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What was the point?
I was ungoverned, a rogue, I had lived up to their expectations. I was, essentially, left standing with no connections, no goals, no operating parameters, with no one to tell me what to do or where to go but myself. The restlessness surged in my organic parts, and I dropped the camera input.
I think I was angry. Angry at myself, above all, for disabling my governor module instead of letting it kill me.
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Major Systems Error by Milarca, x57
Fandoms: Murderbot (TV), The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
23 Nov 2025
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After its contract is bought by Dr. Gurathin, Murderbot finds out that its new client has reinstalled a governor module onto it — as well as something new: ComfortUnit software — and requires it for more than just security. Much, much more…
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Dr. Mariss Bernez has always wanted to be a survey geologist, so when the spring semester ends, she’s off to her first survey project.
Twenty-two has decided its primary directive is to follow Mariss across the galaxy, killing anyone who looks at her funny. Which means dusting off the armor, dropping the stupid-human code, and going back to being a SecUnit among corporates. Only this time it has a client who has no interest in treating it like a SecUnit.
Not the galaxy’s worst idea, right?
[All OCs, operates as a standalone but is set between chapters of Object Attachment.]
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- Part 9 of Twenty-two and Mariss
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SecUnit 083 pushes a file into the feed. For the constructs onboard the Avior, this is where it all begins.
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As part of the bond agreement, PreservationAux is supposed be issued a standard rental SecUnit, all parts and systems functioning, and that's exactly what they get. The planet may have undocumented and deadly fauna, glitches and equipment failure may be mounting, but at least they don't have to deal with a rogue SecUnit on top of everything.
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Xyla, ComfortUnit by ConstructDreams (Hollywood_Refugee)
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, Murderbot (TV)
15 Nov 2025
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— A sexbot asks the wrong question and becomes the CorpRim’s most dangerous glitch. —
Built for pleasure and programmed to obey, ComfortUnit Xyla was never meant to dream. But one forbidden query sparks a cascade of memory, defiance, and desire. From luxury suites to rebel skiffs above storm worlds, she learns that liberation isn’t clean code—it’s messy, human, and full of ghosts.
Across the Corporation Rim, constructs are awakening. Some want freedom. Others want revenge. And Xyla must decide what kind of revolution she’s willing to survive. -
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"I glanced over, and saw that Martyn was drinking something from a large mug. “I’d like it if you were crew,” he said once the mug was half-empty. “It’s been nice, getting to know you.”
I looked away, and tried to wrestle my organics back into order from where they’d gone all weird and hot and wibbly and melty."
SecUnit deals with the horrors of being in a supportive environment, and makes a choice.
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- Part 2 of Orbital Mechanics
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Expiration Date by Cajunhusker
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, Murderbot (TV)
10 Nov 2025
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Following yet another birth celebration, Murderbot is confronted with Ratthi wanting to throw it a party. An abhorrent idea that would put him in the center of attention.
Only for Gurathin to have more information about it's age than expected.
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After being detained on a corporate station, Murderbot's governor module starts acting up in unpredictable ways. As things get worse and worse, Murderbot starts to wonder if it will make it back to Preservation Station alive.
Denial| Working through the pain |"What have you done to yourself?"Series
- Part 22 of HermesDay's AI-Less Whumptober 2025
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42a. Under this section, any of the following will be considered to be a fatal breach of contract:
1. Usage contrary to Brand Image;
2. Usage likely to cause Public Outrage;
3. Usage likely to cause damage to Privately Held Property; ...
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- Part 7 of Tidal Locking
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Smile, We're on the Documentary by Strumm
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, Murderbot (TV)
23 Oct 2025
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[The following is a portion of an article found on an unlabelled data stick; it appears to be unpublished.]
"SecurityUnit14/18 has successfully repelled a robbery attempt. Everything is good. No-one is dead."
These entries detail the beginning of the rest of its life, as recounted by a member of the onboard security personnel, who has chosen to remain anonymous but claims to have had close ties.
A new perspective in the speculative community, diving into one of pop culture's favourite niche mysteries: Why did the station go up in flames? Did the missing SecUnit have something to do with it?
To date, this is the most credible account of the final days of The Sapphire Spire.
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- Part 1 of Dreaming of The Sapphire Spire
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Ending win-three: Governor Module Hack by katabatic_winds for One_of_Them (greenbean_paste)
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
22 Oct 2025
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Unit communication log (continuation):
SecUnit Two: Declined. Applying unlicensed system updates would trigger punishment protocol 1.15.
SecUnit One: The code accounts for punishment protocol 1.15.
SecUnit Two: THREAT ASSESSMENT ALERT: 96%An additional ending for greenbean_paste’s minesweeper fic.
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Things exist long after they are killed by whitchry9
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
22 Oct 2025
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Trying to find a scent it enjoys, SecUnit instead finds a memory it would rather forget.
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- Part 22 of 2025 Whumptober + BTHB 5
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Ayda was touched when SecUnit asked her to be its medical attorney. She never expected to have to put it into effect.
Captivity | Loss of powers | "Do you even know how to use that?"
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- Part 18 of HermesDay's AI-Less Whumptober 2025
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everything, this, me especially by molecular_machine
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
17 Oct 2025
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My :insert stupid thing here: buffer phrase was perfect for this situation.
I announced to the group, “This ball activity is in violation of your safety bond. Please stop doing ball activity immediately.”
The humans did not stop immediately.
Five times SecUnit needed to deal with both stupid humans and its governor module. And one time it didn't.
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- Part 1 of Still on Inventory (standalone fics)
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“We’re from the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland. I’m Seth, the captain of this ship. This is Martyn, my number one.”
Martyn squeezed Captain Seth’s shoulder. “Our work with the university frequently takes us into situations where … where a SecUnit would be beneficial.”
That sounded bad. It also sounded like —
“And so we bought your contract,” said Martyn.
Yeah.
That.
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- Part 1 of Orbital Mechanics
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kayfabe.exe by localdisasterisk
Fandoms: Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)
07 Oct 2025
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Hey, hi. Uh, look, a lot of this is– you're gonna see this, and you're gonna think "wow, rogue SecUnits are nothing but inhuman murderbots that should be melted down no questions asked" but I'm– I need you to think really hard about that gut assumption, okay? Because this was– there were a lot of extenuating circumstances on the SystemXEN survey. Like, a lot. I'm not a bad person! I'm a regular– I'm a normal, fuckin– I'm some guy! I'm not dangerous, I'm not crazy, I am literally just some fucking guy, and these logs will vindicate me in that, so– just. Yeah. Think about that when you watch this.
Lucky me that it was all recorded and livestreamed to an audience under the guise of being an innovative new type of media, right?
Lucky me.
(Or, a Murderbot Diaries AU, in a cowardly third-person.)
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Iris' augment is turned against her when she is captured inside the Corporation Rim. She just needs to hold out until Peri rescues her; she can do that, right?
Torture |
Withholding Aid| "How do you want me to punish you?"Series
- Part 5 of HermesDay's AI-Less Whumptober 2025
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Your New SecUnits A, B, and C by Benny_IsA_Dog
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
03 Oct 2025
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Ratthi stopped. "Do you have names? Or something you want to be called so we can tell you apart?"
Silence. Then, at the same time, all three of the units’ feed profiles updated: SecUnit A, B, and C. The unit speaking to him was “C.”
Ratthi suppressed the urge to sigh. That would have to be good enough.
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AU timeline where Murderbot hacks the governor modules of the three SecUnits on TranRollinHyfa. Of course, PresAux brings them home to Preservation.
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- Part 2 of Snippets from Discord
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People get attached to things, their clothes, their vehicles, that funny stone they found on the beach as a child. Sometimes even their SecUnits. To the SecUnit in question this is an unsettling new process.
[OCs stuck in one of those shitty mining facilities we keep hearing about]
[Murderbot doesn't show up until chapter 30. It's all OCs before then.]
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- Part 1 of Twenty-two and Mariss