Indah, understandably, doesn’t trust Murderbot, regardless of what Mensah and crew have to say on the matter. Murderbot’s paranoia has them constantly looking over the shoulder of Senior Officer Indah, convinced station security is not sufficient to guard Mensah from Gra圜ris agents, who are still a valid threat. Murderbot has been a standard SecUnit, a pretend augmented human, and a pretend SecUnit controlled by a handler, now a free agent they struggle to find cooperation and acceptance with Preservation Station security forces. But like the other Murderbot books, it puts our favorite SecUnit into a new situation where the operational parameters are different from before, with all the wit, humor, and side commentary that makes reading Murderbot so fun. Perhaps that has to do with the action taking place over a couple hours as opposed to days. Physically size wise, Fugitive Telemetry is on par with the other novellas, however, it felt more like a short story to me. As such it helps bridge Murderbot’s development, from the uncertainty of suddenly becoming a free individual to the more confident, and comfortable in their role, Murderbot of Network Effect. Fugitive Telemetry fills the gap between the ending of the fourth Murderbot novella, Exit Strategy, and the follow up full length novel Network Effect.
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