![]() ![]() With the shuttle damaged by the debris field, lacking the necessary fuel or supplies to reach a port, and fearful that should they put out a distress signal of their own the attackers may return, Holden broadcasts a message out to the entire system implicating Mars in the destruction of the Cant, hoping to negate any attempt to kill them as part of a cover-up. Based on the highly advanced technology of the warship and the discovery that the beacon from the Scopuli is of Martian origin, the survivors suspect the MCRN of being behind the attack. Holden sends an angry message to the attacking ship, but it ignores him and departs. Before they can make it, an unknown stealth warship arrives and, without warning, destroys the Cant with a nuclear weapon. Suspecting that the ship may be a trap set by pirates, they take the beacon and begin returning to the Cant. ![]() They find no trace of the ship's crew, but they do discover the beacon transmitting the distress signal. They discover an abandoned transport vessel called the Scopuli. Five members of the Cant 's crew are dispatched in a shuttle to investigate: executive officer James "Jim" Holden, a former officer in the UN Navy (UNN) chief engineer Naomi Nagata, a Belter pilot Alex Kamal, a veteran of the Martian navy (MCRN) engineer Amos Burton and medic Shed Garvey. The ice hauling ship Canterbury (nicknamed the Cant by Belters) is en route from Saturn's Rings to Ceres Station when it encounters a distress signal. ![]()
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