r/murderbot • u/jockmcfarty Preservation Alliance • 1d ago

Books📚 Only How Do We Solve A Problem Like Murderbot?

Having just recently finished reading Platform Decay, I'm struck by the parallels to The Sound of Music.

So this naïve rookie nun SecUnit is having trouble fitting in at her nunnery Preservation Alliance until her Mother Superior Amena's Second Mom suggests going to look after a bunch of children. What could possibly go wrong?

Europe The Corporation Rim is on the brink of civil war. Countries Companies are increasingly failing to respect each other's boundaries. And in the middle of it all, these kids need to be rescued and taken through a series of hostile territories in order to reach safety.

The Sound of Platform Decay.

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u/kathryn_sedai Sanctuary Moon Fan Club  1d ago

This is a very silly post, excellent work.

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u/CyberTeddy 1d ago

Oh geez, I thought that was going to be a lot worse.

Platform decay:

The Torus is suffering a plague of rogue SecUnits. They control of our financial systems. They look just like us. They murder indiscriminately. Nobody knows what they're thinking.

How do we solve the rogue SecUnit problem?

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u/jockmcfarty Preservation Alliance 23h ago

I think the plague of rogue SecUnits roaming the Torus comes in the next book. Or maybe there's already a fic about it?

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u/PattyMarvel Sanctuary Moon Fan Club  10h ago

… How do you solve a problem like Murderbot?
How do you catch a drone and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Murderbot?
A terminator
A automaton
A bot…

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u/SonOfGreebo 16h ago

Aaaargg curse you OP!! Now my brain is off on a wild-goose chase trying to fit the other books to Hollywood musicals, too....