Season 6 is over.
Hoping for more.
Spoilers:
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Alpha Squad:
B. Draper — Bobbie Draper, our Martian marine who really needs no introduction. She’s one of the main characters of The Expanse and leads Alpha Squad of the ground force.
G. Ackbar — Admiral Gial Ackbar, from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. It’s a trap!
D. Quaid — Douglas Quaid from Total Recall. The 1990 film cast Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role and was set on Mars.
D. Bowman — David Bowman, the main character of the classic sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey
C. Shepherd — Commander Shepherd, the hero of the original Mass Effect video game trilogy.
A. Burton — Amos Burton. Again, this is an actual character in The Expanse.
D. Idaho — Duncan Idaho, the swordmaster from the novel Dune by Frank Herbert. (Played by Jason Momoa in Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 film adaptation.)
A. Rogan — Alex Rogan from the 1984 film The Last Starfighter.
J. Nesmith — Jason Nesmith, the actor/starship commander in the film Galaxy Quest. (Played by Tim Allen in the movie).
E. Buck — Edward Buck, the gunnery sergeant played by Nathan Fillion in the Halo video games.
Bravo Squad:
E. Ripley — Ellen Ripley, Sigourney Weaver’s iconic character from the Alien franchise.
D. Hicks — Another Aliens character, Corporal Dwayne Hicks (played by Michael Biehn in the second movie).
J. Cooper — Joseph Cooper from Interstellar.
J. Anderton — John Anderton from Minority Report.
J. Vasquez — Jenette Vasquez, another member of the commando squad from Aliens.
W. Hudson — William Hudson, also from Aliens. We did mention those movies were a big influence, right?
R. Deckard — Rick Deckard, the detective played by Harrison Ford in Blade Runner.
J. O’Neil — Colonel Jack O’Neil from Stargate. Den of Geek notes that this spelling of O’Neil is specific to the original 1994 Stargate film; the SG-1 television show spelled it with two L’s.
Charlie Squad:
L. Starr — Lucky Starr from Isaac Asimov’s Lucky Starr book series.
L. Banks — Louise Banks from Arrival.
K. Flynn — Kevin Flynn from Tron.
R. Neary — Roy Neary from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
J. Rico — Johnny Rico from Starship Troopers.
K. Thrace — Kara Thrace aka Starbuck from the 2000s-era Battlestar Galactica remake.
S. Connor — Sarah Connor, one of the protagonists of the Terminator franchise.
R. Stone — Ryan Stone, Sandra Bullock’s character in the 2013 film Gravity.
W. Riker — William Riker, the first officer on the Starship Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation.