Protomolecule Creators

The silent architects who built the gate and paid the ultimate price.

The protomolecule's creators were an alien civilization that built the protomolecule and the gates; they were attacked by mysterious forces and shut down the gate network.

Quick Facts

Primary artifact: Protomolecule (Eros, Venus, Ring Gate)

Did You Know?

The Protomolecule Creators built the Ring Gate network, an artificially sustained wormhole system connecting over 1,300 star systems.
The ring in the Sol system is a thousand-mile diameter structure located two AU outside the orbit of Uranus.
The Creators' alien space station in the hub can set instantaneous speed limits on objects inside as a means of defense.
The series was adapted for television by Syfy under the title The Expanse, later picked up by Amazon Prime Video for three more seasons after Syfy canceled it.