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Babylon's Ashes
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Chapter 45-EpilogueChapter Summaries & Analyses
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Chapter 45 Summary: “Bobbie”
Bobbie Draper and Amos Burton lead a squad in a landing craft toward Medina Station’s rail gun emplacements. As Bobbie approaches, she spots a familiar MCRN-style bunker, recognizes it as a hardened Martian position, and warns her team.
They land under heavy fire. Amos urges Bobbie to target the guns’ central power source. Bobbie gets back in the landing craft alone, locates the reactor complex, and rams the boat into it. She ejects and then fires a rocket at the bunker as the craft hits. The reactor overloads in a massive detonation. Bobbie reports to Holden that the guns are down.
Chapter 46 Summary: “Holden”
Alex pilots the Rocinante with the Giambattista as they pass through the ring and close on Medina. Hundreds of OPA soldiers drop toward the station. A Free Navy ship chases them through the gate, and Alex destroys it. Holden opens a general channel and demands Medina’s surrender, promising humane treatment.
Captain Christina Huang Samuels, the Free Navy commander, formally surrenders the station. The combined force secures control. Afterward, Bobbie tells Holden that Martian soldiers, not militia, defended the rail guns. The crew watches Avasarala deliver a victory address. Bobbie then warns Holden that Medina is now exposed to a serious counterattack.
