Why is there a Cyrillic writing inside the Rocinante spaceship?
I'm watching season 4 and this details caught my eye. Is there an in-universe explanation as to why there is a Cyrillic/Russian text inside the Rocinante space ship as seen on this screenshot from the s04e01 (timestamp 28:31)? (the text says "be careful"). Was the Roci in a Russian division of Martian Military ship or something? Cos of all factions, I would expect military to apply the standardization the most.
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I've only watched 1 1/2 seasons, but I think I've seen enough to form a good answer.
Throughout The Expanse, there are multiple occasions where you might hear an English version of something, and then that same phrase in another language. Just from memory, on Ceres you can hear Creole and Hindi spoken at different times, and probably others that I didn't catch.
All of that is to say that most places in The Expanse have more than one language. English might be the primary language of the show, but MANY characters incorporate at least parts of other languages in their day to day. This is part of the world building that human expansion was decidedly NOT just Americans or English speaking countries, but humanity as a whole.
So to me, it's no surprise to see other languages on a Mars ship, as other cultures besides just America were a part of the terraforming project.
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Why did they name the ship Rocinante?
The ship's name is a reference to Don Quixote's horse. "Roc\xedn" being Spanish for "work horse" or "pack horse", and "ante" meaning "before" or "previously". Thus, "Rocinante" translates roughly to "previously a work horse".What was the Rocinante called before?
Originally commissioned as the MCRN Tachi, the ship was stationed aboard the MCRN Battleship Donnager. She was rechristened by James Holden after he and his crew used her to escape from the Donnager. (A literary reference, "Rocinante" is Don Quixote's horse.How realistic are The Expanse ships?
On The Expanse ships do not cover interstellar distances, so it is more like current space travel, even that is too fast to be realistic. The ships in The Expanse are more similar to technology that we have today. The ships in Star Trek are entirely consistent with the physics in the Star Trek universe.What is the name of the spaceship in The Expanse?
Rocinante, the main characters' spaceship in novel series The Expanse by James S. A. Corey, as well as the TV series The Expanse.THE ROCINANTE: All Features Explained | The Expanse Ships
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