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[The Expanse] If Earthers and Martians went to war (prior to the start of the series) what would be the most likely outcome?
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Mars has better ships, armor, and weapon tech. Their soldiers are also better trained, and tough as nails.
Earth has waaay more ships, and more soldiers.

In a straight fight, Mars would lose eventually due to not having the resources to maintain a long term war. It would be a pyrrhic victory for earth, and they would be in a very bad position at the end.

The belters would take advantage of this, although without Marco inaros to unify them, they would become even more splintered and factions would pop up trying to carve out a patch for themselves.

The protomolecule likely gets activated, but the ring gate doesn't get opened.