amazonadviser.com/2019/04/09/sold-amazon-books-mar-31-apr-6

Expanse used to be well-written show with believable actors and writers who knew the personality traits of the characters they were writing for. All that changed after SciFi dropped the series and Amazon picked it up and rebooted after Episode 6 in Season 3.

Among the mess Amazon made of the formerly watchable series was to totally muddied the personalities of the characters.  For example, Holden went from being a focused, even temperament, confident but fair leader to a whiney blob of weakness. And Amos, my favorite character (who always had the shows best on- liners) went from a perfect balance of wide-eyed, child-like innocence mixed with a man you don’t want to mess with to a stern-faced, scowling, no-fun jerk.

They changed the ships name back to the original and messed up other storyline continuity thereby slapping the face of fans that had followed the storyline previously, and they found it necessary to now have ever single character constantly drop the F-bomb for no apparent reason.

Good show ruined. Another fan gone.

Buh-bye.

As far as I can tell, there is still no official website for The Expanse to replace Syfy.com/theexpanse, no official Facebook page, or an official Youtube channel (at least there is a small playlist).

Guys, I won’t say something new for you... oh god, “The Expanse” is one of the best sci-fi series! I would dare to proclaim it is the best thing ever!🤩 I love EveRyThInG in it soooo much except one thing: sounds in space.. seriously? Why?? Please, come on! Everything is so realistic BUT these sounds.. 😞

SYFY Channel cancels another great series. ;-(

Good news is Amazon picks it up for S4. But does that mean no downloadable format will be offered ... such as iTunes? Amazon currently allows no downloadable subscriptions or purchase for film content.

How does the gas cloud look in relation to the gate the shows depiction is very confusing.

I noticed there is no "About The Expanse" page, so this information doesn't really fit anywhere else and I wanted to put it here. There is this great article on Barnes and Nobles that was written around the time "The Expanse" was being developed for television and "Cibola Burn" had been released. Its an in-depth article about the history of the series from its humble beginnings in Ty Franck's mind, how it evolved into an online forum-based game, grabbed the attention of Daniel Abraham and became a collaboration and instant hit for the two.

It would be nice if we could incorporate the information directly into the wiki somewhere as a page of information in case the article ever gets taken down, but right now it doesn't fit anywhere on the nav.

Be aware there are spoilers within the article about the books written at the time (and "Cibola Burn" was being released), but it is a fascinating read.

andnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/the-evolution-of-james-s-a-coreys-space-epic-the-expanse

Who is the Captain on the Behemouth? Why is she called Camina by two people: 1 male, 1 female? I think it's like a nickname?

It seems like there is a bug in this template: {{ep2|213}} It seems to be returning the text "Caliban's War|Caliban's War"

So glad it looks like The Expanse may be saved by Amazon. I have a question that I thought people here could answer. In Episode 6 Series 3 when Bobby and the Hybrid have fallen after their chase, why does the hybrids face appear above Io in the sky (or is it me seeing things)? Just curious.

I really hope another network picks it up... Netflix would be perfect. SyFy is as much to blame for the poor ratings as anyone. They did a sh!t job of promoting the show... it was all The Magicians, Twelve Monkeys, some-other-not-really-sci-fi show, etc. They really should change their network name to NotReallySyFy.

twitter.com/hashtag/SaveTheExpanse?src=hash

Is the ship the same vessel as the Nathan Hale from season 2? It has the same hull number marking (307) as the Hale but a different paint scheme.

The Ring Builders have quite a few names (Ring Builders, alien civilization, hive-minded aliens, Gate makers, Creators, etc.), which, I believe, requires that we set up a naming convention. How about we call them the Precursors from now on? I only see it fitting since they were the precursor civilization to humanity and colonized an area 1,000-ly wide long before Earth developed what is to be considered complex life.

What is the meaning of the Belter phrase 'Oxo pampa'? I know 'oxo' is an interjection, but I couldn't find the definition of pampa anywhere :(

Just finished Persepolis, and there is a line at the end I'm trying to make sense of. Naomi, talking to Alex, says:

"Or on Marais, when he went into the cliffs so we wouldn't run out of water?"

But for the life of me I don't know what she is talking about. I don't think it's from a Novella. Anyone care to enlighten me?

It's exciting!

Season 3 is due to arrive soon.  While no premiere date is known yet,  We do know that coverage of Caliban's War will be completed, likely the conclusion will coincide with episode 6.  As I recently did for Persepolis Rising, I want to piece together all the potential wiki pages that need to be included on this wiki.  It'll serve to publicize not just what missing but also serve as an index to other information introduced from Caliban's War.

This will be considered the fourth in a series of lists on topics which need articles from Caliban's War. This is a list of articles in the "Characters" category.  The full list of categories for Persepolis Rising can be found here.

If you want to help our The Expanse fan community, check this list and add content to these articles.  If the article doesn't exist yet, please create it.

If you have questions on naming conventions or formats, please refer to the manual of style, compare with existing articles, and ask here.

Below, you will see the list of characters.  Where possible, describe the physical characteristics, the allegiances, the full name, the title, the position/role, the relationships, backstory, and incidents which the character impacted another character or event.

Prologue

• Mei
• Miss Carrie
• Strickland
• Sandro Ventisiete
• Umea

Chapter 1

• Tev Hillman
• Bobbie Draper
• Travis
• Gourab
• Lieutenant Givens
• Sa'id

Chapter 3

• Praxidike Meng
• Nicola Mulko

Chapter 4

• Thorsson
• Singh Petty Officer Electrician's Mate (related to Santiago?)
• Doctor Trish (demoted to Nurse Janeiro?)
• Captain Martens

Chapter 5

• Chrisjen Avasarala
• Admiral Augusto Nguyễn
• Adiki-Sandoval
• Mikel Agee
• Nettleford
• Soren Cottwald (replaced with unnamed aide with role elements transferred to another character)
• Sadavir Errinwright
• Meeston Gravis (appointment scheduled to discuss Afghanistan cancelled by Avasarala)
• Annette Rabbir (Avasarala's intended spy on Nguyễn)

Chapter 6

• Walter Philips
• Rowena Estancia
• Sam Snelling (Sr. Supervisor, Ganymede flight control)
• Vedas corrupt customs inspector

Chapter 7

• Astrigan♀ Mei's pediatrician
• Abuakár
• Katoa Merton
• Gabby Solyuz
• Basia Merton

Chapter 8

• Matsuke

Chapter 9

• Jules-Pierre Mao
• Arjun
• Gutmansdottir
• Kolp
• Victor
• Annette
• Charanpal

Chapter 11

• Santichai Supitayaporn
• Melissa Supitayaporn

Chapter 12

• Lus
• Kiki
• Suri
• Gloria Tannenbaum
• Etsepan
• Ashanti
• Maxwell Asinnian-Koh
• Golla Ishigawa-Marx

Chapter 14

• Cassandra
• Wendell

Chapter 15

• Chuck UN guard. (see Nico)

Chapter 16

• Paula Wendell's Pinkwater crew

Chapter 17

• Caudel
• Guthrie
• Uchi

Chapter 18

• Michel Undawe Martian Delegate
• Carson Santiseverin Martian Delegate
• Ko Shu Martian Delegate
• FosterData services
• Ameeratlanta

Chapter 21

• Ferguson
• Mott
• Chernev Sergeant
• Jaimie Loomis
• Tanna Ibtrahmin-Sook

Chapter 23

• Michael-Jon de Uturbé
• Souther

Can someone start filling a new article out?

'THE EXPANSE RPG' DEBUTS AT GEN CON by Nicole Bunge on January 17, 2018 @ 4:32 pm CT

The cast and crew have said almost nothing and when they do it is either way too early or nothing. There is no evidence the premiere will occur in March 2018 and there are rumors it could be as early as February 2018. My guess, though, because of the radio silence is May 2018 at the earliest.

Any thoughts?

So , I'm just trying to figure out what really happened in the end of BA. Is there a kinetic energy limit in the Slow Zone?

In the final conversation between Duarte and Holden in Persepolis Rising, Duarte suggests that the weird alien ball thing is related to the "missing ships".  By "missing ships" does he mean the ships that disappear when traveling through the rings if too much/mass and energy is/has gone through them?

I was under the impression that the overload of the rings that causes ships to disappear was a natural consequence of ring gate usage, not some kind of alien sabotage.

Thoughts?

Now that Persepolis Rising has arrived, we in the community have lots of new information that needs to be added to the wiki.

This is the first in a series of lists on topics which need new articles.  This is a list of articles in the "Spaceship" category.  The full list of categories for Persepolis Rising can be found here.

If you want to help our The Expanse fan community, check this list and add content to these articles.  If the article doesn't exist yet, please create it.

If you have questions on naming conventions or formats, please refer to the manual of style, compare with existing articles, and ask here.

Below, you will see the list of ships.  Where able, describe the owner, the crew, the type and the most significant incidents or occasions in which it appears.  As best as possible, accurately and objectively tell the story of the ship.  {[|EDIT:  Also, fan art of these would be terrific!|]}

• Gathering Storm
• Savage Landing
• Malaclypse
• Vanderpoele
• Tori Byron
• Sharon Chavez
• Heart of the Tempest
• Eye of the Typhoon
• Voice of the Whirlwind
• Cleo
• Frederick Lewis
• Governor Knight
• Lightbreaker
• Michael Souther
• Ontario
• Severin
• Talwar
• Odachi
• Daskell
• Ackermann
• Ekandjo or Ekanjo (publication inconsistency)
• Smith
• Stover
• Blue Genius
• Old Buncome
• Rosy Cross
• Han Yu
• Arcadia Rose

Now that Persepolis Rising has arrived, we have lots of new information that needs to be added to the wiki.

This is a second in a series of lists on topics that need new articles. This is a list of articles in the "Location" category.  The full list of categories for Persepolis Rising can be found here.

If you want to help our The Expanse fan community, check this list and add content to these articles.  If the article doesn't exist yet, please create it.

If you have questions on naming conventions or formats, please refer to the manual of style, compare with existing articles, and ask here.

Below, you will see the list of locations.  Where possible, describe the founder(s), the leader(s), the population, the principle commerce, the key resident(s), and any unique facts.

• People's Home (Belter void city)
• Guard of Passage (Belter void city)
• Independence (Belter void city)
• Assurance of Peace (Belter void city - under construction)
• Freehold
• Auberon
• TSL-5
• Nova Catalunya
• Charon
• Adra
• Naraka
• Castila
• Bara Gaon Complex
• New Spain
• New Roma
• Nyingchi Xin
• Félicité
• Paradíso
• Pátria
• Asylum
• Chrysanthemum
• Ríocht
• Point Leuctra
• Gallish Complex
• Fusang
• Corazón Sagrado
• Persephone
• Kinley
• Surabhi
• Neue Ausland
• Athens
• Laconia Pen

Persepolis Rising is here with lots of new information.

This is the sixth in a series of lists on topics that need articles. This is a list of articles in the "Technology" or "Devices" category.  The full list of categories for Persepolis Rising can be found here.

Want to help update the articles? Great!

In the category of technology, there was

• Laconian Power Armor
• USM field projector also described as ultra high magnetic field projector
• Laconian wrist monitor
• Laconian orbital platforms
• protomolecule stem cell grafts used to immortalize Duarte

Is there something missing? Is there a more precise and accurate name/description?

Now that Persepolis Rising has arrived, we have lots of new information that needs to be added to the wiki.

This is the fourth in a series of lists on topics which need new articles. This is a list of articles in the "Characters" category.  The full list of categories for Persepolis Rising can be found here.

If you want to help our The Expanse fan community, check this list and add content to these articles.  If the article doesn't exist yet, please create it.

If you have questions on naming conventions or formats, please refer to the manual of style, compare with existing articles, and ask here.

Below, you will see the list of characters.  Where possible, describe the physical characteristics, the allegiances, the full name, the title, the position/role, the relationships, backstory, and incidents which the character impacted another character or event.

• Carlisle Hayyam
• Secretary-General Li ? Barry Li from Babylon's Ashes?
• Albin Nazari
• Santiago Jilie Singh
• Payne Houston
• Semple Marks
• Saba
• Giselle
• Kit
• Vaughn
• Carrie Fisk
• [Kelly] ?? related to the one from the Donnager?
• Daphne Kohl
• Ahmed McCahill
• Benedito Lafflin
• Martin Karczek
• Katria Mendez
• Jordao
• High Admiral Anton Trejo
• Colonel Aliana Tanaka
• Kasik
• Commander Davenport
• Captain Fisher
• Lester Overstreet
• Admiral Gloria Hu
• Emily Santos-Baca
• Natalia Singh
• Elsa Singh
• Rear Admiral Jae-Eun Song
• Captain Rowman Perkins
• Cameron Tur
• Teresa Duarte
• Colonel Ilich
• Undersecretary of Executive Affairs Vanegas
• Onni Langstiver (Transport Union's Security Officer on Medina)
• Lieutenant Imari (deceased bombing victim Laconian Environmental Tech)
• CJ
• Ramez
• Taryn Hong
• Fayez Okoye-Sarkis
• Chief Petty Officer Narwa
• Trina Pilau
• Michael Simeon
• Colonel Fernand Massey
• Lieutenant Gillamet
• Auden Tammet

Although James S.A. Corey / Daniel Abraham tweeted a link to hachette group books' website to announce the release of a couple of chapters, it is the overdrive site that offers us more!!

Four and a half chapters as well as the Prologue and the Table of Contents.

From this we learn the viewpoint characters but more surprisingly, we discover the over 30 year time leap!

Sample Chapters on Overdrive
https://www.overdrive.com/media/3198887/persepolis-rising

Now that Persepolis Rising has arrived, we have lots of new information that needs to be added to the wiki.

This is the fifth in a series of topics which need new articles. This is a list of articles in the "Conflicts and Confrontations" or "Events" category.  The full list of categories for Persepolis Rising can be found here.

Events in the story seldom have a standard name. That will make choosing the title for your article tricky. Here you will see a sketch of some key events.

If you want to help our The Expanse fan community, check this thread and use the comments to help describe and name major events.

Try to help build a consensus for how some important events should be named.  Try to collect lists of key facts and details about each event. Once a consensus is reached and the description of an event is stable, please create and edit the article.

• incident on Freehold(Houston, Holden, Bobbie)

• first confrontation between Laconia (Trejo, Tanaka) and Medina (Langstiver, Drake, Holden, Kohl)

• first confrontation between Laconia (Trejo) and Sol (Emily Santos-Baca)

• incident at Pallas Station

• confrontation at Leuctra Point [Ch42 & Ch45]

• incident on Medina (Kasik & Langstiver)

• incident on Medina (Imari & Voltaire)

• attack on Medina (liquid oxygen tank, drones, and air gap room)

• incident on Medina (Katria, Bobbie & Laconian marines)

Now that Persepolis Rising has arrived, we have lots of new information that needs to be added to the wiki.

This is the third in a series of lists on topics which need new articles. This is a list of articles in the "Organizations" category.  The full list of categories for Persepolis Rising can be found here.

If you want to help our The Expanse fan community, check this list and add content to these articles.  If the article doesn't exist yet, please create it.

If you have questions on naming conventions or formats, please refer to the manual of style, compare with existing articles, and ask here.

Below, you will see the list of organizations.  Where possible, describe the owner, founder(s), the leader(s), the members, the stakeholders, the mission/purpose/function, the most significant events, incidents or occasions in which it appears, and any unique facts with accuracy and objectivity.

• Chernev Institute
• Assembly of Sovereign Citizens
• Association of Worlds
• Laconian Congress of Worlds
• Ganymede Agriculture Union
• Orbital Drop Task Force
• Charles Boyle Gas Transport
• Task Force Rhino
• Laconian Imperial Navy
• Rocicorp
• Munhwa Ilbo

The seventh book in the series, Persepolis Rising is here!

We're very excited about this.  If you've been following the news you know there were some shocking revelations.

With all the new ships, new characters, new events, and new locations, there is a lot of information to keep track of.  That's why we come to the wiki after all! Help the community add all those facts, details and bits of trivia to new articles!

Check out these lists of new topics broken down by category:

• Spaceships
• Locations
• Organizations
• Characters
• Battles and Events
• Technology and Devices

If you haven't gotten your copy, what are you waiting for?

Sample Preview Chapters are still available

PIease..I Want "Summer Glau" from the series firefly as Clarissa Mao in the next seasons. If I am not mistaken, it is highly possible that most fans of series Firefly or the gerne are the expanse fans too....

Even though she is not asia, but she has some feathures. Juile Mao= Florence Faivre and Summer Glau have some similarities. Clarissa Mao is skinny.

Here are the criteria in How Your Community Can Get An App blog by Ducksoup (former Fandom staff):

1. ✔ The community’s topic has to have a broad, active fanbase.
2. ✔ There has to be enough content and categories to fill out a mobile main page and an active userbase that can keep the content up-to-date.
3. ☐ Where possible, we want communities that have strong followings in non-English speaking countries.

   Haven't looked into this, but The Expanse TV show definitely has fans in Canada and Europe. I suspect the books have plenty of fans around the world. If you know anything, please reply with what you know.

4. ✔ It’s a plus if there’s a bright future ahead for the franchise...

   Many novels and 3 TV seasons should be enough to cover this.

Here are the steps recommended in Help:Community Apps for Admins:

✔ Mobile Main Page setup.

✔ Community Corner message setup and used.

✔ Highlighted Forum post - This is the post! Will add link to community app when it appears.

☐ Link to the app in an archived Discussions post or near the top of the Discussions Guidelines.

We need a community app before we can do this, but we do have Discussions enabled...

☐ Linking to the app via the desktop main page.

We need a community app before we can do this...

☐ Include links in top navigation via MediaWiki:Wiki-navigation.

We need a community app before we can do this...

I think this wiki is ready for a community (mobile) app. What do you think?

Go here is you want to comment via Discussions: http://expanse.wikia.com/d/p/3100000000000000025

Discussions version (less cool looking):

Here are the criteria in "How Your Community Can Get An App" blog by Ducksoup (former Fandom staff):

✔ The community’s topic has to have a broad, active fanbase.

✔ There has to be enough content and categories to fill out a mobile main page and an active userbase that can keep the content up-to-date.

☐ Where possible, we want communities that have strong followings in non-English speaking countries.

Haven't looked into this, but The Expanse TV show definitely has fans in Canada and Europe. I suspect the books have plenty of fans around the world. If you know anything, please reply with what you know.

✔ It’s a plus if there’s a bright future ahead for the franchise...

Many novels and 3 TV seasons should be enough to cover this.

Here are the steps recommended in Community Apps for Admins help page:

✔ Mobile Main Page setup.

✔ Community Corner message setup and used.

✔ Highlighted Forum post - This is the post! Will add link to community app when it appears.

☐ Link to the app in an archived Discussions post or near the top of the Discussions Guidelines.

We need a community app before we can do this, but we do have Discussions enabled...

☐ Linking to the app via the desktop main page.

We need a community app before we can do this...

☐ Include links in top navigation via MediaWiki:Wiki-navigation.

We need a community app before we can do this...

I think this wiki is ready for a community (mobile) app. What do you think?

See expanse.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:12247

deadline.com/2017/10/ncis-los-angeles-cast-jeff-kober-nadine-nicole-the-expanse-1202196089

Hello fans and experts. I always assumed by watching the tv series that gravity aboard ships is created by building them in the "office tower" style, deck upon deck, in an 90° angle to the main thrusters. While the ship is accelerating at about 1g the crew would experience almost Earth-like gravity on all decks.

How do they hanlde this during maneuvers. Every ship has to make minor or major corse corrections. While following the rampant Ceres station the Roci surely had to do more than just accelerate/decelerate. They address high g upon straight acceleration in the series but I have not seen a scene that shows believable maneuvers and the effects for the crew inside.

I get the impression that they tried to address the gravity problems the right way, but in the actual situations there is only 1g acceleration (you alwayl see everybody walk around normally) or higher g acceleration in certain chase scenes.

One more thing, Epstein drives seem to be capable of insane acceleration rates (25+g) but obviously crews cannot survive this. Do they have limited thrust times/reaction mass? Do they usually accelerate for a while (probably at 2-5g), the coast for the major route (using slingshot maneuvers where possible) and then decelerate again? Or can they thrust over the full distance? I get the imporession that ships get to places way too fast. There should be many weeks between sending the UN fleet to the Mars moon, not days or hours as depicted.

Extracting commentary from separate discusion.

—If we're to be honest about what the original issue in the current debate started as, it wasn't a need for a "definition" for trivia as the opening discussion title suggests.  

⸻Any questions about the definition were addressed long ago when the stigma of the word "trivia" in the context of the wiki was removed.  Before the current debate, in an earlier matter, months ago now, Nemo misunderstood the word and originally refused to put any of his contributions into sections under that heading.  At the start of that discussion, it was not recognized that Nemo didn't understand the definition of the word and addressing that prior issue of the content appears to have built up resentment in his mind as I understand it.  

The underlying issue may simply be a lack of experience and a fear of being judged as unknowledgeable.  Experience should dispel that fear with the acceptance that everyone is less knowledgeable than everyone else on some subject matter or another.  It may perhaps be the case that many people who contribute to wikis like to think they are more knowledgeable and are in some way trying to show off.  It might be healthier to be mindful that there's always someone who knows more than us on many things but we happen to be more knowledgeable than that same person on other subject matters.  Others may simply have a broader experience.  A question to consider is whether we want to benefit by learning from the broadest experiences shared to us by others.

The older we get the more we learn that we don't know.  On the other hand, the older we get the more opportunities we have to build enormous obstinance and enormous fear.  

As per Fandyllic's request I am starting a discussion on what is the definition of "trivia". So far, Manual of style separates Notes- direct connection to media, and Trivia- tangential link. A good way to understand the difference is the [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_pyramid_(journalism) Inverted Pyramid] model of Journalism, or just take a look at the photo Inverted_pyramid_.png .

The more important facts on the top (Notes), middle (Trivia), bottom (less tangential).

Some people believe that the less important information like "VFX mechanics" does not matter and should be removed. On the contrary, when a site claims to be "All Things Expanse" (Novels, Novella, Graphic Novels, TV, Film?), questions are going to be raised about what happens behind the scenes on the set. If it is deemed "less important", create a new section, call it "Miscellaneous" or "Sundries", or place a link to another part of the wiki.

Also, a concern was raised about "overabundant and unnecessary", the problem with such a phrase is that there is no general principle or set of criteria to arrive at such a conclusion. It is too "broad". or "subject to interpretation".

What I propose is a "factual and relevant" standard, it is up to the contributor to establish relevance by way of an edit summary (why do you think it's relevant? Where did it appear in the story?) If the user can not meet the burden of proof, it is removed outright?

What does everyone else think?

I'll keep it short:

I had an idea for a restructuration of TV-Books sister articles. Instead of linking them through the {{tabs}} template, we could turn the related disambiguation page into the actual page documenting the two incarnations by summoning the two subpages within a tabber (see Jim Holden).

Of course, I'm going to need your opinion on this. So, what do you think? Should we stick to our current way of separation and linking, or should we use a tabber instead?

Be sure you're up-to-date before reading any further.

“The fire has begun” —  Spoilers for Babylon's Ashes follow.

The title says it all. Now that the Interplanetary War has concluded and the CF was victorious, do you think a final unification between all human powers is possible in the near future of the series? The superpowers are hardly superpowers anymore. Both the UN and MCR and were left immensely damaged by the war. A Belt Union is to be established under the guidance of the two human powers. Although the FN is history, all of Sol still has one common enemy: Laconia. Hell, the Ring Builders and/or the Destroyers themselves might appear and militarily engage humanity. Will that unite humanity under one banner?

Fan art:

I also thought about creating a flag for such a union. Couldn't settle on one design, but I managed to narrow it down to two. What do you think?

Does anyone know when the game will be available to purchase? Seems like the game has been getting pushed out by the month. Never been too into board games, but this is going to be an immediate buy for me. Looks promising.

https://twitter.com/hellomunroe/status/905812101935005696

To celebrate Halloween this year, Cailin Munroe (@hellomunroe) and the rest of the Expanse production office will be holding a cosplay contest.

There will be 5 7 categories:

1. Most Creative/Unique
2. Most Accurate/Attention to Detail
3. Best Belter Getup
4. Best Roci Crew Member
5. Best Overall
6. Best Children's Cosplay
7. Best Pet Cosplay

Please submit your entry on Twitter by October 23rd using the hashtag #TheExpanseCosplayWeek !

Winners will be announced by Cailin Munroe (@hellomunroe)

Amended categories

NOTE: This contest is not sponsored by SyFy

So Fred has been one my favorite characters in the series, maybe even my favorite. Was anyone else very underwhelmed by his death "scene". The way that he dies is fine, but we didnt get any great last words or something to put a stamp on his arc. He was a great leader, and eventhough he was flawed, i would have liked a much grander send off than just a little self refelection time by avasarala. I mean come on, he wasnt a main 4 character, but he was pretty damn major.

Any thoughts?

Reddit post: reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/6xpc3t/hey_kids_season_3

From Daniel's comment, one can deduce that the most monumental moment of the whole season, the Ring's appearance, takes place in 306 or 307. What do you all think?

A lot of CGI work will also be required inside the Ring station, especially when Holden witnesses the RB empire's downfall. But I don't think they'll get that far by 306/307.

Hello, everyone! Not-so-recently, the new type of galleries was switched on. Now, because no complaints were made by anyone, the change endured. But now, after arguments against the new galleries were cast, I ask you to pick your preferred type of galleries through this poll:

https://redd.it/6x9xjc

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIll8vFXcAItlit.jpg

Were the new galleries tested with all different image file types, sizes, and aspect ratios?

They don't seem to always handle properly or consistently.

Is there a way to force to the prior gallery implementation?

This is not spam... not sure how long it lasts.

m.comixology.com/The-Expanse-Origins/comics-series/90160

Found this on ArtStation, I think it has the looks for being a UNN dreadought

https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/002/583/535/large/ken-le-bras-13-copy.jpg?1463382528

Reddit sister-post here

Hi, everyone! Many of you here took part in the Season Two Favorites survey, which concluded roughly three months ago. Among many, only three characters and scenes reached the podium, while only one was declared the victor (for each section). The experiment was fun, and it will return next year after the conclusion of Season 3.

Now, how about a similar survey for the novels? Tell me here the best 50 (maximum) scenes and characters that appear between novels one (Leviathan Wakes) and six (Babylon's Ashes) that you think would deserve to compete against each other for the title of the best scene/character in the whole written series so far. Entries will be displayed below and will close when the number fifty is reached or when no more appropriate entries are possible.

Entries:

Scenes

Leviathan Wakes

1) Holden and Miller fight their way out of Eros;

2) Miller searches for and finds protomolecule-infected Julie;

3) Octavia Muss explains to Miller about him considered a washup by everyone else;

4) The protomolecule is released on Eros;

5) Miller laughs at Holden threatening Fred, whith Amos getting the *Roci* off Tycho by any means so that Fred doesn't get the protomolecule;

6) Eros evades the Nauvoo;

7) Dresden's speech.

Caliban's War

1) Re-emergence of Miller as the Investigator;

2) Bobbie takes over the Guanshiyin;

3) Bobbie fights human-protomolecule hybrid on Io;

4) Prax accidentally starts a gunfight;

5) Alex tells Basia his story in a heart to heart;

6) Bobbie is terrified at the sight of the sky;

7) Avasarala threatens to destroy Jules-Pierre Mao;

8) Ganymede incident;

9) Bobbie tells Avasarala, "Get me a gun, and I'm a soldier, get me that power armor, and I'm a superhero;"

Abaddon's Gate

1) Holden witnesses the dissolution of the Ring Builder interstellar empire;

2) The attack on the Behemoth's engineering room;

3) Anna and Father Hank duel etymologies;

4) Clarissa fights Anna and Naomi;

5) Hector Cortez lets Anna know the election results, with Anna asking who Avasarala is;

6) Bull and Pa's mutiny;

7) Ring station opens for Holden to get in;

8) The *Rocinante* enters the Sol Ring;

9) Alien Ring station entities kill Martian marines;

10) Holden is imprisoned by the Martians.

Cibola Burn

1) Havelock battles to make sure Basia and Naomi survive the *Israel* and all of the makeshift security;

2) The resolution to Elvi's crush on Holden;

3) Elvi and Holden's conversation during the trip out into the desert on Ilus;

4) The Investigator connects to Ilus' internal network;

5) Ilus colonists go blind except for Holden.

Nemesis Games

1) The Pella, Koto, and Shinsakuto vs. the Rocinante;

2) Bobbie Draper evades missiles inside the Razorback;

3) Naomi's unsuited space jump;

4) Naomi sends message out mid-battle;

5) Naomi, post-spacewalk, alters the second message, "I am in control;"

6) Alex's speech on why they have to save Naomi. "Because that's why we're out here, and if we don't help each other, no one will;"

7) Amos rockets off Earth;

8) Naomi's son is revealed;

9) The attack on the Callisto shipyards;

10) The coup attempt against Fred on Tycho.

11) Naomi crushes the battle armor wearing OPA people with the backup elevator.

12) Amos calls Chrisjen Avasarala Chrissie;

Babylon's Ashes

1) Battle of Medina station;

2) Prax's defiant confession to the Free Navy;

3) Alex and Bobbie sit down with the Prime Minister. "That's right, I call him Nate now, don't be jealous;"

4) Formation of the Consolidated Fleet;

5) Battle of Titan;

6) Government of Laconia's permanent interstellar message that the Laconia system is under the administration of Duarte;

7) The Free Navy vanishes while attempting interstellar transit;

8) Anderson Dawes interrogates Fred Johnson.

Characters

1. Miller
2. Holden
3. Naomi
4. Amos
5. Alex
6. Avasarala
7. Bobbie
8. Havelock
9. Praxidike "Prax" Meng
10. Anderson Dawes
11. Fred Johnson
12. Michio Pa
13. Monica Stuart
14. Annushka Volovodov
15. Carlos "Bull" c de Baca
16. Sam Rosenberg
17. Toulouse Marwick
18. Adolphus Murtry
19. Soren Cottwald
20. Sadavir Errinwright
21. Souther
22. Augusto Nguyen
23. Strickland
24. Cotyar
25. Clarissa Mao
26. Jules-Pierre Mao
27. Julie Mao
28. Winston Duarte
29. Marco Inaros
30. Filip Inaros
31. Basia Merton
32. Thorsson
33. Martens
34. Sandra Ip
35. Kelly
36. Lopez
37. Gomez
38. Theresa Yao
39. Dookie
40. Mole
41. Tev Hillman
42. Travis
43. Gourab
44. Sa'id
45. Wendell
46. Elvi Okoye
47. Erich
48. Tilly Fagan
49. Hector Cortez
50. Ashford
51. Shaddid
52. Octavia Muss
53. Antony Dresden
54. Mei Meng
55. Ganymede Hacker AKA Roma
56. Diogo
57. Marama Brown
58. Hinekiri Brown
59. Michael-Jon de Uturbe
60. Santichai Supitayaporn
61. Melissa Supitayaporn

References

Steven Strait starred in the two-season TV series Magic City, and has also starred in the 2012 sci-fi thriller After. Aghdashloo was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in House of Sand and Fog (2003) and won a Primetime Emmy for the HBO miniseries House of Saddam (2008), both awarded for her work as supporting actress; in the sci-fi department she had a minor role in X-Men: The Last Stand.

All three cast members are slightly younger than their book counterparts – Strait (28) plays Holden (30), Aghdashloo (62) plays Avasarala (in her seventies) and Jane (45) plays Miller (49) – but not much.

More interesting is the fact that the cast for the 10 episode series so far includes characters from the two first books, Leviathan Wakes and Caliban's War, which suggests that we will not get a full season treatment for each book.

As this is the first casting to be announced, it allows us to assess how true to their book looks we can expect the cast members to be. The answer so far: Not terribly. Miller is, of course, a Belter; unsurprisingly, Jane is visibly missing the giant head and thin, elongated body. Maybe they'll add it in post-production. Apart from that detail, the Miller of the books is described as having a sad, basset hound face, although I can totally see Jane sporting his signature porkpie hat. The actor is also five years shy of Miller's upcoming 50th birthday – and, might I say, doesn't even look that old! He could've played Holden and I wouldn't wince.

On the other hand, Thomas Jane is a great and funny actor, and I'm sure he can put some weight behind Miller's dry, dreary humor. What do you think? And who do you want for the other roles? Check out our casting thread!

Where should this go?

From: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/5usvp8/s02e02_the_hitchhikers_guide_to_the_expanse_hires/

Not sure what to do with this, but it is very cool.

Found at:

reddit.com/r/TheExpanse/comments/5usvp8/s02e02_the_hitchhikers_guide_to_the_expanse_hires

Image:

expanse.wikia.com/wiki/File:The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_The_Expanse-v2_02.jpg

I believe there's a clear distinction between what is a government versus a military coalition.

I do not think that the Consolidated Fleet ever operated as a government.

The contributing military forces were authorized by separate governments but those governments never united.

It would be very inaccurate and misleading to refer to any entity as a Consolidated Fleet Government or Consolidated Fleet government or CF government.

Governments are responsible for infrastructure.  They have articles of constitution, law and sovereignty.  The closest that the universe ever came to a combined government was before Ganymede.

I believe we should refrain from calling any military action undertaken by the Consolidated Fleet an action of the Consolidated Fleet government.

The Afghanistan war of the early 21st century was not engaged by a unified coalition government.  The independent sovereign governments remained distinct and separate.

Am I not understanding this correctly?

Full guidelines have finally been established for this wiki. They can be found here. The general policies can be found here. I urge all of you to read both pages thoroughly and, from now on, respect the rules established there. Also, please edit all articles that violate these guidelines and uplift them to a state where they are faithful to the manual of style.

Do you have a suggestion regarding the improvement of the guidelines and policies? Do not hesitate to leave your idea here.

Warning: The policies and guidelines will never cease to be updated, so make sure to re-read them from time to time.

Which novel is the first season of the tv show taken from?

and can you please sort all the works "season 1,2,3,novels and comics" chronologically ?

thank you in advance

I thought people here would enjoy this development from Google Maps: Working with NASA, Google now allows you to use the street view mode to tour the ISS .

Here's a short list of the things you want to know about it.

What is it?

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The short answer

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The short answer is, "Net Neutrality protects freedom of speech on the internet, the cornerstone of democracy."

The longer answer

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The major telecom companies in the United States are lobbying Congress to change the rules surrounding the internet to allow them to restrict and control access to specific sites in order to collect higher profits from premium sites which they establish partnership agreements with.

How does it affect me?

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This threatens access to independent media, news, information, education and resources.

Here's how the ACLU explains it:

* htp://www.aclu.org/feature/what-net-neutrality

What can I do?

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Call and Write to Congress

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Make your voice heard. Contact your representative in legislature to '''express your objection''' to any legislation that infringes against and impedes freedom of speech through biased preferential treatment.

* govtrack.us/congress/members

* senate.gov/senators/contact

* house.gov/representatives/find

Do it soon. Time is short. The deadline is approaching.

That's too hard

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Contacting your representative directly is still the most effective way. You might have to try again if you can't get through. Do that first if at all possible. If you can't make that work but still want to do your part, try this shortcut:

*battleforthenet.com

What more can I do?

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If you've already formally registered your objection with congress, you've done the most important part. Afterwards, get the word out. Contact your friends and family and your social network. Spread the word. Mobilize others to act.

htp://www.aclu.org/feature/what-net-neutrality

After some discussion and careful consideration, I've resolved to restore the "Coffee" article.

In an effort to preserve the spirit of contribution that inspired the original, some elements will remain. In order to increase the relevance of the article, it will be expanded to cover not just coffee but a variety of beverages as part of a larger discussion on culture in the volatile times surrounding the discovery of extrasolar technology.

Note, to address some criticisms levied against the original, elements that don't meet community standards will be stricken. Any editorial commentary or phrase which suggests subjectivity will eliminated.

I am asking my fellow administrators to establish a page with guidelines that they would consider consistent with the standards that help this site serve the interests of fans. The guide will include examples from the Coffee article which drew questions from the admin team on the basis of objectivity. I hope to see this within the days ahead.

The admins are here to serve this community but we're fans of the stories and we have strong passion for how this is presented. We invite active participation and want to see the skillful presentation of all the rich detail found within this fiction.

To our avid fans and contributors, I welcome you to help improve this revived article and improve the wiki at large.

See

• "bulb": chat on linked article
• Beverages

Hi, everyone!

I'll be short: there are two issues that keep bothering me.

One: The wiki background image. The current one is... yeah. Do you have any ideas for a good one? Or, better yet, could you create one?

Two: The front page. It seems... incomplete. I mean, aesthetically, I wouldn't give it a perfect 10, even though it is better than that of 99.99% other wikis. Do you have any ideas for possible improvements?

Follow-up: After that shadow add-on, it does look closer to reaching 10.

That's all.

Have the best of days,
MysticalArchAngel

See the idea I proposed on WoWWiki... Change WoWWiki's "Community name" to "KEEP NET NEUTRALITY!" vote.

A name change will only live for a few weeks. It is not permanent.

Here's a poll (please vote; here's a good article on Net Neutrality):

→ See this reply for what "Keep Net Neutrality! Here's How To Be Heard…" means.

I figure the change could go into effect sometime Saturday (July 15), if voting favors it by sometime Friday (July 14). The public comment period to the FCC ends August 17. Here's one way of putting teeth behind your words of support: Submit Letter

As per my request at FANDOM, discussions have been enabled! I strongly advise using Discussions to the detriment of Forum.

If you have any questions, post them here or on any of the administrators' wall.

Do not forget to read the guidelines.

After seeing the article on Travel Time (maligned format) and, honestly, wanting to vomit, I figured pointing out the mathematics option in editing would be a good idea. I've since realized it's nicely available as a button in the classic editor, so the tags are certainly well known to everyone here.

So whenever we have any extensive usage of math – be it variables, numbers, or full equations and expressions –it should be rendered with LaTeX's math tags and not with code tags. However, there is a caveat for this wiki. Inside the math tags, one should include:

{\pagecolor{black}\color{white} ...... },

with the LaTeX code in place of the ellipses. This will set the PNG output to white text which will be transparent unless the pagecolor is set as well (the page color remains transparent even when set). For those not familiar with LaTeX , the opening and closing braces are creating an environment in which the colors will apply; probably not needed, but always a good practice.

The only problem is the size of the PNG created and embedded. I'm not sure how to fix this, but it doesn't appear to be an issue on Wikipedia or the Math Fandom Page . Having the math slightly large is a bit odd, but not nearly as much as an eye-sore as the plain-text code font; plus, other options are just amerturish, anyway.

Since there is already the math buttons, I don't see any need for a template considering the rare circumstance in which the wiki will require any actual math. However, if we get the size of the rendered math fixed, then the code will be complicated enough that a template will be a good idea, IMHO.

...within reason. You can talk about off-topic stuff here, but keep it clean and spam free.

Only generic generals know, in general, what the general category is for...

I thought about the restructuration of the TV character page template. Instead of the repetitive "In <Episode name>", we could use second level sub-headings. See Diogo Harari for the example.

If you all do agree, please commence transitioning all TV character pages to the new format.

Hi, everyone!

I have noticed one mistake in particular that keeps persisting: the bolding of the article's name even after the introductory phrase (i.e. The United Nations is...). I ask of you that you bold the name only at the beginning and never thereafter.

Another issue would be the frequent discrepancies between the novel series and its TV adaptation that often lead to two subsections being created to explain the events of the two series. I was thinking, why not use a tabber instead? Check the Arboghast's page, for example. A tabber works better, IMO. What about you? What do you all think?

Please vote in the poll above.

Have a nice day!

Is this what we're going to call it now?

I noticed the change in {{Stub}}.

See Thread 10513 for briefing upon the situation.

Cas Anvar will be a guest at the Museum of Science Fiction's Escape Velocity convention in September, 2017.  Information on the convention and Cas' appearance can be found here