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A free SecUnit reluctantly turns its corporate survival expertise toward Preservation Station’s first apparent murder.

Senior Officer Indah

Preservation Station’s square-built senior security officer must master an unfamiliar murder while sharing authority with a SecUnit she distrusts.

Preservation’s composed council leader turns a shocking death into an opportunity for Murderbot to earn trust and belonging.

A murdered Corporation Rim traveler leaves conspicuous clothing, a sterilized body, and a trail back to a crippled cargo transport.

Preservation’s formidable contract expert stands ready to defend Murderbot’s personhood with the full force of the law.

Special Investigator Aylen

A hard-eyed special investigator tests Murderbot as a suspect before sharing the surveillance anomaly at the heart of Lutran’s death.

A mining corporation traps generations of contract laborers in an asteroid belt by controlling every route and supply.

A shabby WayBrogatan cargo ship secretly carries escaped mining families along a compartmentalized route toward freedom.

Preservation Port Authority

Preservation’s dock authority offers free traveler aid while its cameras and delivery systems become essential evidence in Lutran’s murder.

Preservation Station Security

A safety-focused station department confronts its first murder with limited forensic resources and reluctant outside expertise.

An earnest Preservation biologist draws Murderbot into chosen research work, live theater, and the possibility of an ordinary life.

A seemingly idle Port Authority bot unfolds into a towering dock guardian and forces open the hatch holding Aylen hostage.

An augmented scientist challenges Murderbot constantly while quietly ensuring that neither cameras nor investigators can misrepresent its actions.

A five-meter cargo bot hides dry humor behind a ridiculous shared nickname while helping search the oldest Merchant Dock spaces.

Preservation Responder

Preservation’s armed patrol ship secretly finds the missing refugee module on a vessel hiding against the station hull.

Preservation Station

Preservation’s open, communal orbital station becomes the unlikely scene of an unidentified human’s murder.

Preservation Transit Ring

Preservation’s modest passenger-and-cargo port becomes the locked arena where Lutran’s route and a transport emergency converge.

Supervisor Gamila

A Port Authority supervisor walks into the Lalow expecting a cargo dispute and emerges shaken from an armed hostage attempt.

A cargo-safety technician becomes the murder investigation’s receptive forensic operator, learning rapidly from Murderbot’s unconventional analysis.

A self-named free bot helps Murderbot identify Lutran, then quietly points it toward the transport that carried him.

Breharwallhan Catcher Ship

A modified raider vessel hides against Pressy with the stolen refugee module clamped to a lethal jury-rigged boarding lock.

A scientist once saved by Murderbot researches construct prejudice and gives it an unusually safe place to speak honestly.

A Lalow crew member responds to expected corporate pursuit with armed defiance, then tries to protect the refugee route through silence.

An obsolete bag-like rescue vehicle carries Murderbot through darkness and returns six refugees safely to Pressy.

A large-handed Lalow crew member ruins a false cargo story but vividly exposes the slavery his family’s ship is fighting.

A curly-haired BreharWallHan refugee distrusts SecUnits but agrees to help Station Security bait Lutran’s murderer.

Preservation’s lovingly preserved colony ship becomes a hidden rescue corridor and launch point for an antique life-tender.

An independent station outside the Corporation Rim anchors the Lalow’s family history and clandestine refugee route.