The complex story told in "The Expanse" begins with many separate elements that eventually intertwine. Related: 'The Expanse' Season 4 Trailer Promises Exoplanet Action, Adventure and Intrigue (opens in new tab) Season 1
Then there's the Outer Planetary Alliance, or OPA, which started its life as a labor union or advocacy group, fighting for the interests of the Belters, and depending on who you ask, it's known as both a sociopolitical movement and a terrorist network. In the Belt, air and water are more precious than gold. Conditions on the space stations and hollowed-out asteroid colonies are a long way from ideal, and the low gravity conditions to which they have adapted mean that most can never even visit Earth, because their bodies wouldn't be able to adjust to the increase in gravity. One simple way of looking at this is that Earthers could be considered as the wealthy elite, Martians are the middle class and Belters are the working class. The Belters are a breakaway faction that has made the asteroid belt (opens in new tab) between Mars and Jupiter their home.
Earth of the future has a stark reality in "The Expanse." New York needs a 75-foot (23 meters) coastal defense wall to protect it from sea level rise.
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