FL-01.0004 All Systems Red

Biology and computer science bolted together, and the problem of constraining something you made smart enough to guard you.

A SecUnit is a security construct, part cloned tissue and part machine, rented out by the Company along with the rest of the equipment. This one has quietly hacked the governor module meant to compel its obedience, hides the fact because discovery would mean being scrapped, calls itself Murderbot in private, and would rather watch serialized drama than talk to any human alive.

All Systems Red by Martha Wells, first published 2017. This packet is the science that comes with it, in Biological Sciences, Computer Science and Social Sciences.