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re-reading exit strategy and thinking about our pal "that one rude combat secunit"

So, I don't really know how much micromanaging a SecUnit's human supervisor does on the job, and even less when it comes to CombatUnits. But that first part "It wanted me to try to deliver some kind of malware or killware, like I was a fucking amateur and didn’t know that wouldn’t work," it kind of reminded me of when Tlacey sent her ComfortUnit to MB and it said (paraphrasing) "Hey we should totally kill all the humans together :)" to which MB responds with "...did Tlacey tell you to say that? is that how she thinks constructs talk to each other??"

maybe that first ping was a stupid plan because it was an order from a human. Its been said a couple times even humans who work closely with constructs don't really understand how they work and vastly underestimate their intelligence.

So...idk, I wonder if that "I want to kill you" actually came from the CombatUnit? There was a long pause from it when MB was making its pitch about the hack. Maybe that was the time it took to translate to the human commanding it, and for that human to panic and respond with a command along the lines of "oh god nope no no, absolutely not, refuse anything it says or sends, forget surrender, kill it Right Now"

(wouldn't be unreasonable panic since, as later in the book states, no one knows how MB hacked its governor module or how easy it'd be for other constructs to replicate. MB is dangerous af for multiple reasons)

i mean, who knows, it could have come from the CombatUnit itself. Maybe the silence was just it fully ignoring MB's offer (as it says, it's not a great pitch) But even if it did say it, it doesn't exactly read as...eager to me? at least, not now that I'm reading the text rather than audiobook. I suppose that's my own projection since I don't like to think of CombatUnits as a uniquely lost cause, but i think it's easy to read it as just an exasperated "can you please stop fucking around and let me Get This Over With so I can go back into stasis"

also.......MB, babyconstruct, "Okay, I was a little offended" as if this was not also your literal first thought when you were faced with (presumed) rogue SecUnits the first time*

*(yes there were many different factors at play there, but the parallel is still very funny to me)

anyway, it's entirely possible, probably likely, that this CombatUnit was the same one that got on board the palisade shuttle that the company gunship exploded into pieces. but i hope it wasn't. yes it has only spoken twice, yes those two things were impersonal and threatening, but its still technically the first construct MB offered freedom to and for whatever reason i want it to work someday. i just think it would be fun

#this is my first time reading through all the books in text form #the way the audiobook read that 'i want to kill you' line made it sound. idk. flat and robotic but also emphatic #and i honestly expected it to be written in all caps #nuance difference #murderbot #the murderbot diaries #tmbd #all systems red #exit strategy #yarrow reads tmbd #combatunit #combat secunit

I just saw this car on the street

#the murderbot diaries #random shit #combat secunit

A.6 for @shorroh - who doesn’t love a tortured guy with a pack of SecUnits 🙏

#artfight 2025 #artfight #murderbot #murderbot oc #secunit #combat secunit

First draft of this what we thinking

Yknow how MB says that SecUnits are “cheaply produced, and we suck” yet kicks extreme amounts of ass? Well I think MB is comparing itself to Combat SecUnits, which could shrug off hits like it was nothing (from the one example we have at least)

#it at least sort of fixed the issue of secunits apparently being really bad but also the pinnacle of human engineering and security #I don’t really like how that detail is inconsistent #anyways do y’all have any ideas #murderbot #the murderbot diaries #all systems red #exit strategy #secunit #combat secunit

Commission for @rj-abacura of his CombatUnit OC! The propaganda style poster was fun. Thank you so much RJ for the opportunity to draw this!!

Commissions are currently open -- please DM if interested. Pricing is slightly different than what's on my currently pinned post, I just haven't had a chance to make another commission sheet 😅

#fanart #the murderbot diaries #commissions #combat secunit #secunit #murderbot diaries #artists on tumblr #propaganda poster #Murderbot diaries oc #someone else's oc #original character

someone asked me to post the image of murderbot in a flower crown, so i figured why not post all a few of them! so here you go, these are some of the little edits i made for the murderbot uquiz :) (please note that i am not an artist (aka can't draw for shit), i used tmd cover art and some freepik art that i found. (sources below the cut))

#the murderbot diaries #murderbot #asshole research transport #2.0 #secunit three #combat secunit #comfortunit #𓄿 #these are silly #i know #i had a lot of fun with them :))#i might add the other 4 later but these are the ones i personally like the most #i think i'm also going to make more icon-style murderbot edits #there is so much great cover art to work with #and it's so much fun!!!!

my secunit ocs ❤️ dawn and dusk were deployed together and later had their contracts bought by the same shady corporates 😄 combat was brought in later and is the odd one out

#the murderbot diaries #tmbd #tmd #murderbot diaries #secunit ocs #sec units #combat secunit #dawn and dusk are in a qpr #combat has a thing for both of them but isn’t included until the other two learnt what to make of him #ignore the design inconsistencies i’m still trying to figure out how i want secunit to look #dawn oc #dusk oc #combat oc #my art #original character #secunit oc #sec unit oc #murderbot diaries oc

re-reading exit strategy and thinking about our pal "that one rude combat secunit"

also.......MB, babyconstruct, "Okay, I was a little offended" as if this was not also your literal first thought when you were faced with (presumed) rogue SecUnits the first time*

*(yes there were many different factors at play there, but the parallel is still very funny to me)

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