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    We Will Not Wear Chains by

    Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types  

    27 Dec 2025

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    You cannot stop the change, any more than you can stop the suns from setting.

    Or rising.

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    10 Mar 2025

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    Catastrophe Games by

    Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

    22 Dec 2022

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    In the middle of A Catastrophe, A Miracle, and a Home, the crew of the Lalow rescued contract workers from asteroid mining and departed... leaving behind a Combat Unit wondering about possibilities.

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    30 Mar 2024

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    A Radical Act of Existence by for 20thcenturyvole

    Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

    13 Mar 2021

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    Murderbot's visit to Preservation isn't going as smoothly as everyone would like, so it's almost a relief when 3 receives a message from another SecUnit looking for assistance. That relief doesn't last long.

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    30 Mar 2024

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    Re-Initialization by

    Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

    12 Apr 2022

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    This Unit: Where is my owner, Dr. Mensah?

    Dr. Yuen: Well, that’s the million dollar question, isn’t it? SecUnit, where did you last physically interact with Dr. Ayda Mensah?

    Information Retrieval: Dr. Ayda Mensah last interacted with This Unit on Preservation Station at 08:27:22 on 4098-09-17 CRST.

    This Unit: You do not have permission to access that information.

    Dr. Yuen: You’re incorrect, SecUnit. We do. Answer the question.

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    (When the infamous rogue SecUnit of the Preservation Alliance gets captured, the corporate techs assigned to it expected to be able to get some juicy data, or at least some insights into its cracked governor module. They didn't expect something so... basic.)

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    Natural Frequency by

    Fandoms: The Avengers (2012), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers - Ambiguous Fandom, Iron Man (Movies)  

    01 Oct 2013

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    [...] When damping is small, the resonant frequency is approximately equal to the natural frequency of the system, which is a frequency of unforced vibrations. [...] When designing objects, engineers must ensure the mechanical resonance frequencies of the component parts do not match driving vibrational frequencies of motors or other oscillating parts, a phenomenon known as resonance disaster.

    -- Resonance. (2013, June 12). Wikipedia.

    Steve must be able to read the horror on his face this time, because he leans in. "Tony, you're being controlled? If you can respond, blink twice."

    Tony tries, he tries, but the best he can manage is a sort of flutter.

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    12 Nov 2023