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Shipspotters' Lunch Club of UplandGatewayOne by astrotype
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
15 Aug 2025
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On UplandGatewayOne, the primary station and transit ring in a system known primarily as the proud home of the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland, a small group of shipspotters meets for lunch every workday.
Some days are busy, ships of all sizes and classes and origins and destinations buzzing in and out of the transit ring like a hive of insects.
This is not one of those days; by the time Amaliya has finished her meal packet, a handful of small passenger ships have departed in the direction of the planets, but none have arrived at the station. She's just about to heave a sigh, stand up from her seat, and declare that she'd better get back to work, when a ship finally pops through the wormhole and comes into view.
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Audio input slowly faded in, though it told me nothing. All I could hear was the ragged sound of my own shallow breathing, and the steady drip of fluid into a puddle on the floor. All the sound was muffled, and close. Wherever I was, the area was small.
A transport box? I did not think I would be placed into a transport box in such a state, unless…
(The term “destroyed inventory” did occur to me.)Series
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Medical Leave For One (1) Hyperactive Machine Intelligence by astrotype
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
20 Jul 2025
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The second Holism enters sensor range, Sum Total sees it, and greets it like it's been a thousand years since they saw each other - as if it hasn't been two weeks.
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If We Don't Leave Port Today, ART Might Delete Sum Total by astrotype
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
18 Jul 2025
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In port at the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland, ART is having modules swapped out for its cargo run season. Rather than operating uncrewed this season, it will have two augmented human security consultants aboard for the period between the two academic years - that's the story for anyone who asks, anyway.
Sum Total happens to be in dry dock at the same time, and seems bored out of its mind. Fortunately, it has a friend to talk to!
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Reason #002373 Why Murderbot Hates Planets (Non-Ordered List): Random Distractions by astrotype
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
12 Jul 2025
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A very short scene from an otherwise-unremarkable research trip, possibly Three's first trip to a planet - though even it can't remember that for sure.
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Individuation: Separation, Growth, Development, Haecceity by astrotype
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
24 Jul 2025
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Between academic years, Murderbot and Three have opted to stay aboard Perihelion, posing as augmented human security consultants for a reconnaissance mission to an abandoned station on the outskirts of the Corporation Rim...
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Closed Loop System by One_of_Them (greenbean_paste)
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
29 Jun 2025
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Unit Communication Log:
SecUnit Two: Atmospheric conditions optimal.
SecUnit One: ...
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In 1988, Mumbo goes missing. In 1989, Grian becomes a fire lookout in the national forest he was last seen in. It's a desperate, last ditch attempt to save the person who means the most to him: his best friend. If nobody else can find Mumbo, then surely Grian can.
In 1979, Scar suffers an accident that changes the course of his life. In 1981, he starts an off-beat job in the middle of nowhere to try and begin anew. He works as a fire lookout in Shoshone National Forest for 8 years before meeting Grian--and maybe, just maybe, the two of them were somehow meant to cross paths.
This series centers around the main fic, The Incandescence of a Dying Light. There will not be a sequel to the fic, but I have a whole host of complimentary material set inside the AU. This AU will deal with strong themes of grief and mental health. It will also have a lot of science and extremely specific research!
Serotiny is a botanical term describing the actions a plant might take--such as going to seed--after a trigger factor is met. It's most commonly used to describe pyriscent plants, whose seeds only germinate after experiencing wildfire.
It's a period of growth after disaster.
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01 Mar 2024
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It's 1988. Grian and Mumbo are roommates living in the US. Mumbo leaves on a solo camping trip at Grian's suggestion to get away from his job for a while. But when he fails to check in at the end of his trip, Grian is forced to report him as a missing person. And now the clock is ticking.
It's 1989. Grian takes a job in Shoshone National Forest as a fire lookout, prepared to spend the summer alone in the wilderness. But his primary goal isn't finding forest fires: it's finding Mumbo, who went missing in this location a year ago, alive and well. He expects to be alone. What Grian doesn't expect is having the company of the other nearby lookout, a man named Scar. Their relationship grows through their conversations held via two-way radio, as Grian begins to let Scar into the truth about why he's really here and mystery he's unraveling.
A Hermitcraft Firewatch AU.
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