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Esteban Sorrento-Gillis is the former Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Biography[]
Background[]
A former revolutionary and close acquaintance of Dr. Anna Volovodov, he achieved renown for his rhetoric and his work as a human rights campaigner, causing him to eventually become elected to the highest governmental position on Earth several years before the events of the series. However, after a scandal involving the Protomolecule, Jules-Pierre Mao, and his treacherous deputy Sadavir Errinwright resulted in an unfounded war breaking out between Earth and the Martian Congressional Republic, he resigned from the position after Errinwright's arrest, and was succeeded by his Under-Secretary-General for the EOSG Chrisjen Avasarala.
Throughout the series[]
In "The Big Empty", he is mentioned by title by Deputy Secretary-General Sadavir Errinwright in a conversation with Chrisjen Avasarala regarding gravity torture as an interrogation technique with regard to captive Belter Heikki Sabong.
In "Safe", he convenes a meeting where Errinwright argues for an escalation after Mars sends ships to stations all over the belt. Admiral Nguyễn supports Errinwright while Admiral Souther opposes. Sadavir's motivation was revealed in an earlier scene, where Jules-Pierre Mao insisted Sadavir makes sure Mars does not find anything there otherwise Mao threatens to cut access to his company's protomolecule research and development. Then Esteban turns to ask her advice, Avasarala weighs the political consequences and elects to support Errinwright prompting the Secretary-General to make the order to proceed.
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In "Fight or Flight", Sadavir Errinwright, along with the pro-war faction, is successful in convincing Sorrento-Gillis to declare war on Mars. After the declaration of war, Errinwright is successful in getting Sorrento-Gillis to believe that Avasarala was working with Jules-Pierre Mao and is attempting to sell the protomolecule to Mars.
In "IFF", Sorrento-Gillis invites Anna Volovodov, one of his former speechwriters, to join his speechwriting team. Volovodov initially refuses, until Sorrento-Gillis acquiesces to the government diverting appropriations funding to Volovodov's clinic. Her misgivings, however, with Sorrento-Gillis' war do not abate: amid banter in the evening, Volovodov chastises Sorrento-Gillis and his advisors for their willingness to visit Mao's sins upon his children. Sorrento-Gillis relents.
In "Assured Destruction", Sorrento-Gillis is given a proposal by Errinwright and the military to find Martian stealth nuclear missile platforms with new UN spy satellites and destroy them. After the UN is able to find all the missile platforms, Sorrento-Gillis dithers, saying that the reported 82% chance of being able to destroy the platforms before the Martians are able to respond is not good enough. But after a discussion with Errinwright, he eventually decides that removing Martian first-strike capability on Earth is worth the risk---and the benefit to his reputation---and authorises the attack.
However, while all the missile platforms are destroyed by UN railguns, one of the railguns stalls. The last platform, before destruction, releases a missile that delivere a salvo of nuclear warheads at Earth. And while all but one of the warheads are destroyed by planetary defences, one missile detonates in South America, killing around two million people. Errinwright seizes on the connection between the delayed railgun and the nuclear detonation on South America in order to assign fault to Gillis for his earlier decision to delay. Errinwright relays this blame to Anna, who is disgusted.
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Appearances[]
Season One | |
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1 "Dulcinea" | Absent |
2 "The Big Empty" | Mentioned |
3 "Remember the Cant" | Absent |
4 "CQB" | Absent |
5 "Back to the Butcher" | Absent |
6 "Rock Bottom" | Absent |
7 "Windmills" | Absent |
8 "Salvage" | Absent |
9 "Critical Mass" | Absent |
10 "Leviathan Wakes" | Absent |
Season Two | |
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1 "Safe" | Appears |
2 "Doors & Corners" | Appears |
3 "Static" | Absent |
4 "Godspeed" | Absent |
5 "Home" | Appears |
6 "Paradigm Shift" | Absent |
7 "The Seventh Man" | Appears |
8 "Pyre" | Absent |
9 "The Weeping Somnambulist" | Appears |
10 "Cascade" | Absent |
11 "Here There Be Dragons" | Absent |
12 "The Monster and the Rocket" | Absent |
13 "Caliban's War" |
Season Three | |
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1 "Fight or Flight" | Appears |
2 "IFF" | Appears |
3 "Assured Destruction" | Appears |
4 "Reload" | Appears |
5 "Triple Point" | Absent |
6 "Immolation" | Appears |
7 "Delta-V" | Absent |
8 "It Reaches Out" | Absent |
9 "Intransigence" | Absent |
10 "Dandelion Sky" | Absent |
11 "Fallen World" | Absent |
12 "Congregation" | Absent |
13 "Abaddon's Gate" | Absent |
See also[]
- Sadavir Errinwright
- Chrisjen Avasarala
- Anna Volovodov
- United Nations Security Council
- The Expanse Cocktail #㉝ - Secretary-General Sorrento Gilles
References
External links[]