Laconia

Location from The Expanse by James S.A. Corey

Colony world where High Consul Winston Duarte built an authoritarian empire using Ring Builder orbital shipyards. Named for ancient Sparta's discipline. Protomolecule technology gave Laconia weapons that made conventional fleets obsolete.

Also known as: Laconia, Laconian Empire

What They Know

• Colony world settled by rogue MCRN officers under Winston Duarte, who spent thirty years building an authoritarian empire in isolation
• Ring Builder orbital construction platforms in Laconia's orbit produce warships using protomolecule-derived technology far beyond human engineering
• Named for ancient Sparta — Duarte modeled Laconian society on military discipline and collective sacrifice
• The Magnetar-class battlecruisers built at Laconia made conventional warships obsolete, shifting the balance of power permanently
• Ring Builder 'repair drones' on Laconia's surface can resurrect dead organisms, discovered by children Cara and Xan
• Duarte used protomolecule technology on himself in an attempt to become immortal and unified enough to face the Ring Builder killers

Connections

• home_of — duarte
• home_of — singh
• home_of — trejo
• home_of — tanaka
• home_of — teresa
• home_of — cortazar
• home_of — cara
• home_of — xan

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