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Discomfort Protocol by broken_risk_assessment_module
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
02 Oct 2021
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"Could one of us pretend to be a ComfortUnit?" Ratthi asked.
"No. Constructs have a noticeably higher feed presence than humans."
Gurathin leant forward in his chair.
“What about an augmented human?”
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Five times SecUnit's humans saw that it loved ART and one time Iris saw it too.
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Or,
It is common knowledge that Perihelion is an obsessive psychopath when it comes to being right, and that it is similarly obsessive over producing high-quality empirical evidence to vindicate itself (whether anyone else even cares that much or not).
It is not common knowledge that its sister has, unfortunately, also picked up this habit.
So when SecUnit disagrees with Iris over something and watches her turn around and leave without argument, it has no idea what is coming.
Well, kind of.
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Seth side-eyed Iris, then snorted a laugh when she made a talking motion with her hand. “Uh huh.”
« Iris, I saw that. My point is, it is frankly insulting that you immediately assume I did something bad— »
“Peri broke protocol on its last cargo run,” Iris interrupted loudly.
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Or, Seth finds out that the surprises never end when your kid is a giant homicidal starship.
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While on an undercover mission deep in the Corporation Rim, Tarik
buysstealsrescuesacquires a ComfortUnit. This is fine—it can hang out while he finishes the mission, he’ll be not-an-asshole to it, and then it can go on its liberated way and never have to see him again. This will definitely not get weird and messy.- Language:
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03 Oct 2026
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I LOVE!!! OCS (original constructs) !!!!!!
this is so fucking good and i love when people explore what tarik’s background has done to him trauma wise. everything that happens in this fic is so awesome. also the game is SO FUCKING FUNNY as a reader knowing exactly what’s going onnnn it’s so awesome -
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Living on Preservation Station while waiting to hear back about a potential job offer, Three makes new friends--one of whom is like no one it has ever known before--and becomes embroiled in a situation that is much more complex than it initially appears.