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Port Freecommerce

The Station · Station

The Company station Murderbot fled: site of the offices, deployment center, and its old repair cubicle.

Story so far

Port FreeCommerce is the station Murderbot always thought of simply as 'The Station,' the location of The Company's offices and the deployment center where it was stored between contracts in a repair cubicle, transport box, or standby. It only learns the station's real name from a newsburst. It is where Dr. Mensah bought its freedom and where it walked away alone, and where the GrayCris legal battle and the interviews that could expose its hacked governor module are unfolding.

Its newsbursts keep chasing Murderbot outward through the wormhole network, published a cycle after it left.

Appearance

A large Corporation Rim station of company offices, deployment centers, hotels, and busy embarkation zones.

Role

The point of departure Murderbot is fleeing, and the source of the news that threatens to expose it.

Relationships

The Company — Home to its offices and the deployment center where Murderbot was stored.
Murderbot — The station it left alone, and whose newsbursts keep tracking its former existence.
Sources — 1 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 1
  • The Company station Murderbot fled: site of the offices, deployment center, and its old repair cubicle.
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