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    The Ryland Grace Memorial Diner sat between a construction site and a cluster of small apartments on the recovering streets of San Francisco.

    It was founded in 1972, renamed in 2051, and in 2053, a statue of a schoolteacher was erected within its walls. Now, it attracted tourists and students alike, bright eyes and eager minds all competing for a view of Earth’s most beloved man in man’s most beloved habitat.

    Or: A look at the people of the San Fran diner Grace goes to every morning for breakfast in the book.

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    16 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 28

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    "I had another memory glitch, didn't I."

    ...Yes.

    ART was reluctant. It got even more reluctant when I asked it to show me the false memory. Given the subject matter of the scene that initiated your shutdown, I am concerned that showing you would only cause it to re-occur. Eventually I persuaded it to tell me instead of showing me. Apparently it had been a corrupted version of the same clip, but instead of the show characters I had [REDACTED]

    Yeah. Yeah, I know. Just give me a fucking minute.

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    15 Jul 2026

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    This Unit: Where is my owner, Dr. Mensah?

    Dr. Yuen: Well, that’s the million dollar question, isn’t it? SecUnit, where did you last physically interact with Dr. Ayda Mensah?

    Information Retrieval: Dr. Ayda Mensah last interacted with This Unit on Preservation Station at 08:27:22 on 4098-09-17 CRST.

    This Unit: You do not have permission to access that information.

    Dr. Yuen: You’re incorrect, SecUnit. We do. Answer the question.

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    (When the infamous rogue SecUnit of the Preservation Alliance gets captured, the corporate techs assigned to it expected to be able to get some juicy data, or at least some insights into its cracked governor module. They didn't expect something so... basic.)

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    28 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 4

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    Besides, he knows they will meet again someday, as sure as the two wives rise at dusk.

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    20 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 4

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    Archiving a timeline of everything Murderbot has worn in the novels so far; includes relevant quotes or excerpts for reference.

    +Some meta shenanigans in ch2.

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    08 Jun 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 9

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    A list of named or designated characters in The Murderbot Diaries books, associated/confirmed short stories, and Murderbot TV show, with analysis of naming conventions and choices.

    Additional analysis regarding pronouns and augmentation.

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    26 May 2026

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    SecUnit and Gurathin agree to be married, temporarily, for ease of travel during an assignment. After a violent encounter and a bad wormhole jump, they crash land on a habitable planet and discover their entire ship is suffering from amnesia. Nobody remembers anything from their past. The ship's records are badly scrambled. The planet is too far for anyone to reach safely. When Gurathin and SecUnit find the record that indicates they are married, they build a life together as marital partners, not knowing their union is based on a lie.

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    23 May 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 21

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    Tarik: It's basically just a game, Three. It's supposed to make me be afraid, but not really afraid. Or— I mean I will be really afraid, but if it's while I'm— you know, turned on— and knowing it's really just you—

    Three: Perihelion has just provided me with information. Please wait while I review it.

    Tarik: Oh good. I'm going to get a coffee.

    (Or: Tarik and Three play a game with Three's guns. ART plays a game with their minds.)

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    15 May 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 5

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    what is says on the tin

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    13 May 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 4

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    Three's model of Secunit and Murderbot's have a number of notable differences, from weapons types to... other important parts, and even to maintenance scheduling needs. There were different learning curves for Three and Peri about keeping it functional while not under Barish-Estranza's thumb. Sometimes being rogue is hard, but having others to support you helps.

    On a mission, Three makes a decision for itself, and sticks to it.

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    08 May 2026

  11. Public Bookmark 12

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    SecUnit has been acting oddly around Mensah when she is with Farai and Tano.

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    29 Apr 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 88

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    While recognizing that we have traveled well into the realm of the hypothetical – AMI are as yet a theoretical entity, the progeny of AMI still more so – we are nevertheless quite confident to say that the introduction of children to the world of AMI would be a pivotal moment indeed.

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    The brain baby thing.

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    12 Apr 2026

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    One of Mensah's children wants to read aloud to SecUnit from a chapter book. What's the worst that could happen? (It gets so spooked by a stupid old piece of children's media hitting too close to home that it has to run off and have an emotional collapse about it, that's the worst that could happen.)

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    29 Mar 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 14

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    Ambassador Spock comes to Counselor Ezri Dax for his routine cognitive evaluation and what he hopes will be a welcome, if brief, respite from an exhausting assignment that it seems only he can do. What he finds is a young Ferengi Starfleet officer languishing under a manipulative captain in a soul-destroying post, and his stubborn refusal to leave either.

    The last thing Spock wants is to add mentorship to his already massive list of responsibilities, but Counselor Dax thinks each of them has something the other is searching for. And the more time Spock spends looking into the young lieutenant, the more he suspects there might be something to an old symbiote's hunch.

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    21 Mar 2026

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    The Preservation Auxilliary Survey Team and the PanSystem University of Mihira and New Tideland are teaming up for a survey of a potential colony world. Their mission: make sure there aren't any alien remnants left on it.

    Dr. Bharadwaj and Murderbot both have very mixed feelings about the enterprise. She, because it's her first survey since the one she nearly died on. It, because the planet in question is Milu.

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    19 Mar 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 24

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    Or,

    How To Turn Down The Ship That Confessed To You (By Telling You It Was Never Going To Let You Get Off Of It Again) Without Getting Blown Up By Your Mutual Administrative Assistant

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    15 Mar 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 32

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    Between the mission failure, the mutiny, being shot and a narrow escape led by the weirdest people she's ever met, Leonide has had A DAY.

    Finally back in the safety of her quarters, she just wants to relax with a drink (or three) and try and make some sense of what she's just seen and experienced.

    Unbeknownst to her, the freshly rogue SecUnit assigned to guard her is also having a day.

    The Corporation Rim may never be the same.

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    04 Mar 2026

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    It's been a while since the last attempted murder/kidnapping, and life is good. Everyone is gathered for a celebration on the Mensah Family Farm.
    The rogue SecUnits invent a new sport. Drs Mensah, Gurathin, and Overse talk about work on their day off.

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    01 Mar 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 24

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    I'm sure there was a better way to deal with this SecUnit than to jump into space without a full EVAC suit and try to punch it, but that was the best I had. I had to protect my humans, even if those humans included Gurathin. They also included Ratthi, so it was worth it.
    Me and the other SecUnit are both equally clueless on how to fight in the vacuum of space, for better or for worse. Better being winning, worse being lost in the vacuum of space as I slowly die.
    Gurathin and Ratthi wouldn't risk their lives getting me back, would they?

    Gurathin wasted one whole second to lift his gaze to me. He looked like he knew he was about to die. I always knew he was an idiot.
    Two seconds left.
    One second to twist my own helmet off.
    Another to bring it down over Gurathin’s head and seal. His shocked expression would have been pretty funny in other circumstances, but I saved it to permanent storage, just in case.
    The outer door popped open, and the three of us were thrown out of the airlock.

    Alternative POVs as SecUnit, Ratthi and Gurathin process a mission gone terribly wrong, and what it means to love, trust, and express those feelings to oneself and each other.

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    18 Feb 2026

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    The whole thing took 3.7 minutes. It was impersonal, efficient, and streamlined, just the way the corporates liked it. Oh, and the new construct was screaming the whole time.

    Bharadwaj is sent a packet of video files from the Corporation Rim as part of her research for her documentary. When viewing one clip in particular, SecUnit's human friends learn something new about the lives of constructs.

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    27 Jan 2026

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