Golden Son

The supply ship lands, and Darrow and the other fighters, including Ragnar, walk through the hangar unimpeded by the lowColors. They meet Grays, and Darrow orders them to go with Mustang to the engineering bay. An alarm sounds, but they push forward to the brig and Darrow’s friends easily suppress the guards. Sevro forces each prisoner to thank Darrow before letting them out. Darrow talks with the Jackal and notices Roque’s reaction upon realizing their familiarity. They take the newly freed prisoners and meet Mustang among a number of lowColors. Sevro connects to the ship’s announcement system and taunts Pliny, but Ragnar stops him, annoyed.

They drill holes through the floors of the ship to reach Pliny and the others who turned against Augustus. Darrow says he has come for Pliny, and Lorn threatens to kill everyone if anyone gets close to Darrow. Pliny screams for them to kill Darrow, and a man lunges but is killed by his neighbor. Darrow accuses Pliny of betrayal then slaps him twice. He walks away, letting the others at the table kill Pliny. Before leaving, Darrow gives the crew on the ship a message: “Tell all who will hear, the Reaper sails to Mars.