The Expanse: Rocinante Attacks the Spin Station (clean cut)

A cutdown of the cool attack of the Rocinante on the spin station and the stealth ship, with coarser language edited out.
This is a fan edit only, and is a transformative remix of the original . No copyright volition intended, just sharing the love of this great show. If you like this snippet, check out the original show. All rights belong to the original producers and owners. The Expanse property is currently produced and owned by Amazon.com. This edit is from S2EP2: Doors & Corners. www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Expanse
The full scene is over 11 minutes long, and goes from about 20:40 to 32:15. The original does an excellent job building tension and showing more of the human element (ie the fear of the folks in the Fed Ex containers), which was mostly cut in this edit for the sake of brevity.
[Update at 600,000 views and about 3 years, in March 2023]
I cannot believe this video edit I did at lunch one day a has been viewed so many times! My finger hovered over delete as the video file had sat taking up space on my laptop for a couple months, but then I thought, hey I wonder if anyone on KZbin would enjoy this, so I randomly uploaded it as an experiment.
As noted in a reply to some early comments, one morning a little over 3 years ago (just before the pandemic hit) I sat in a meeting next to a senior IT executive, who took delight in demonstrating to his younger IT employees he was still 'hip' with geek culture. He saw a vinyl sticker of the Roci on my laptop and was puzzled, and asked what ship it was. I explained there was this awesome new sci-fi series and this was the protagonists' rockin' ship. To introduce him to the series, over lunchtime, I pulled three existing uploads from KZbin (thus you may notice resolution and volume differences between parts, though I tried to level them) and edited them down into this one. This IT Executive is a truly good and honest person, and he had made the personal choice to not voluntarily allow vulgar or profane language into his life. So no PG-13 or R movies for him. I totally respect this commitment, and so when I started this cut-down video, I also cut or muted out profanity.
Some comments below are insightful and sincere, and some are just baffling- but that comes with the territory. Hopefully the explanation on the genesis of this clean cut above answers the annoyed or flabbergasted comments that this clean cut even exists in the universe.
Thanks everyone for watching!
“Trust your gut before your head gets in the way." Josephus Miller - (S01E08, “Salvage”)

[@davec.8406]

Love how the Belters will use anything. Fed Ex containers as boarding pods. Special delivery

[@chickadee874]

Omg “special delivery” hahahah

[@companymen42]

"You know our motto, we deliver"

[@congminhphan5275]

Their new slogan will be:” into the future with humanity”

[@PaiSAMSEN]

Predictably, half of their delivery got wreck in transit.

[@jadefalconmk1]

As long as its not Hermes, then you'd really be in trouble

[@adamwilson7811]

Brief moment of character building that I love. When Holden asks about oxygen, Naomi, the engineer, checks its status on her displays. Amos, the mechanic, has a simpler way, am I breathing?

[@flightlesscoffeebirdboy9655]

I love how close combat ship fight in this series. You are making the other ship a swiss cheese, essentially killing the crew and system, but the hull relatively still intact. This is how scifi battle without shield present.

[@TheRogueX]

Right, there wouldn't be explosions all the time unless ship critical systems that CAN explode are hit or high explosive missiles are used. Most fights would just end with one (or both) ship(s) disabled due to damage.

[@diegocamilopenaramirez6101]

So the ship could be savage and repaired in the future?

[@christopherg2347]

This is basically air combat, minus gravity pulling you into the ground. The only thing you can sensibly armor is the pilot. Usually aircraft are made "rugged" by having multiple redundant systems.

[@johansmallberries9874]

@@christopherg2347 that’s what this most reminds me of, WW2 bombers. The damage those planes used to take and still land is almost unbelievable.

[@christopherg2347]

@@johansmallberries9874 A surprising amount of the plane is just empty space with little weight. Unloess you hit a internal component, a crew member or a impotrant line all you do is add some holes. What also helps is that you can use no type of airburst weapon in space - the natural counter here. "Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son of a bitch in space."

[@OceanHedgehog]

I love how the Amun-Ra stealth ship is exactly that - a stealth ship. It's extremely well armed, but its stealth functionality limits its combat ability in a slugging match. While the Rocinante has full PDC coverage, the Amun-Ra's odd angular protrusions (used to deceive scanners) prevents it from having the same CQB capabilities. Basically, it's an assassin - it comes out of nowhere, hits you hard, and then leaves, if you can close the distance, it loses its primary defense (stealth).

[@Karackal]

Also at that distance, the Amun Ra's railgun is practically useless as the angular velocities involved are way too high for them to track anything anymore.

[@Simplefng]

Plus weak armor. Stealth coating is super fragile.

[@johncunningham4820]

Yep . The Same disadvantage as an F-22 . Once you find it , it's in Huge trouble against a REAL dogfighter .

[@whouwit6392]

Also a Martian frigate is probly like the p52 mustang of its day. Just an all around superior machine compared to what the enemy used at the time.

[@juniuwu]

@@johncunningham4820 It is very maneuverable though, and as with all stealth aircraft, the point is to kill you before you know it's there. Dogfights are very rare in modern air combat.

[@sbakarcic]

the moment I saw those bullets flying through ship that was the moment I realized that this is a show like no other. Loved this show!

[@TheTrueAdept]

Actually, with how fast the projectiles are going, the projectiles would _explode_ not go through.

[@GreylanderTV]

@@TheTrueAdept They would only explode _if_ the hull was thick enough to stop them and they actually stopped. Then all the kinetic energy instantly converts to heat and the now melted and boiling material of projectile and hull rapidly expand. But if the hull was that thick and strong it would also contain that explosion and you would just get a little melted crater in the hull. Much like a meteor striking surface of moon. If the hull is not thick and strong enough to stop it, then a hole is punched through and both a bit of the hull and the projectile keep going, both a bit squashed/melted, but still maintaining momentum. [Edit: If thickness of hull, mass and velocity of projectile are all just right, then as it punches through, it might turn into a spray of molten metal. But the projectiles & gun need to have been design for the specific armor they are punching through for that to happen very often.]

[@jonnyj.]

@@TheTrueAdept Actually, nope. They would go STRAIGHT through. Whats with these people acting like theyre smarter than they really are...?

[@regenesis1881]

@@TheTrueAdept Before the fight, the cabin is completely drained of air. There is no thermobaric effect of oxygen ignition.

[@byhyew]

Same here, that's when I said to myself I have to watch this show a few years back.

[@TheRogueX]

3:55 - That poor PDC doesn't get to join his brothers in chewing up the stealth ship lmao, poor gun.

[@colinantink9094]

I’ve never felt sorry for a lethal PDC before ......

[@devintariel3769]

@@colinantink9094 Ever seen a sad phalanx ciws drop its barrel down like its crying when they say cease fire? 😢

[@blackpaw29]

Expanse has the *best* battle scenes, love the attention to real-world physics.

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

its utter fantasy, so why does it need to be "real world" ?

[@blackpaw29]

@@Nobody-Nowhere Because one of the series (book and tv) attractions is its adherence to real-world physics, absent a couple of MacGuffins. Its called "Hard SciFi", a sub-genre of SciFi.

[@TheDecline1983]

@@Nobody-Nowhere Because that's how it was written and that's what people like about it?

[@Sometimes_Always]

@@Nobody-Nowhere It's called suspension of disbelief.. It allows you to watch, read, imagine anything without saying, "This is utter crap and unrealistic".. You should've paid more attention in high school lit class...

[@edphillips2998]

Ummmmmmm....... Well, I guess; except for the sounds during space combat.

[@aldenfriend9625]

I noticed that when they burn into battle, the lights on the bridge turn blue. The Roci is a Martian gunboat, so it makes since that the "situation normal" lighting would be red because their sky is red. When they beat to battle stations, the lights turn blue to signal combat because it represents the color of the Earther sky, and would instill a sense of urgency in a Martian Marine.

[@wrmusic8736]

It's most likely not that. On submarines red lighting means stealth (everybody should keep silent, everything is rigged for silent running) and blue lighting means combat mode. White lighting means normal, traveling operation. So they just use naval light coding for space vessels.

[@nicholasmiller5643]

Probably both, knowing the authors. I watch Ty and That Guy podcast and both explanations are likely true, those guys would definitely gone "That's a cool coincidence, Red means Stealth AND Go Mars, Blue means Action and Earth Bad!"

[@kw9849]

@@nicholasmiller5643 In season 5, we see a number of User interfaces and displays on Mars where red is coded as "good" or "correct" and blue as "incorrect" or "bad".

[@johnsteiner3417]

It just means they don't know why subs rig their lighting for red. Red is a low energy color and therefore less likely to be seen at a distance as well as draw less power. So it's a screw up on the show's part.

[@wrmusic8736]

@@johnsteiner3417 errr what? You can't see red lighting in subs, in fact you can't see any lighting in subs because they are fully enclosed

[@nsambataufeeq1748]

Its a shame that we have come to the end. This is by far the best space themed sci-fi i have had the opportunity to watch.

[@daCanadainCanuck]

there are 9 books and I don't think 6 season ends where the 9th books ends, so we might have a bit more in terms of spin offs or a new show/

[@ThaBeatConductor]

@@daCanadainCanuck It's definitely not over, just over for Amazon.

[@C0deH0wler]

I think Stargate is better.

[@youtried3284]

@@C0deH0wler respectable

[@loop4x454]

@@daCanadainCanuck the show stops before the books do a 3 decade long time skip, our crew is still up and running via youth drugs but alot of other characters have passed away so idk if it will be done for a show

[@Leelanau03]

Amos' chuckle is everything. HE LIVES FOR ACTION lol

[@NorthForkFisherman]

It's all churn as far as he knows.

[@toddkes5890]

Amos should've had a few safety cords holding him in place. Earth muscles are one thing, heavy-duty safety cords are better

[@NorthForkFisherman]

@@toddkes5890 THERE'S NO OSHA IN SPACE! /jk - there is, but that's only on union world.

[@MirorR3fl3ction]

1:42 THIS, this right here is what solidified this show as the BEST scifi of all time in my mind. The shear terror of bullets crisscrossing through your space ship in close combat space battles, its unlike any other scifi Ive seen and so much more realistic

[@ShroomKeppie]

Just like what happened to WW2 bombers with fighters closing in.

[@markds2]

And the fact they have to suit-up and de-pressurise the ship before combat.

[@dtw8446]

But why would they shoot at crew spaces? At that range you can't miss, and the Martian gunship internal configuration would be known. the stealth ship should have taken out their engine in the first five seconds. The stealth ship's crew screwed up the engagement.

[@MrDibara]

@@dtw8446 Probably panicked. Which... for trained officers, I guess qualifies as screwing up, huh. 😕

[@dtw8446]

@@MrDibara But they're not trained officers, they're mercenaries!

[@bennuwa]

I love how Amos just laughs when they engage at 0:56. Any normal human would be thinking "Jesus Christ, I might be about to die in space" meanwhile Amos is just like "lmaoooo here we go"

[@BlaneNostalgia]

lol

[@eyescreamcake]

He's laughing at James saying "Heat her up".

[@thomasb1889]

People react differently to the relief of the waiting stress. Also remember his childhood and then later on as muscle, he does not want to die but does not fear death.

[@maeton-gaming]

he's laughing at James being so corny.

[@thomasb1889]

@@maeton-gaming Not really, I have never been in combat but from what I have read and heard from people that have been there laughing is not rare when the tension of waiting ends.

[@marcofava]

The Rocinante consistently goes up against stronger and tougher opponents and still manages to come up on top, what a ship and what a crew. I can't wait to see what they can make her do with a Railgun in S5

[@briantien7146]

@@siriax1691 Nah. If anyone gets a trigger its Alex since its a fixed Railgun. The Roci is too small to fit a railgun turret. Alex will be screaming in Texan as he blows holes from one end to the other of Marcos cruiser.

[@sXMrSnapzZ]

@@briantien7146 oof little ways out with that prediction

[@briantien7146]

​@@sXMrSnapzZ RIP Alex Kamal, we'll never forget your sacrifice (but Cas Anvar, deserves every bit of what he's getting)

[@mostlymessingabout]

@@briantien7146 you mean the boot?

[@JetEngine787]

@@briantien7146 It was not to be, and killing Alex killed the show

[@ChaoticBattleCamel]

This battle was intense even in the book. The Roci had to fend off two stealth ships along with the station defenses in Leviathan Wakes. With that said it was still a beautiful fight to see fleshed out on tv.

[@Dropintheocean17]

I love how they drive home how beat to shit the Roci was too, like they only barely survived

[@nickbortone212]

it's honestly insane how most scenes from the series are literally identical from the book. Though I gotta admit, some things were done better in the series, like way better.

[@Dropintheocean17]

@@nickbortone212 oh hell yeah, no doubt at all. Everything with Dawes is better, Drummer is perfect, I love how much more stuff Bobbie got to do. The series is amazing

[@sam23696]

@@nickbortone212I'm noticing that as well reading through the series. It's almost a boring read because I feel like I've seen it all already. Only because the adaption is fantastic.

[@honzasenbauer612]

​@@Dropintheocean17 I adore the change they made with Ashford. But I enjoy the book roci crew more. You just feel their trust for each other, while early in the show, they argue a lot.

[@WrecklessEating]

A sci-fi show classic moment.

[@gozergozerian7627]

monumental, all other so called scifi shows stand in awe

[@subzero8344]

@@gozergozerian7627 well most shows, except for bsg. I think we can all agree some of Battlestar galactica’s battles (which you can find on KZbin, but i forgot their names) are some of the most iconic and well done in sci fi entertainment history. This definitely holds up there though. Of course, we should take into account how different both universes are and the time both shows were made (around a decade apart, tech is different) but both bsg and the expanse have battles beautiful in their own unique ways.

[@kummer45]

Lap top control desks, holographic projectors are the best type of electronics for the controls. They are cheap, programable and replaceable. If one of those gets damaged or destroyed, it's an easy plug and play for the same spare part. The guy who designed this knows what he's doing.

[@andreww2098]

should be bigger and easier to use under high G loads with big symbols easier to understand whilst on the edge of blacking out

[@MnemonicHack]

What it SHOULD be is a physical button interface. Physical buttons give you the ability to interact with a machine without having to look at the panel. Simply knowing where things are, what they do, and whether or not you've touched them, is much better than having to tap a piece of glass and having to visually verify that your HMI is on the right page, that you touched the right section, and that you didn't actually touch any other portion of the screen. If you accidentally push another button, you know what you hit; if you accidentally touch a different part of the screen, you usually don't know what you touched. How do I know? I'm an electro-mechanical tech and work on these things almost daily.

[@bigben8502]

@@andreww2098 never say "whilst" again, dork

[@andreww2098]

@@bigben8502 grow up

[@rrenkrieg7988]

@@MnemonicHack maybe haptic feedback and maybe surfaces that can change textures could bridge the gap in that regard?

[@bluedotdinosaur]

This is still, pound for pound, the best ship battle in The Expanse. And still probably the single most plausible and realistic vision of close quarters combat in space, between two large vehicles.

[@TonyTylerDraws]

The limitations brought on by trying to keep the show grounded is what adds tension. No shields? A single shot can kill a character or cripple the ship. High Gs? No inertial dampeners? Possible death sentence. Each weapon has an advantage and disadvantage. You can run out of ammo!

[@subzero8344]

Yep. The high stakes make these battles very tense to watch. When I was watching this, I was literally praying one of the characters wouldn’t get shot. It’s brilliantly directed.

[@jack2259]

Amos's laugh when Holden yelled HIT HER UP.

[@lawrencestone8488]

Heat her up, i think

[@nyrbsamoht]

what about Alex's Wooo HOOO at the end?? classic alex

[@jack2259]

@@lawrencestone8488 You're right. That makes more sense

[@variableknife4702]

This show redefined how space combat should look in this genre

[@hafidzrazman5365]

i hope big movie producers take note of this

[@volcryndarkstar3283]

@@hafidzrazman5365 They won't. Sad

[@boring_incarnate]

How so? I genuinely don't see anything special in this scene

[@addos999]

@@boring_incarnate did you finish high school? science is cool.

[@boring_incarnate]

@@addos999 giving me a shit answer instead of a normal one won't help me understand anything

[@rere439]

Other warships fights : Use plane like movements with rockets or stand still while compete with weapon technologies. Rocinante : Let me drifting around your ship with only thrusters while I firing my PDC and missiles

[@blackpaw29]

Always figured that was why it was superior in close up battles - higher maneuverability and a full spread in 3 dimensions.

[@hefeibao]

@@blackpaw29 Actually not. In a later episode Alex keeps re-running the sim and gets killed every time. He realizes he was very lucky. Sometimes you roll the hard six. :)

[@sircrapalot9954]

@@hefeibao he was re-running the sim trying to see if he could have saved the first pod, by destroying the anti asteroid gun before it fired. He got killed every time. There was no way to save both pods.

[@scottv.4140]

@@sircrapalot9954 There was one way, they could have used 3 pods with the one in the lead being empty as a decoy. But to be fair they didn't know what defenses they were up against.

[@TheGenericDavis]

@@hefeibao Yo, was that a Battlestar Galactica reference with the hard six? Because I can only hear it in Adama's voice.

[@billykorando6820]

The Expanse did a great job with their space combat throughout the series and while there were many other great space combat scenes, still feel like this is the best one of the series. The internal shot of the Rocinante as your see PVC rip through it with the tracers chefs kiss.

[@sethgilcrist8088]

That's not tracers that droplets of molten metal following being the rounds from impact

[@nulnoh219]

I love the visuals. We never see the insides of the Amun Ra or the pilots, but we can extrapolate from the Roci being torn apart by PDC that it's probably the same in there as well. And then at the end, when it stops moving... Dead. Beautifully crafted scene.

[@kradgger]

3:18 Love the detail of the thruster control pack having a gyroscope

[@blackpaw29]

Thanks! Always wondered what that was, makes sense now.

[@hefeibao]

They said in an interview it's due to intense G's where they realized the pilots couldn't move their arms and probably couldn't move a joystick with finesse, hence the controls you see.

[@kradgger]

@@hefeibao nono, I mean the actual thruster's hardware on the ship's hull interior. It needs the gyroscope to know which nozzle to fire from. The thingie Alex uses is a 3D mouse commonly used for modeling, it has 6 degrees of movement which is perfect for controlling spacecraft in space. Kerbal Space Program has support for it and it works wonders when performing docking maneuvers

[@hefeibao]

@@kradgger Ah, got it now. Thanks for the clarification. :) Also, gtk about the 3d mouse + modeling + Kerbal. Haven't played with either yet, but now you have me very, very interested. Can I ask which mouse you are using?

[@kradgger]

@@hefeibao oh I don't have one, but I've borrowed one once and ofc tried it with KSP. It was a 3Dconnexion one like the Roci's but the "knob only" version

[@joetuktyyuktuk8635]

The ship combat in this series is extremly well done and believable. No shields, artificial gravity or inertial compensators that work in some unknown way... just flying and shooting by the seat of your pants

[@olivier5251]

In most sci-fi fights are about posibilities. "Oh no they havve a giant murder laser" and nothing needs to be explained In the expanse though it's all about limitations. "We can't outrun Marco, it would kill the crew" etc. Limitations make a setting

[@robwalsh9843]

I'm torn. I love the Roci, but the Amun Ra-class stealth ship is the bee's knees.

[@protato911]

This show have some of the best ships design I seen so far. even ugly ship like the Leonidas have so much lore/reason to exist. But man, those Martian sure knows how to make a mean ship.

[@the_cursor]

[pod gets taken out] [hand terminal alert] Your package has been delayed.

[@championastartes]

Weapons in video games Yeah we do damage overtime Weapons in The Expanse The shit I shoot dies

[@rebelcrusader9973]

And this lads, is how you do a space battle; you don't need explosions.

[@aeynosarturii8053]

For anyone seeking out Expanse related video that loved the TV series, do yourself the favor and read the books. The TV series is fantastic, but the books are so good. Neither takes away from the other, although there are some differences. If you think you loved the Roci family in the TV show, the books really make it feel like home.

[@PeBoVision]

best sc-fi series ever developed for television. Period.

[@thewhitewolf58]

Atleast realism wise its a space battle not a world war 2 dog fight (star wars) with earth gravity

[@PeBoVision]

@@thewhitewolf58 Goes far beyond space battles. Just watched episode 504 and even though the belters were throwing rocks at earth (albeit, very derivative of Heinlein's masterpiece "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress") the episode remained dialog driven. It is the politics, concepts and dialog that raises The Expanse above all other TV Sci-Fi, not the realism of it's battles (although they do add some major ooomph!)

[@SrAGraciaM]

@@Yarpon And Battlestar Galactica

[@halenthal]

Firefly would like a word...but yeah the Expanse is great also.

[@PeBoVision]

@@halenthal Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Firefly (they shouldn't have killed Wash, jes sayin'), I'm just not sure you can categorize the two shows together. They're both 'sci-fi' but one is a western, and the other a political thriller. It's the difference between Ian Fleming and Tom Clancy, same genre on the shelf, but completely different animals.

[@pyroslev]

The sound of those PDCs chewing the hell out of that ship, any ship really, cannot be appreciated on most speakers.

[@pyroslev]

You have to have good sub, surround sound and then you can appreciate it. Sounds like Satan's Chainsaw.

[@ML867g]

So much cool future tech, but the top of my list is a display screen that still effectively works after a forty millimeter cannon round punches through it. Heck, I'd settle for one that can survive being knocked off a desk.

[@mryellow6918]

we have them already

[@Petteri82]

The sound design of this show was amazing. The sound of rocinante's engine alone when she flips around is almost my favourite thing in all scifi.

[@marclanman1902]

Ships go BRRRT... It's all who can go BRRRT the longest

[@ryanhampson673]

Wait...A bridge and command compartment that doesn't explode in a shower of sparks at every impact? (Looking at you Star Trek.....)

[@randomdude8202]

Well, to be fair they use energy weapons. But again couple of fuses can solve energy surges.

[@1337penguinman]

Kinda hard to kick sparks with no oxygen.

[@floseatyard8063]

@@1337penguinman true lol

[@BlaneNostalgia]

dont forget slow-mo

[@CasabaHowitzer]

@@1337penguinman Oxygen is unnecessary for glowing particles and electric sparks.

[@Daniel__Nobre]

One of the best space opera TV Shows ever done. I think the last seasons dragged a bit, but it was such a great ride where you could clearly see the passion of the team, and specially the writers, behind it. The fact that they tried to include so many "realistic" details definitely showcases that passion.

[@adamrobinson3123]

I love the combat of the expanse, it's either one really good and well timed shot with a rail gun, or spray and prey with PDC and missiles. The railguns are interesting, but proportionally they seem to get less use for the extra effort they take to aim and fire. This scene, the final roci combat scene from season 5,and the scene where they take out the engines of an earther ship with a single missile are my favorites

[@royce9018]

rail guns are used a lot, just not on ships as small as the Rocinante is all.

[@1337penguinman]

Due to the sheer distances involved, railguns would be a "close" range only weapon. Anything other than guided munitions would be easy to dodge at any kind of range.

[@Breadlootgoblin]

​@@1337penguinman railguns are used at medium range, which is usually 1000 to 2000 kilometers depending on how powerful the railgun is

[@lars7935]

@@Breadlootgoblin In the expanse that is considered cqb. When you are close enough to shoot pdcs at each other that's kinder fighting distance (still up to a few km)

[@terrycrichton]

This scene was absolutely heart-stopping, I was certain someone was gonna die. (Well I mean, RIP to everybody on the other pod)

[@liquidleopard4495]

3:57 for a second or two you can see the stealth ship's breaching pods and it inspired the thoughts; "**** you, **** your breaching pods, **** your railgun, **** your fancy engines..."

[@One_of_few]

The ship combat is so well done it looks good and the camera work is fucking great

[@megathelos4976]

Such a great show...

[@OS_Fullmetal]

I remember seeing this and thinking, "Not bad for her first dance."

[@Theonlynamenoonehas]

I'd love to see what happened to the Amun-Ra after the they traded blows with the Rocinante (The first round of shots fired, not at the end). They both take substantial hits. The Rocinante is prepared, they're depressurised and suited up. I assume the Amun-Ra is not. It must have been carnage inside!

[@KamikazeMedias]

Ah yes... FedEx in space

[@adryncharn1910]

The expanse is the best space based series I have ever seen. Thank you for uploading this!

[@mythperson9999]

I could write a book about how good this show is, one of the best sci-fi shows ever made in my opinion

[@kennkoala]

Speculation upon perceived direction of gravity within Fed Ex assault pods. "G" refers to direction of any perceived floor. 1. Attached to Guy Molinari G is in the direction of the rear side wall. Half crew should be pressed into seats, other half hanging in their straps, Drummer should've been standing on the rear wall. 2. When detached the rockets are under the pods, G becomes the floor until pod reorients, then G becomes the door end and everyone is hanging from their straps until G neutrality is achieved. 3. Pod attaches to station and door end explodes. Station spin now means other end of pod is G. Assault crew has to unstrap one by one and climb up using the seats as footholds and then climb through the breech and roll off to the side. Station spin now makes the breech position the floor, G is towards the outer hull, assault group can now operate normally.

[@blackpaw29]

Excellent points

[@backtoearth1983]

Pod hits an upper surface that is at 90deg to the spin, making one of the pods inner walls (not the back) the floor. That is how they enter via a station wall not the floor as the floor would be the outer surface and the walls the top and bottom of the axis. Pretty simple when you make a sketch of it

[@blackpaw29]

@@backtoearth1983 D'oh! can't believe I missed that. Must have been some tricky maneuvering for the pod.

[@WestCoastSamoan]

So much has happened since I last watched that scene. I forgot they took down a stealth ship. Damn this show was an epic advantage

[@companymen42]

I don't understand why Fred never salvaged the stealth ship. Could've reversed engineered some of that protogen tech and have the most advanced ships in the system.

[@sargon6000]

Fred having a (non-functional) stealth ship or any technology derived from said ship would just prove to the UN that he's involved in the stealth ship program, especially since they already made him a scapegoat in this mess. So it made more sense for him to indirectly give that evidence to the UN. Though I'm pretty sure he copied the plans from the ship from the wreck's main computer core, assuming they weren't melted during the battle. I doubt Holden would just give him the plans from the Anubis from the data cores he salvaged, given his attitude towards that ship, the only other person he would have shared that data with would have been Avasarala, as evidence.

[@joes5010]

The political capital he would gain from using it as evidence when treating with the UN and mars would outweigh the benefit of keeping all the hardware as that could lead to major backlash. he would also only really need a few samples and a copy of the computer core to get similar results especially with the data they would be able to find on the station as i doubt an entire off the books station would be devoted to only protomolecule. in all likelihood the railgun that is fitted to the Roci was probably only possible with the data they got of amun-ra ships from that battle.

[@CantankerousDave]

@@joes5010 Hadn't thought about that. I actually just rewatched the episode in s1 where a pack of them attacks the Donnager, and a crewman says she'd never seen railguns on ships that small. They do like to tie things together.

[@icer1249]

@@CantankerousDave they improved the tech even further given the roci is about 2/3s the size of the stealth ships.

[@toddkes5890]

@@icer1249 Or the Roci didn't use as much of the Stealth or other mission equipment as the Amun-ra ships did?

[@Taospark]

And with this, Mars gained a small amount of vengeance.

[@timhowell6929]

Wow just saw this… awesome space battle sequence, I think it’s the most realistic I’ve seen anywhere. Well done.

[@Hiperruimteindustriee]

While reading the books I'm astounded the difference between the books and the show, highly recommend reading them!

[@Stefano-dd2sf]

This was peak expanse

[@dark_ops1651]

i thought season 3 was the peak tbh

[@michaklecha1171]

After watching this i was in love, it was a game of thrones in space, all the books were great, much love to creators and developers beltalowda

[@heathb4319]

On the other end of the spectrum, going from space to sea....Black Sails was a darn good series. If you like GoT and The Expanse....i highly recommend it.

[@VexWerewolf]

I love how Drummer code-switches into a non-Belter accent for the radio transmission.

[@Karibick]

I just LOVE IT!

[@Great_America]

Watching the Rocinante beat a Stealth one on one - epic 👍🏻

[@VoxTox]

God damn! You got me to rewatch again))

[@ThePevetto]

idk if was here that i saw the comment, but deserves to be replicated: Holden: where is that stealth ship?! Stealth ship: *feels great about itself*

[@MightyMothra]

Cool cut, wish you hadn't cut out the rail gun stuff.

[@shaneharrison5503]

At the time of making this edit, I didn't have access digitally to the full scene. It would have been better with a bit more of the scene included.

[@bluerisk]

Or Drummer's: "For whom do we fight?!"

[@scoutbz5977]

Yeah watched this twice wondering if I had missed the best part lol

[@charankumar7079]

Somebody clarify me one thing,since space is a vacuum and there wouldn't be any resistance for any kind of object if a PDC bullet is fired and doesn't hit the target(I.e enemy ship) wouldn't it keep going on and on, without slowing down or stopping until it hit some other ship or some asteroid?

[@plep1046]

Yup, but unlikely to hit anything because space is very, very, very, very vast. Two bullets fired right next to each other may likely end up passing through completely separate star systems.

[@Cyberpuppy63]

Energy loss. And micro gravity. Both will slow projectiles down, eventually.

[@SargeRho]

They're 40mm armor-piercing tungsten rounds being fired. The Ships in The Expanse are built so that projectiles can pass cleanly through the ship, with as little spalling/fragmentation as possible. Due to the energies involved, actually armoring the ships wouldn't be practical.

[@ThaBeatConductor]

The chance of it actually hitting something else are beyond minuscule. We're talking something like an average sized bullet would have to travel back and forth across the entire universe a few hundred million times before it actually hit something else, because space is so big and empty.

[@AtYourC3rvix]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYG1eoiAr9KeeZI this scene from mass effect on this topic always makes me crack up

[@chris.hinsley]

Nice work Alex ! Well done.

[@davidschlienz9395]

Great show!

[@Martin-oj1yz]

Alex is the f.. best pilot ever :).

[@HDproductionnal]

This 100x better than those star trek massive battles with a thousand ships. cant even track whats going on and gives no suspension

[@royce9018]

you mean star wars... the biggest Trek battles is likely around 100 ships

[@logicplague2077]

@@royce9018 Haven't seen NuTrek, have you? 10,000 shuttlecraft with lens flares.

[@markjmaxwell9819]

This is a great piece of footage. 😎

[@shogomadBFG]

I love this show. Gave you a Sub for the Information in the description. Now it's time to watch this Episode.

[@planetdisco4821]

Probably one of the most realistic space battles ever filmed for television…

[@Synthmilk]

The Martian's really loved to over-gun their ships, the Roci was laying into that stealth ship with at least four PDC's at any time while only facing one PDC in return once she got in close.

[@Cailus3542]

It makes sense. The Protogen warships were technologically advanced, but they weren't designed by a military. They were designed by a corporation with no experience in building warships. As a result, they're very powerful ships (allowing them to take on the Donnager) but they have serious weaknesses, unlike the Rocinante. Insufficient PDC coverage is one example.

[@AndrewNenakhov]

Stealth technology likely prohibits placing too many protruding elements on the hull.

[@royce9018]

A stealth ship is entirely designed to not get into a dog fight where PDC fire would be essential... This ship was losing all it's advantages because it had to be leashed as a guard dog to the station.

[@logicplague2077]

@@royce9018 This. It was a purpose-built ship for stealthy wolf-pack style attacks, not a gunship designed to trade punches.

[@papaamongus6960]

thank you shane

[@meneguzzi]

I never get tired of watching this battle. Kudos to the composer.

[@Vikashar]

That was a fucking great fight

[@mattsmith8160]

This show had so much unrealized potential. It ended just when it was really getting good.

[@forgilageord]

Hard to really go any further, at least not without waiting. I doubt the cast wanted to do another three seasons while heavily covered in makeup to make them look 30 years older.

[@Scorch052]

damn i really need to rewatch this show

[@hanswurst2189]

What a fantastic show

[@michaelbeleut6480]

Hopefully they bring the show back in another form or something. Or maybe a movie series that actually covers all the books.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

Great cut, man!

[@shaneharrison5503]

Thanks!

[@blinddwarf]

All the preparations Alex made for this battle and all the battle itself - for me is the best action arc of the whole series

[@IIISentorIII]

*Captain Shields are at 1%* Awesome, should be enough for the incoming Nuke *Captain Shields are down* I guess we see how much that ablative armor can take! *Captain ablative armor down to 20% and falling* Prepare for impact! *Captain armor is gone* ...... *Structural field at 40% 20% 5%* .... *field is down* ... *and nuke will hit in two seconds* KA-BOOOOOOOOOOOM.... DAMN what an impact that was...Is everyone ok? *Yes Captain* How are we doing? *We got hull-breaches on deck 7 and 11* ... *But emergency forcefield holding strong at 70%* Send repair parties. *Aye aye Captain*

[@detesla9575]

Honestly, without Aamos, they'd all be dead several times over. Gotta love Aamos, the sorta careless carebear!

[@BrianRollinsVO]

Death and destruction are OK, but bad words are the real issue here. LMAO.

[@logicplague2077]

Mothers Against Canada approves this message.

[@hermes1873]

I loved it when the Roci just came out of warp and did loops around the Amun Ra

[@apachedisco]

god damn i love this show.

[@BoKnowsBrains]

Last man standing...

[@richarddavis4954]

The most underrated TV show, been fantastic from day one, and never fails to disappoint Space battles feel more real then any other " Star Trek " shows

[@royce9018]

over 500,00 people watched it live/same day for each episode... how is that possibly underrated? It's been rated as the best Sci-Fi show in recent times, lol.

[@GoldenTiger01]

Sweet gaming chairs and RBG bro.

[@pvtnewb]

This is where the fun begins

[@velocitymg]

Love the Roci, but I would have been real tempted to salvage that stealth ship and claim her as my own.

[@einstienbc]

Think about the mess (crew) you'd have to clean up though.

[@protato911]

One can dream, but I think its not possible since the paint on the ship can't be purchase without going through the black market, without it it's just another ordinary warship. not to mention maintaining it, fix up the targeting system, having way more crew to run it and they probably use proprietaries parts like torpedoes and PDC, railgun ammo.... Oh and its probably Illegal to own a stealth ship period.

[@royce9018]

would be cool, but maintenance would be darn near impossible. Plus with how tough it was to get the Tachi, just imagine how difficult it would be to get a stealth ship approved by Mars or Earth as legitimate salvage

[@cyberteque]

THE greatest space combat seqence EVER think about all the simulations Alex ran, every single one ended in failure when it came down to the real thing...

[@praxisshadow1599]

He wasn't factoring in the human factors adrenaline and stress of that death is failure allowed him to have faster reaction and hyper focus on the situation. At least that's my take from it, that and healthy bit of luck.

[@Shadow_2135]

One of my best scenes in the Expanse. 😊

[@naj2056]

This scene was 🔥🔥🔥

[@ricksantos1580]

This was a good show I never watched this show right through. I do wonder why the Ships did not have much more armor plating against the mini guns....

[@R4Y2k]

Those pdcs are firing 40mm ammunition at high speed, you'd need incredible thick plating to stop one bullet, let alone a full magazine of them come flying at you. And if you'd somehow manage to put that much plating onto the hull and still keep the ship fast and maneuverable, the enemy could still crack you open like a can of tuna with the railguns that fire even bigger slugs at even higher speed from an even higher distance (and your pdcs won't cut it to stop them). That's what I love about this show. The more you think about it, the more awesome it gets.

[@DarkAshenfall]

@RubiiX That is not entirely true, as a kinetic round passing through the hull would create an implosion. The US military already achieves this with Sabot rounds. It punches through a tank, creates an implosion in the tank cabin, and flies out the other side. Leaving the crew a bloody mess. Its actually better to armor up and absorb the kinetic force on the outside. Modern armor already takes into account the kinetic force being dealt to a tank and in the case of personal armor. Modern armor is designed to, instead of merely resisting the hit, to actually disperse the force along the surface of the armor. Thus mitigating much, if not all of the force. While a person still feels the hit, the important part is stopping the penetration and enough force to prevent internal bleeding. The same concept would apply to a tank or a ship. Plus a tank and a ship would not be relying solely upon the armor, but also the structure of the ship. It would be designed to absorb/disperse the force of a hit. On top of what the armor is already doing. This is of course not going to save a ship getting pummeled. The military understands this. Armor is meant more to prevent single hits from causing catastrophic damage and provide longevity. Essentially in the hopes a tank/ship can last long enough to either kill the enemy or retreat. None of this also takes into account a futuristic variant of Reactive or Ablative Armor.

[@errolwhitaker596]

@@DarkAshenfall yes, the sabot round uses and implosion to liquefy the enemy, however, if you notice they are in pressure suits because they depressurized their cabin to avoid such a fate. In that case, a sabot round, railgun round, and non explosive round will punch through and cause minimal damage unless it hits something vital. You would want less armor to maintain maneuverability and reduce spalling and strain on the hull from the round impacts.

[@toddkes5890]

The stealth ship was optimized so its hull would be harder to spot, while the Rocinante was a smaller vessel. 300-lb ninja vs 100-lb Bruce Lee

[@CantankerousDave]

@@toddkes5890 Hah, good analogy.

[@davidshafer1872]

How much did FedEx pay for the ad spot I wonder?

[@WastelandRegis]

The Expanse is amazing. Show and books.

[@Tupsx57]

Great scene. The music takes it a notch higher.

[@zkatt3238]

I miss Alex so much (the character, not the actor who portrayed him)

[@alexbelle3941]

Stealth Swiss Cheese 🧀

[@GreylanderTV]

Well now I'm going to have to re-watch the series as I realize I have zero recollection of this battle!

[@neglectfulsausage7689]

I dont even remember this episode at all. Turns out binge watching takes away most of your knoweldge