The Expanse: A Telltale Series

The Expanse is an American science fiction television series developed by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, based on the series of novels of the same name by James S. It follows a disparate band of protagonists—United Nations Security Council member Chrisjen Avasarala , police detective Josephus Miller , ship's officer James Holden and his crew—as they unwittingly unravel and place themselves at the center of a conspiracy that threatens the system's fragile state of cold war, while dealing with existential crises brought forth by newly discovered alien technology. The Expanse has received critical acclaim, with particular praise for its visuals, character development and political narrative. The three largest powers are the United Nations of Earth and Luna, the Martian Congressional Republic on Mars, and the Outer Planets Alliance , a loose confederation of the asteroid belt and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Chrisjen Avasarala, a United Nations executive, works to prevent war between Earth and Mars. The crew of the Rocinante, with Miller's help, investigates and eventually discovers a biohazard that kills off most of the humans on the asteroid Eros, including Julie. The crew of the Rocinante, along with members of the OPA, attack the station responsible for the biohazard on Eros. In the process, they encounter and kill a figure akin to the one that Draper fought, now known as a "protomolecule hybrid", developed by Jules-Pierre Mao. A research ship, sent to Venus to investigate the crash of Eros into the planet, is stopped dead in the atmosphere and completely disassembled by the protomolecule. The UN declares war, as Earth and Mars send science vessels to investigate what is happening on Venus. Political tensions soar as the OPA is recognized as the government of the Belters, and Prax gets reunited with his daughter. After a Belter racing ship slingshots through the Ring at high speed, the ring believes the high speed humans and objects to be dangerous and activates defenses that threaten humanity. Through Holden, a projection of Miller tries to shut off the defenses of the ring, and convince the protomolecule that humanity is not a threat. A large rush to other star systems with habitable worlds begins, with thousands of planets accessible now via the Ring. A ship runs the blockade, and the crew of the Rocinante are sent through the portal to investigate the situation on the exoplanet that has been settled by these Belter refugees, called Ilus.