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Graycris

The predatory corporation, now exposed and besieged after its hostage scheme fails and the bond company declares war.

Story so far

GrayCris, the series' principal corporate antagonist, drove book four by abducting Dr. Mensah and demanding a ransom to pay off the Company, desperate because it could no longer sell the alien remnants Murderbot exposed at Milu. When Mensah's rescue and the failed hostage grab escalated, GrayCris fielded Palisade SecUnits, a Combat SecUnit, and finally the Attacker, a neural-tissue construct, against the escaping gunship—believing Murderbot still carried the Milu evidence and the Wilken and Gerth blackmail clip. All of it failed.

By the book's end GrayCris is reeling: the bond company, enraged by the attack on its expensive gunship, has effectively declared war on it, and a coalition of other corporations and political entities has turned against it as the Milu data and Wilken and Gerth's clip—showing executives in possession of illegal alien remnants—go public across the newsfeeds. Wounded, exposed, and abandoned by profit, GrayCris is left to be torn apart by the rivals it provoked.

Appearance

An organization, not a person; represented by logos, litigation, hired mercenaries, and now damning public evidence.

Role

Corporate antagonist; the exposed, besieged villain whose scheme collapses by book's end.

Relationships

Dr. Mensah — Abducted and ransomed her, only to lose her to Murderbot's rescue.
The Company — Whose gunship it attacked, provoking the bond company to declare war on it.
Murderbot — The rogue SecUnit whose evidence and interference dismantle its scheme and expose its crimes.
Palisade — Its hired security arm, whose SecUnits, Combat SecUnit, and Attacker construct all fail against Murderbot.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 1
  • The predatory corporation behind the alien-remnant crimes, now moving legally and lethally against Dr. Mensah.
Chapter 8
  • The predatory corporation, now exposed and besieged after its hostage scheme fails and the bond company declares war.
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