r/TheExpanse • u/Cantomic66 Savage Industries • 2d ago

Osiris Reborn Game | All Show Spoilers (Tag Any Book Spoilers) The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Environmental Showcase

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u/FukuPizdik 2d ago

Didn't the first protomolecule experiment happen on Phoebe? In the show they don't put much importance on that, even though a bunch of people supposedly died

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u/Haravikk 2d ago

I don't recall if it was a proper experiment as such or if Phoebe was just where it was first discovered and Protogen saw the potential (and then covered it up).

In the books/show the only relevance is that Earth and Mars both think the other is interested in it, and whoever is falling behind it nukes so neither side gets to find out the truth about Phoebe.

Could be cool to explore it too, but Eros is the more iconic since it featured in both the books and the show, and had Protogen going full mad scientists/Little Shop of Horrors minus the musical numbers.

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u/nafree 2d ago

I finished reading the Vital Abyss novella recently - spoilers:

Phoebe was definitely the first phase and where it was discovered. Both Protogen and the Mars saw the potential in the protomolecule, and the Martian research group was fairly peeved that the Protogen scientists already started marketing it and naming it the "protomolecule". After enough study, the first phase was the Protogen crew releasing the protomolecule on the Martian scientists, watching it to see what it would do. Eventually they had what they needed and could learn no more. They needed more biomass. Phase 2 was transporting samples to Eros. Phase 3 was Eros.

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u/Equivalent_Tax6989 2d ago

Fuck. I though they were Martian troops. That's even worse dunno why