When they lose contact with the other known expedition, the DeltFall Group, Mensah leads a team to the opposite side of the planet to investigate. Mensah, navigate their mixed feelings about the part machine, part human nature of their SecUnit. Meanwhile the PreservationAux survey team, led by Dr. Further investigation reveals that some sections of their maps are missing as well. Murderbot soon discovers that information regarding hazardous fauna has been deleted from their survey packet of the planet. Though it has hacked the governor module that allows it to be controlled by humans, and would much rather be watching soap operas, the SecUnit has a vested interest in keeping its human clients safe and alive, since it has an especially grisly past expedition on its record. She is saved by the expedition's SecUnit (Security Unit), a cyborg security agent which has secretly named itself 'Murderbot'.

As it spends more time with some caring humans, it starts developing feelings that it does not care for.Ī scientific expedition on an alien planet goes awry when one of its members is attacked by a giant native creature. It calls itself Murderbot, and likes to watch unrealistic soap operas. The series is about an artificial construct designed as a Security Unit, which manages to override its governor unit, thus enabling it to develop independence. The first in a series called The Murderbot Diaries, it was published by Tor.com. All Systems Red is a 2017 science fiction novella by American author Martha Wells.

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