What happened?
I'm not sure...
What the hell?
That's not how those things usually work...
All S1
S1 E15Unfinished Business
It sheared the engines clean off, the rest of the ship's intact. Holy shit, it worked! Right, setting a course for the Razorback
We did it!
Yeah, we sure did. We have two torpedoes left, PDC rounds are under 10% - we're in a war with no bullets...
We're not the ones at war!
We are now - you think the UN's going to give us a free pass for sparing lives? We crippled one of their ships - we just declared war on earth!
Whatever happened to the man who risked certain death to stop Eros?
He stopped fighting battles he knew he couldn't win!
This isn't just about the war, we need to contain the protomolecule, make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands! [Holden begins to laugh] You think that's funny?
Not at all, it's just that I've heard before.
From whom?
Everyone, including me.
I met your mother, Elise. When everyone else said you were a terrorist I went to find out for myself. Lovely woman. She thought I was full of shit, too, at first. She's well, happy for you, happy you're free. She told me when you were a boy, you wanted to be a knight.
That's because I was a boy.
It's no accident that you're in the midst of all this chaos.
I'm nobody's saviour!
This is ridiculous! I just want to talk to everyone!
If you want to walk around this ship, you have to wear the boots - house rules.
What? [turning to Bobbie] Do they think I'm just going to float away?
Don't look at me, this is not my ship...
[Grabbing Avasaralas hands] OK, lean your foot back to engage it.
Lean back, with my weight on my heel?
Yes. [Avasarala engaging the boots] There you go. Now you just walk around like you're in pumps.
How do you know what it's like to walk in pumps?
[Dry] I didn't always work in space...
Avasarala(to Naomi, who's never seen a river): I'd say cry me a river, if I though you could appreciate what one was.
[coming up to the bridge to see a standoff] Hey fellas, [Pausing] so what's all the ruckus?
[coming up to the bridge after the situation is defused, carrying the knocked out martian marine] Shit - did I miss it?
I feel like I'm awaiting sentencing
There's someone I need you to meet
[sighing] Why me?
Your friend with the gun hurt my feelings
You seem to be the most reasonable
[taken aback] You're Chrisjen Avasarala
Yes
The U.N. Deputy Undersecretary
This is going to be very tedious if you remain this dim
I don't understand, what the hell kind of ship is this?!?
Right, the tedious version then...
The only way this can be stopped is out here, away from the politicians
Yes, I'm aware of the irony...
OK, so you want me to go back and tell my CO to hail a UNN Admiral in the middle of a war...
Yes, exactly! [pauses] Or, Holden here can space the three of you for being such intolerable idiots - honestly, I can go either way...
I'd rather do the first one. So far all you've done is wound Alex's pride, which is nothing we can't forgive if you're going to help us...
[pondering] So what is this thing that you want me to show them?
CCaptain Carrino
[Speaking to Ensign Sinopolo] Thank you, sailor, for coming back to the fight. Though I don't understand how you did it, your command deck was sheared clean off.
ESEnsign Sinopolo
We didn't exactly get the KC get in ship-shape ourselves, we had help.
CCaptain Carrino
From who?
ESEnsign Sinopolo
[Hesitant] James Holden
CDChief Durant
The taker, who blamed us for blowing up the Canterbury and then got the Donnie killed...
ESEnsign Sinopolo
The Rocinante ... I mean the Tachi came upon the KC...
CDChief Durant
They just fixed up your boat and sent you on your way...
ESEnsign Sinopolo
We tried to take the ship by force, but we were unsuccessful. There was a martian marine on board, Gunnery Sergeant Roberta Draper...
CDChief Durant
The defector
ESEnsign Sinopolo
...as well as UN deputy undersecretary Chrisjen Avasarala, she was there, too.
CDChief Durant
Who else was there? Fucking tooth fairy?
CCaptain Carrino
It's a little hard to believe, son.
ESEnsign Sinopolo
But she was there...
CCaptain Carrino
We have two fleets bearing down on each other - 74 ships, thousands and thousands of lives, and the only thing we're likely to accomplish is annihilating each other.
11st Officer
That video doesn't change that...
CCaptain Carrino
War is an inherently unstable interaction with three things: Intense emotion, politics and luck. That message is luck. Maybe out here, away from all the politics and bullshit, luck opens the door and lets a couple of grunts figure out how not to fight, for once.
They've launched the hybrids...
Bobbie, don't be an idiot! These won't bring back your dead marines!
Ma'am, for the first time in your life, please just shut the fuck up!
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