In writing The Murderbot Diaries, Wells has created a unique character within the science fiction genre, an outsider of sorts who has to make its way through the human world and coexist. ” You ’ re not programmed to watch media. ” She started to turn toward me, then looked out over the plaza again. “ It was too late for you to help them, then. I saw from her reaction that she knew exactly what that meant. Abene had known I was a SecUnit, but she hadn ’ t known I was me.Īt one point, Murderbot is called out on wanting to help humans, and still tries to deny it: I didn ’ t have to force myself to stare at Pin-Lee ’ s face, worry that my expressions were normal. Mensah’s crew members, Murderbot begins to open up:Īnd it felt so weird to be talking to a human like this, a human who knew what I was. Murderbot’s positive feelings toward humans has been building and building and it’s grown even more in Exit Strategy. (Touching while rendering assistance, shielding humans from explosions, ect., is different.) But I was the only one here, so I braced myself and made the ultimate sacrifice. I had never wanted that and I still didn ’ t. In the shows, I saw humans comfort each other all the time at moments like this. Wells walks a fine line between showing Murderbot caring about humans enough to offer comfort, and having Murderbot admit to not wanting human comfort in return: It prefers to simply hide in consuming media and programming. Mensah in a final showdown with Gra圜ris.Īt the heart of the story told over the course of the four novellas is Murderbot’s constant struggle regarding its feelings toward and interactions with humans.
Reunited with the team from its first adventure, Murderbot attempts to rescue Dr. Mensah, Murderbot discovers she has been kidnapped by Gra圜ris, likely due to the idea that she sent Murderbot on its mission to uncover their secrets. Having had its memory wiped by Gra圜ris after a murder spree, Murderbot made it a mission to find out what happened the night of the murders.Įxit Strategy picks up after Murderbot returns from an abandoned terraforming project (in the third volume, Rogue Protocol) once run by Gra圜ris, the evidence it was looking for proving illegal activity by Gra圜ris in its grasp. Having secretly hacked its governor module, Murderbot chose to go out on its own rather than stay behind with its newfound friends and play by the rules of human society any longer. Mensah ultimately became the first human to treat Murderbot like a person. Mensah from the mysterious Gra圜ris Corporation. In that first installment, Murderbot was hired as a security unit (SecUnit) to protect a team of scientists lead by a Dr. Murderbot first burst on to the scene in 2017’s All Systems Red. The sassy, media loving AI ‘Murderbot’ returns in Exit Strategy, the final novella in The Murderbot Diaries.
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