

In Fugitive Telemetry, Murderbot states that it is "a construct made of cloned human tissue, augments, anxiety, depression, and unfocused rage, a killing machine for whichever humans rented me." As such, it is overly cautious (or perhaps the right amount of cautious).

Murderbot describes itself as paranoid and anxious. Since hacking its governor module, Murderbot has developed considerable skills in hacking other systems, including the ability to manipulate security camera footage to remove its presence. Murderbot has energy weapons built into its forearms, a skeleton of synthetic bone and metal, the ability to survive with very little air and no food (it can't eat see also: SecUnit), and is considerably faster, stronger, and more durable than nearly all humans, even augmented humans. Other characters reference it using the pronouns “it” and “its” and Murderbot does not object, using the same pronouns for all other bots and constructs in its various encounters.Īpproximately 35000 hours (4 years) before the start of All Systems Red, Murderbot hacked its governor module and has spent most of its free time since then browsing entertainment media, especially its favorite serial, The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon.Īs a SecUnit, Murderbot is designed to interact with SecSystems and has skills in surveillance, data mining, combat, and computer systems. Like all SecUnits, it has no gender or sex related parts, and it repeatedly states that sex-related things are uninteresting and, like all human things, somewhat disgusting to it. Murderbot is a bot- human construct, specifically a SecUnit. Mensah and now resides at Preservation Station. Formerly owned by the company, it was bought and freed by Dr. Murderbot is a rogue SecUnit, the protagonist and main narrator of The Murderbot Diaries series.

I have extracted living clients from situations that were less than nine percent survivable.” ( Exit Strategy, Chapter 4) You’re the humans who walk in the wrong place and get attacked by angry fauna.
