Malik

 ‌ TV-only character

Captain Malik
Biographical Information
Status	Deceased
Age	50-60
Gender	♂ Male
Affiliations
Home	Earth, Sol system
Affiliation	Jules-Pierre Mao (employer) Crew of the Guanshiyin
Appearances
Portrayed by	Curtis Caravaggio
Seasons	Two
Episode	"The Monster and the Rocket"

“	Look, we both know how this goes. Important, powerful people start fighting each other, it's people like us that die. I've got nothing against you. You've got nothing against me.	„
	— Captain Malik

Malik was the captain of Jules-Pierre Mao's luxury yacht, the Guanshiyin.

History

Throughout the series

Once Avasarala is aboard the Guanshiyin with Bobbie and Cotyar, Malik welcomes them and offers them refreshments. When Chrisjen intones there's little left to say without waiting for Jules-Pierre Mao, the captain let's her know the wait won't be long. Jules-Pierre, as if on cue, immediately enters. When Errinwright reasserts himself and makes his new demands via comm message, Jules-Pierre immediately disembarks, leaving Malik to head up the containment of Avasarala's party.

When a gun battle that breaks out, Malik attempts to negotiate through Cotyar. He offers Cotyar an opportunity to flee with Bobbie aboard a racing pinnace currently docked in the Guanshiyin's second bay. Avasarala surrenders herself to him and he discovers Bobbie has snuck out so he sends his crew after her. Malik receives a communication from Jules-Pierre Mao with clear instructions to eliminate all the prisoners. Bobbie returns clad with her power armor to take him and his men out.

Appearances

Season Two
1 "Safe"
2 "Doors & Corners"
3 "Static"
4 "Godspeed"
5 "Home"
6 "Paradigm Shift"
7 "The Seventh Man"
8 "Pyre"
9 "The Weeping Somnambulist"
10 "Cascade"
11 "Here There Be Dragons"
12 "The Monster and the Rocket"	Appears
13 "Caliban's War"	Appears

Media

Images

• Subtitles spell the name differently than the episode recap on the Syfy website
• The name spelled out matches the ship name in the books even though the actor pronounces it as though it rhymes with the word "mention"

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Video

Malick aboard Mao's yacht

Notes

• The name of Jules-Pierre Mao's yacht in the books is Guanshiyin. The name has not been observed to have appeared in written form on the TV show, but it did appear in subtitles. However, Malik pronounced it as if omitting a syllable, slurring the last syllables together like it rhymed with "mention" or as an answer to a "Gwen-tion" or "Gwen shun"
• The captain is unnamed in the novel, Caliban's War.
• The production team goofed by spelling the name of the Guanshiyin captain differently in different instances. (For similar examples with other characters, see Character names spelled inconsistently on TV production.)
  1. Syfy's online episode recap spells the captain's name with a 'c' as in "Malick"; however, the subtitles spell it without the 'c" as in "Malik".
  2. Main cast and guest cast (such as Curtis Caravaggio) don't normally have their character names appear in the credits however, the credit for the role of "Stunt Malik" does appear without a "c".
  3. It is not absolutely certain but the name on the chest pin appears to be spelled without a "c" either.