“ | This is Holden. We've logged a distress call near CA-2216862. We're obliged to change our course and respond. Make sure your acceleration drug dispensers are full. This will be a high-g maneuver. Prepare for flip and burn. | „ |
— Holden in "Dulcinea" |
CA-2216862 is a non-Belt asteroid, millions of kilometers from any other object.
History[]
CA-2216862 is a rock about a half-kilometer across. It had wandered away from the Asteroid Belt and had been pulled by Jupiter's gravity until it had settled into a slow orbit around the sun in the empty space between Jupiter and the Belt.[1]
Eros Incident[]
While the Canterbury was shipping ice from Saturn's rings back to the Belt, it came across a distress call from the Scopuli,[2] a ship that appeared to have crashed into the asteroid. After the Canterbury sent its shuttle the Knight to investigate, the Canterbury was destroyed.[3]
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References[]
- ↑ The Expanse Novel Leviathan Wakes - Chapter 3: Holden
- ↑ The Expanse Novel Leviathan Wakes - Chapter 1: Holden
- ↑ The Expanse Novel Leviathan Wakes - Chapter 5: Holden