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    No One Has To Know by for pizzazz_party

    Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

    01 Feb 2026

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    In which a young Perihelion decides to play house with a shuttle, gets in a little over its head, and Seth (for definitely unrelated reasons) has an incredibly weird day at work.

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    Volatile Organic Compounds by

    Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

    28 Aug 2025

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    “SecUnit, what’s your favorite smell?” Double ugh. How the fuck was I supposed to answer this without being rude?

    “I like it when there isn’t a smell.” There, that was a positive spin on my negativity, I guess. Maybe I should have lied, though. Everyone in the shuttle was frowning to some degree. Way to bring down the mood, Murderbot.

    “You don’t like any smells?” Iris asked.

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    Damage To Equipment by

    Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

    18 Feb 2026

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    Let’s start with the good part.

    I accidentally helped Three (who was also helped by Ratthi and Bharadwaj) invent trauma recovery modules for murderbots. ART unhelped at first, but then it helped. I keep saying help too much but I’m not fucking changing it again, it’s been two hours. Anyways.
    The bad part is everything else that had to happen first. Sane people shouldn’t get anywhere near a SecUnit’s worst memories, which is what we did so you don’t have to. Though I guess if you need the modules, you do have to. That’s kind of the point.

    Well, don’t worry about all the atrocities. There’s no way yours can be worse than mine.

    —youCANskipthispart/doc/TrauModOrigins.file

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    Perihelion Mission Logs by

    Fandom The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells

    21 Feb 2025

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    The story of The Murderbot Diaries, but as told from ART's point of view.

    NEXT UP: Network Effect

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    22 Dec 2025

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    NULLverse: The Bot-Construct Disaster Squad by

    Fandom The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells

    18 Dec 2025

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    With Networks VOID/Networks VITAL, NULLverse is narratively Complete. But I keep writing anyway. Cuz it's fun.

    Consider this series if you like: feral shit, disaster, continuity of identity+memory, societies of people with divergent needs/wants, chaos, robot creation ethics, violence vs security, suffering, healing, bad puns.

    Canon Divergence AU:
    - At the end of Exit Strategy, the Combat SecUnit succeeds at capturing Murderbot
    - Murderbot is subjected to Palisade's construct research lab
    - The Combat SecUnit is A (Problematic) Character
    - Disaster ensues

    Series has its ups and downs regarding angst, dark comedy, and trauma recovery themes. Plus some whack worldbuilding speculation. We like to multi track drift here. It’s crack it’s angst it’s fluff? We have the RangeTM

    Some installments are skippable if u so prefer. Reading order is suggested but not strictly necessary if u are a flexible type. Mix and match if you want. Go crazy. I know I am.

    Hope you have fun!

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    18 Dec 2025