A controlled Martian naval-intelligence officer who begins extracting Holden's history and testimony before battle interrupts him.
Lieutenant Lopez serves in naval intelligence aboard the MCRN Donnager. He interviews James Holden immediately after the Knight docks, recording the former UNN officer's discharge for assault, his criticism of Coalition treatment of Belters, and the distinction he draws between sympathy and OPA affiliation.
Lopez uses focus lozenges and a deliberately unhurried conversational style, shifting between Holden's family, military record, and the Martian-marked hardware that drew the Canterbury to the Scopuli. He demands that the evidence be turned over. The interview stops when the six pursuing ships return the Donnager's fire and general quarters sounds.
Lopez is a dark-haired man with closely controlled movements and unnaturally contracted pupils while under focus drugs. He wears a precise Martian naval officer's uniform in a bare interrogation compartment.
Lopez is the intelligence officer assessing whether Holden is a witness, an OPA sympathizer, or a source of a larger threat.