

We know from show that the Entities are a separate alien force from the Protomolecule builders. It works, and Marco is unable to escape his science fiction fate. Naomi comes up with a plan: throw as much mass as possible through the Ring Gate at the moment of Marco’s crossing, triggering the mysterious Ring Entities. The Roci is willing to take a stand, but the odds are not their favor. In the end, it is fittingly Naomi who ultimately takes Marco out, though she has some help along the way…Īfter Marco and his Free Navy fleet get past the combined military forces of Earth, Mars, and the Belter dissidents, the Roci and a handful of assault team members, are all that stood between Marco and control of the Ring Gate.
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He was evil and he was cruel, but he tapped into something real.”), he turned full villain in this final season, as his quest for Belter freedom often became overshadowed by his quest for personal glory. While Marco started out his turn on the show as a quasi-sympathetic figure, at least on the political level (as Holden puts it in this episode, “Inaros wasn’t all wrong. One major plot thread it held onto was the rise (and demise) of Marco Inaros, leader of the Free Navy. Let’s break down how The Expanse brought its story to a satisfying end in “Babylon’s Ashes.” Who Defeats Marco Inaros?īecause of the short season order, Season 6 has had to narrow its story focus a great deal in this season.

Ring Entities plot-the final, six-episode season did a fantastic job of wrapping up the emotional and political plot beats that have defined so much of this phenomenal series. While The Expanse left many narrative threads up in the air-most obviously, the mystery of Laconia and its strange dogs, as well as the larger Protomolecule vs. The Expanse just wrapped up its six-season run, which spanned two networks (or technically one cable channel and one streaming platform) and covered the first six books of the nine-novel source material. It does not contain any book spoilers past Babylon’s Ashes.
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This The Expanse article contains MAJOR spoilers for the series finale.
