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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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    Two Barish-Estranza clients try to make bad decisions on behalf of an even worse supervisor. Desperate to stop them, SecUnit02 calls on 03 for help.

    @BEsu03 Unit request assistance: location.canteen hzd0274

    Hazard 0274 = fall risk (wet ground). That's what humans create when there is alcohol involved.

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    For this to work, my governor module would be partially reactivated and I’d have to act as a governed Unit again for the next two cycles.

    Yeah, this was going to suck. Even if I did get to keep my access to the feed and my media archives.

    Written for 100 Prompts Challenge: Dull (56); Gamble (82).

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    Upon finding out that Peri has befriended a SecUnit, Seth is concerned for its safety. Peri attempts to explain by sharing a conversation.

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    All sentient beings aspire to something.

    Ratthi tries to talk to a bot. The bot has some ideas about what it wants out of life.

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    Pin-Lee said, “This is a deed of ownership that confirms Dr. Mensah as the legal owner of SecUnit.”

    Arada blinked. Ratthi froze where he had been digging through his bag.

    “What?” Arada asked blankly.

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    Pre-Network Effect, Arada is asked to take ownership documents for SecUnit on her survey.

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    Arada wants to be sure she'll be able to keep her friends safe on the next survey, so she enrolls in a weapons training course. But Murderbot isn't going to let another human teach *its* humans how to use weapons, so it tells her that if she wants to learn how to use a gun, it's going to be teaching her itself.

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    Dr. Bharadwaj develops a documentary AND a friendship in the aftermath of Exit Strategy.

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    Their wedding was supposed to be perfect. And then SecUnit got in front of Ratthi and caught the bouquet.

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    Preservation Station is a long way from the Mensah farm, but an assassination attempt tends to make anyone nervous regardless of the distance. Farai muses on safety, the kids catch fireflies, and Secunit does what it does best.

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    “There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.” --Irving Stone

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    Newly arrived on Preservation Station, a stranger encounters an odd festival and unexpected kindness.

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    Mensah notices Murderbot changed its appearance.

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    It's been a while since she's heard his voice. His scolding tone, likely an unconscious paternal habit, coaxes out a tired smile. "What are you still doing awake at this hour?"

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    Interviewing SecUnit is a stressful exercise. Bharadwaj, suffering insomnia, calls up a friend.

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    Volescu attends a pre-survey farewell dinner, gets an award he wasn't expecting, and takes a walk with a friend he expected even less.

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    Though Dr Gurathin eventually accepts the addition of SecUnit a.k.a. Murderbot to PreservationAux, and even assists in its recovery & rehabilitation after the corporate gunship debacle, he never warms up to it like the others do—at least according to our unreliable narrator, Murderbot itself!

    Let’s assume Murderbot is right this time. So what’s up with that??

    This story takes place (chronologically) after Fugitive Telemetry and just before Network Effect.

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    If she'd had a cred for every time someone has said, 'I didn't know you were—' 'Why didn't you tell me you were—' 'You ought to include in your profile that you're—', she could have used it to pay off GrayCris before everything went to hell. They'd all labeled her differently, as well. Each deciding independent of each other what she was, and why that was a problem for them.

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    Pin-Lee goes on an ill-fated date.

    Written for the 2023 Aspec Murderbot Diaries event

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    A podfic of vulnerable security by torpidgilliver.

    "What's wrong?

    For SecUnit's sake, Ayda lies to it.

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    Even the most paranoid people let their guard down sometimes."

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    What's wrong?

    For SecUnit's sake, Ayda lies to it.

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    Even the most paranoid people let their guard down sometimes.

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    "All my existence, I've worn logos. My armor was always stamped with the company logo, and the logo of the company that was renting me. And I have company logos on my inorganics, too. I can't do anything to remove them."

    Bharadwaj was still wearing her neutral, listening expression, but it broke slightly with a frown. "Why not?"

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    Murderbot picks up some new drones, and does not project its insecurities onto them.

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