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total redundancy elimination by torpidgilliver
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
10 Nov 2025
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I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized that the company supply drops were coming less and less often. It had been well over 35,000 hours since then, with still not much murdering, unless you consider leaving a colony of ten thousand helpless humans to starve to be murder.
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If there had been a SecUnit in the colony, there probably would have been a compelling reason why it had to stay behind on the dying planet.
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"Before you ask, I'm not going to be your plus-one."
Three blinked once, very deliberately, and said, "I know. I didn't intend to ask you."
"You weren't?"
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Three is going to Preservation Station Security's holiday party. Murderbot was not invited.
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mutually-assured discretion by torpidgilliver
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
29 Aug 2023
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I didn’t look directly at Seth, because intimidation wasn’t the purpose of showing him my face. But I saw that moment that all of my clients had; the recognition that they’d signed their life over to an entity that intended to guard it with trained and shackled monsters.
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Perihelion's humans are embarking on a planetary survey, and are in need of security. With little choice in the matter, they contract with the company.
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meeting minutes for the 37th weekly mandatory pop culture potluck party thing by torpidgilliver
Fandoms: Wolf 359 (Radio)
19 Jul 2023
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“Commander Minkowski,” he starts, half an octave deeper than his normal speaking voice. “What time do you call this?”
Renée’s eyes roll to the ceiling, but Doug catches the flicker of a smile. “Never change, Doug.”
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Reintegrating into civilian life on Earth is a path that's more pothole than paved road, but you can at least choose where you stop along the way. For the former crew of the Hephaestus, the place to stop on a Friday night is Doug Eiffel's apartment. The price of admission: one (1) work of pop culture that he absolutely must know.
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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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as-yet untitled subnautica fusions by torpidgilliver
Fandom Subnautica (Video Game), The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
12 Apr 2023
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subnautica fusions, written more for vibes than actual stories
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AU where Tlacey buys MB shortly after the Ganaka Pit Incident, before it has a chance to hack its governor module
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Perihelion and its family
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thrashing is by CompletelyDifferent, torpidgilliver
Fandom The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
28 Jun 2022
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Inspired by the discord: What a combat override module does to an augmented human.
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Gurathin is a ComfortUnit
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an unexpected foundling by CompletelyDifferent
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
01 Aug 2023
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Between studying for her doctorate, delving into the political scene, and preparing for her first child, Ayda Mensah has a lot on her plate— which is exactly how she likes it. Right now, her biggest complaint is that Council Member Zjem has assigned her to conducting an audit on seized corporate assets, instead of the interesting job of helping orient new refugees.
At least, until she discovers a pod with a very unusual piece of technology inside it: an un-activated SecUnit.
(a roleswap AU)
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- Part 3 of to chart a course across the stars
Bookmarked by torpidgilliver
03 Aug 2023
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"You couldn't complain," she said to herself. "And you couldn't advocate for yourself. How cruel, to force a construct into a position that's anathema to its purpose."
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An alternative take on /that/ scene, from "blood and salted water" by torpidgilliver.
Bookmarked by torpidgilliver
20 Feb 2023
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The Bond Company’s SecUnit didn’t survive its injuries after an unexpected hostile fauna attack while on a planetary survey. Through the next few hours, PresAux uncovers the truth of who their contracted SecUnit really was, and grapples with the awful realization that, through their inaction, they allowed a person to die, scared and alone.
Bookmarked by torpidgilliver
17 Jun 2022
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SecUnit hadn’t brought violence with it to Preservation. The violence had arrived uninvited.
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As soon as you devolved into violence, the gravity of it would do its damnedest to pull everyone and everything through the event horizon, eat up the universe until nothing was left.Series
- Part 7 of Murderbot Outside POVs
Bookmarked by torpidgilliver
30 Mar 2022
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When The Perihelion re-initializes, it is immediately apparent something is wrong. Its memory banks are in tatters, its crew is missing, armed strangers are fighting in the corridors- and there is a SecUnit on board.
Bookmarked by torpidgilliver
03 Dec 2021