The Expanse: Admiral Winston Duarte explained. Duarte's plans for Laconia and the protomolecule in Season 6. Please subscribe! http://bit.ly/PetePeppers

Winston Duarte was a career Navy officer on Mars before the Free Navy conflict. His name first showed up at the end of season 4 of the show after Bobbie had been investigating theft of Martian military tech. At the end of season 5 we heard him referred to as Admiral Duarte and found out he was the leader of the Martian Breakaway Fleet. He helped arm the Free Navy, and used them as a distraction to take a third of the MCRN's ships to Laconia.

In season 6 we meet him on Laconia after one his soldiers kills Xan in an accident. He talks to Cara and explains his grief over losing the dream of Mars and says he wants it to be a sacrifice so it still means something. In the final season we also learn that the orbital platforms above Laconia are an important part of his plans, and that's why he traded ships for the Protomolecule sample.

After Cara's little brother Xan dies in an accident she meets Winston Duarte. She had encountered some strange creatures in the woods near her house, and noticed that reanimated a bird that had died. She decides to enlist their help to bring her brother back, and when her parents find out they're terrified. Cara leaves home with her brother who is no longer dead, but noticeably changed. It's implied that she will die of starvation and expects that they'll bring her back as well.

606 "Babylon's Ashes"
Directed by Breck Eisner
Written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, and Naren Shankar
First aired 1/14/2022
Official Description: Inners and Belters fight side by side with the crew of the Rocinante in a last, massive, desperate battle with Marco and his Free Navy, with the fate of the Solar System, the Ring Gates, and of all humanity hanging in the balance.

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About the Expanse:
The disappearance of richgirlturnedpoliticalactivist Julie Mao links the lives of Ceres detective Joe Miller (Thomas Jane), accidental ship captain James Holden (Steven Strait) and U.N. politician Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo). Amidst political tension between Earth, Mars and the Belt, they unravel the single greatest conspiracy of all time.

Chapter Timestamps

0:00 Intro
0:57 Who is Winston Duarte?
2:51 The Dream of Mars
5:21 How the Ring Gates changed everything
6:34 The Breakaway Fleet
8:25 What are the Laconians trying to do?
11:18 Final Thoughts

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