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The free, self-naming rogue SecUnit, carrying evidence against GrayCris and hunted across HaveRatton Station.

Preservation leader and Murderbot's rescuer, now accused of espionage by GrayCris and vanished into hostile corporate territory.

The augmented Preservation technologist who distrusts Murderbot, here on the ransom team and tracking Mensah's blocked implant.

Preservation's tough lawyer, leading the ransom negotiation and the first ally Murderbot approaches on TranRollinHyfa.

The predatory corporation behind the alien-remnant crimes, now moving legally and lethally against Dr. Mensah.

Palisade Security

A hired security company running an armed operation to capture the rogue SecUnit on HaveRatton Station.

Preservation Alliance

The casual non-corporate polity Mensah leads, whose lax security leaves her exposed off-world.

The warm, earnest Preservation biologist on the ransom team, shadowed by GrayCris on TranRollinHyfa.

The Evidence Clips

The memory clips of GrayCris's crimes that Murderbot carries, meant for Dr. Mensah.

A major corporate-hub station, home to GrayCris and hundreds of companies, where Mensah has reportedly gone.

The eager Preservation biologist who offers Murderbot a bond-free survey job outside the Corporation Rim.

Murderbot's absent research-transport friend, whose body-modification templates still help it pass as human.

The Preservation scientist who proposes documenting Murderbot's story to advance construct citizenship.

A GrayCris-fielded Combat SecUnit able to counter-hack Murderbot, who wants only to kill it.

Goodnightlander Independent

The non-corporate entity whose assessment team Murderbot saved at Milu, now offering to hire it regardless of what it is.

Haveratton Station

The large, heavily armed transit station where Murderbot lands and evades a corporate manhunt.

Mensahs Failsafe Implant

An emergency tracking implant Mensah bought, whose signal is dampened by the station security barrier.

Preservation field medic and Arada's partner, among the friends who welcome Murderbot home.

Preservation Transit Station

Preservation's transit station, built around the ancient colony ship that carried its refugee founders, where Murderbot comes to rest.

The smooth GrayCris representative sent to the ransom meeting, who draws a hidden gun and is overpowered by Murderbot.

A conscious, disembodied combat construct grown from human neural tissue, deployed by Palisade to destroy the gunship.

Murderbot's cheap, half-assed ex-owner bond company, whose suspended gunship rescue reveals Mensah's captivity.

The Company Gunship

The bond company's armed retrieval gunship, whose curious bot pilot merges with Murderbot to survive the Attacker.