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Alex Kamal

Alex · pilot

Alex grieves Sam in brittle silence, then volunteers to leave engineering in an EVA pack and shut down the forgotten Rocinante batteries himself.

Story so far

Alex reaches the fortified studio beside Naomi on their shared gurney. News that Ashford murdered Sam leaves him shaking in silent tears, his voice dry and empty when he finally speaks. The Rocinante remains a problem no Behemoth crew can solve remotely: evacuation left its batteries and backup systems active.

Alex volunteers to accompany the engineering assault as far as the aft section, collect an EVA pack, exit through the aft airlock, and cross to the Rocinante. Despite his glued skull and severe facial injury, he insists the shutdown must include their ship and that the task belongs to him. Naomi tries to caution him, but his role as pilot and crew member makes the deserted vessel his responsibility.

The plan separates him from the assault at its most dangerous point and sends him alone into vacuum, yet it is the only path to making Miller's low-energy condition genuine. His grief becomes a precise act of shipkeeping rather than a demand for retaliation.

Appearance

Alex is a slightly pudgy, balding Martian man with toast-brown skin. Bloodstained bandages wrap his glued skull, and the left side of his face remains swollen and pulpy.

Role

Alex is the shutdown plan's lone Rocinante operator, accepting an EVA crossing despite grave head injuries so no active ship keeps the station alarmed.

Relationships

Samara Rosenberg — He mourns Samara Rosenberg silently and turns loss into completion of the engineering plan she died protecting.
Rocinante — He accepts responsibility for boarding the unattended Rocinante and pulling every remaining battery offline.
Naomi Nagata — He divides the shutdown work with Naomi Nagata, taking the Rocinante while she disables the Behemoth.
Carlos “Bull” de Baca — Carlos “Bull” de Baca incorporates his dangerous EVA mission into the synchronized two-hour shutdown.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Sources — 6 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 2
  • The Rocinante's convivial pilot requests a rail gun, loses heavily at blackjack, and returns early to the ship he calls home.
Chapter 17
  • Alex flies the powerless Rocinante ten meters from a Martian cruiser, then executes Holden's punishing burn through the Ring without refusing.
Chapter 29
  • Alex lies injured with Amos behind the Rocinante's sealed medical pressure door while Naomi keeps Clarissa's assault moving away from them.
Chapter 37
  • Alex survives the catastrophe, welcomes Anna's claim on the crew, and punctures Holden's self-righteous revenge by naming Naomi as the actual victim.
Chapter 41
  • Alex crosses the hostile hospital with his skull glued together, survives a gurney ambush, and declares medicated love for Sam's brilliant sabotage.
Chapter 44
  • Alex grieves Sam in brittle silence, then volunteers to leave engineering in an EVA pack and shut down the forgotten Rocinante batteries himself.
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