Why was the Donnager attacked?

Earth thinks Mars is trying to destabilise the Belt (to take it from them) and so gets annoyed at Mars. Tensions increase, and it’s easy to start a war. Holden and crew act as their star witnesses to say Mars did it. And then they blew up the Donnager.

What is a Donnager?

Donnager virtually means “Thunderer”. The cognate deity in wider Germanic mythology and paganism was known in Old English as Þunor and in Old High German as Donar (runic þonar , stemming from a Common Germanic *Þunraz (meaning “thunder”), and in old Norse, as Thor. The modern German word for thunder is “Donner”.

Why was the Canterbury destroyed?

The ice hauler Canterbury is destroyed by what is believed to be a Martian stealth ship, forcing former crew members like Jim Holden (Steven Strait) to look for answers.

What destroyed the ring builders?

Aggressors
Capital. The Unkown Aggressors are entities that destroyed the Ring Builder Empire, leaving only its technology. When the Ring network was discovered, humanity came into contact with these beings and reignited their vendetta against the Ring Builders and any who would use their Ring network.

Who is Lionel Polanski?

Lionel Polanski was a code name used by Julie Mao in a distress call sent out to the OPA to request extraction from Eros.

Why does Miller wear a hat?

Despite the lack of rainy or sunny days in Ceres’ subterranean colony, Miller wears a hat in defiance of the anti-Earth sentiments expressed by many of his fellow Belters. After seeking justice for the victims, especially Julie, Miller was killed when Eros impacted Venus.

Who created the Protomolecule?

The Protomolecule was created by extra-terrestrials around two billion years in the past, and launched as one of the Bracewell probe swarm at trajectories towards the stars harbouring planetary systems having conditions for the emergence and evolution of some molecular replication mechanism.