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Special Investigator Aylen

Aylen · Officer Aylen · Special Investigator

Aylen guards Murderbot’s clandestine route, jokes through the tension, and receives frightened refugees from the antique rescue craft.

Story so far

Special Investigator Aylen’s initial suspicion of Murderbot has matured into operational trust. She waits at the entrance to Pressy’s unrefitted section, preventing anyone from following the SecUnit while remaining ready to call backup. Their private feed banter about Security’s professional swearing standards confirms that she now jokes with it as a colleague.

Once Murderbot goes offline, Aylen holds position until it reports that six refugees are incoming aboard an antique Life-Tender. She calls her team and tries to coax them from Pressy’s airlock corridor, where their terror makes even genuine Station Security difficult to believe. Her containment of the station side lets Murderbot finish the assault on the catcher ship without exposing the plan early.

Appearance

An adult woman special investigator of unspecified age, skin tone, hair, features, and build, wearing practical station-security clothing and a protective deflection vest.

Role

Aylen is Murderbot’s human backup and the first official contact for refugees whose experience has taught them not to trust uniforms or promises.

Relationships

Murderbot — Murderbot trusts Aylen to guard its retreat and receive the people it sends back, a major change from their first accusatory meeting.
Life-Tender — The Life-Tender delivers six frightened refugees into Aylen’s care inside Pressy.
Pressy — Pressy’s preserved corridors give Aylen a hidden staging point outside compromised port surveillance.
Sources — 4 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 4
  • A hard-eyed special investigator tests Murderbot as a suspect before sharing the surveillance anomaly at the heart of Lutran’s death.
Chapter 5
  • Aylen survives a hostage attempt, breaks the Lalow crew’s cover story, and comes to treat Murderbot as a genuine investigative peer.
Chapter 6
  • Aylen expands the search, accepts communications silence, and helps turn a missing cargo module into a covert hostage rescue.
Chapter 7
  • Aylen guards Murderbot’s clandestine route, jokes through the tension, and receives frightened refugees from the antique rescue craft.
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