fastmagic28
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
What if the buoy launch failed?
How does PresAux survive on a survey planet while being hunted by GrayCris?
How does a murderbot survive in such close quarters to its humans?
Bookmarked by fastmagic28
01 Oct 2026
-
There is actually a way out from between a reinforced steel bulkhead and a hard place, but you're definitely not gonna like it by Dooiney_Oie
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
25 Aug 2021
Tags
Summary
The middle of All Systems Red, but with a few changes to how those pesky combat override modules work, among other things :)
Now with bonus chapters!
-
The humans were going to want to know what a combat override module was, what it did, how it worked, and most importantly, why it hadn't worked on me. I could answer the first three things just fine, but short of telling my already-jittery clients I was hacked ("so I'm actually one of those scary rogue units you've heard so much about, but the good news is that a combat override module can't hijack a governor module that doesn't work!"), that last thing was going to be a big problem.
Honestly, even if I did tell them exactly that, which I really didn't want to do, it was going to be a really big fucking problem.- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 23,918
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Comments:
- 197
- Kudos:
- 2,102
- Bookmarks:
- 481
- Hits:
- 15,933
Bookmarked by fastmagic28
05 Sep 2026
-
Tags
Summary
“It’s an invitation to go to a university and talk to some bots, what’s to make of it?” I said. Then the obvious reason behind Bharadwaj asking occurred to me. Oh, great. “Don’t tell me you’re actually thinking about going?”
“I’m considering it,” Bharadwaj said. “I set my own schedule these days, and I would very much like to speak with the bots they’ve been working with, if nothing else.”
I sighed. I like sighing at appropriate moments, and I think I’m pretty good at it at this point. “There are bots on Preservation.”
“True, but the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland has one of the most advanced programs in this section of the galaxy for the construction and study of higher-level bots!” Bharadwaj said, making one of those hand gestures she liked for emphasis.
-
AU after Fugitive Telemetry. Bharadwaj, Mensah, and Gurathin take a trip to do some research and rapidly uncover more than they'd bargained for. Why did Murderbot tag along on this low-risk research trip? Listen, don't worry about it.
Bookmarked by fastmagic28
26 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Seth side-eyed Iris, then snorted a laugh when she made a talking motion with her hand. “Uh huh.”
« Iris, I saw that. My point is, it is frankly insulting that you immediately assume I did something bad— »
“Peri broke protocol on its last cargo run,” Iris interrupted loudly.
--
Or, Seth finds out that the surprises never end when your kid is a giant homicidal starship.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 20,463
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Comments:
- 463
- Kudos:
- 2,854
- Bookmarks:
- 1,047
- Hits:
- 16,668
Bookmarked by fastmagic28
17 Jun 2026
-
Emotional Context by Clare_Hope
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kate DiCamillo
27 Mar 2026
Tags
Summary
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.)
Bookmarked by fastmagic28
16 Jun 2026