''' Cas Anvar

A pilot for the Pur'n'Kleen ice trawler ''Canterbury''.

Having grown up in Mars' Mariner Valley, Alex was raised with the [[AmericanAccents incongruous Texas drawl that has caught on among the largely Indian and Chinese population who live there]]. Unlike the rest of his sizable family on Mars, Alex looked at the generations-long terraforming project with a sense of restlessness and dread. He just couldn't bear the thought of whiling his life away on a project he would never see completed. With dreams of flying fast attack gunships, he enlisted in the Martian Congressional Republic Navy. After his tour ended the call of adventure proved too strong to resist. Signing up with Pur'n'Kleen gave him the chance to visit the farthest reaches of the solar system.
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* AcePilot: Subverted. He had aspirations to fly gunships for the Martian Navy but the MCRN deemed that he wasn't the right fit and assigned him to fly transports. He himself describes his job as a "glorified bus driver", and this experience eventually led him to becoming ''Canterbury'''s pilot. As the series kicks into high gear, however, he winds up becoming the pilot of an MCRN corvette thus achieving his dream. In fact, his motivation largely stems from how he feels while piloting it.
-->''"Big brass said I didn't have what it takes to fly their badass gun-ships. But I'll tell you one thing, flying the Rocinante back there, that was just about the best feeling I have ever had."''
* AgeLift: From middle-aged to (at best) late thirties to early forties. In ''Caliban's War'' he's described as being in his 50s and balding, a far cry from Cas Anvar.
* DisappearedDad: To his son.
* HighlyConspicuousUniform: Beginning in the second season, he's taken to wearing MCRN uniforms and other clothing emblazoned with ''Tachi'' (the ''Roci'''s original name) while his shipmates wear Beratnas Gas uniforms to go along with their ship's paint job.
* NonActionGuy: Played straight through most of the first season, since he has no real experience with firefights or hand to hand combat- but then subverted in season 2, where he gets to show off his chops as the pilot of a gunship.
* TeamMom: He prepares a sit down meal and fusses over everyone to lighten the mood after the events on Eros.
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[[folder:Amos]]
!!Amos Burton
->'''Played By:''' Wes Chatham

A mechanic aboard the Pur'n'Kleen ice trawler ''Canterbury''. He's an Earther who doesn't talk about his past – but knows a lot about brothels and Baltimore. He's eerily comfortable, and even cheerful, at the prospect of violence.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: What it is hasn't been confirmed yet, but she's believed to be a former OPA agent, who got sick of the death brought about by following causes.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness[=/AgeLift=]: From middle-aged to (at best) late thirties to early forties. In ''Caliban's War'' he's described as being in his 50s and balding, a far cry from Cas Anvar.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: ''Caliban's War'' described him as being in his 50s and balding, a far cry from Cas Anvar.

* PaperThinDisguise: She's given a new coat of paint and has some fake gas tanks bolted to her exterior but this is only to fool the most passing of glances. Anyone who takes a close enough look will be able to tell that ''Rocinante'' is actually a heavily armed corvette bristling with weaponry.