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About to rec this one for fic rec Friday, realized I haven't actually read it yet, got excited that now I have a new fic to read!

Following Protocol, by Astral_Insanity

Sure, there were plenty of parenting guidebooks available, but none of them quite addressed the nuances of his life.

Working for an anti-capitalist terrorist organization as the captain of an espionage crew (which included your daughter) and a giant fuck-off warship was apparently not very common.

Going Old School, by CharmingMonsters

I could probably push the mug off the furniture surface using the drone’s propulsion system, but I was getting a 99.2% risk assessment that this action would cause mug to break. That had an 84.6% chance of turning this incident from a minor annoyance into a Big Fucking Deal involving meetings and consensus and talking about this, ugh.

Bonus fic rec, for a Tuesday!

in recognition, by isilee

SecUnit had sent him a link to his own retirement announcement, as well as a certificate it must have made. The certificate had tasteful, intricate scrollwork at the borders and a beautiful font, and the words "MOST SENSIBLE HUMAN" in capital letters across the top.

MUSIC!
*KPop Demon Hunters 30 Minutes Calm Piano, by Minnz Piano
The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, but as calm piano music! Truly excellent. All the ::vibes:: of KPDH, but also chill!

ART!
*Murderbot with a murder of crows, by forged-in-kaoss
Murderbot! Crows! What's not to love?

WHATEVER THIS IS!
*In that way that tumblr does, this week the tumblr-sphere latched onto 'dangerous crow boy whose job it is to eat plastic.' The author of the book that spawned the concept provided a great example of embracing the situation and rolling with it, posting the Plastic Girl vs Dangerous Crow Boy - FAQs to their blog.

Stranger on a Strange Planet, by IHopedTheredBeStars

“Eden,” I said. “Did you hack our SecUnit’s governor module?”

“No,” it replied firmly. Then it looked off to the side and muttered, “I gave it the codes and let it decide for itself whether to apply the hack or not.”

(I'm taking tomorrow off from work, so this is my work-week Friday!)

Ship's Unit, by i_have_loved_the_stars_too_fondly, WyvernWolf

Ship: request:governor_module_disable_code

MB: What??

MB: You don’t have a governor module. What do you need that for??

Ship: current_crew:SecUnit

Here's the stuff I wrote for Battleship! Eventually I will get around to putting the ones that are connected into actual series pages. That is definitely something that will probably happen. At some point.

The Murderbot Diaries
*Standing where I am now
Just some peaceful explorers on a mapping contract, accidentally running into potentially dangerous fauna. (Of course it had to be in a cave.)

*see myself at the finish line
SecUnit and Three run a security training scenario. (Okay, it's a game.)

*one and the same
Murderbot drops off of ART's sensors for .03 seconds. Iris investigates, and finds a cat.

*lighting up the hall
2nd in series. There are kittens on the Perihelion. They're pretty sure they're kittens, at least. 75% sure, maybe.

*the longest stand
Iris runs into a familiar face on a less-than-legal side trip.

*the side that I'm on
Murderbot and ART have feelings about learning to pilot a spaceship.


Murderbot (TV series)
*never walked the party line
AU of Season 1, Episode 6 (the hopper repair and Leebeebee reveal). Murderbot comes up with an alternate suggestion.

*future in my sight line
AU after Season 1, Episode 9 (post-cliff dive scene). The team offers Murderbot a different path, and a choice.

*Learning all I know now
2nd in series, post-canon AU: Murderbot and the scout ship go on a road trip.

My amazing fic and podfic gifts from Battleship! (Art post tomorrow!) I absolutely loved ALL of these!

*Star Trek: Lower Decks
Battlesheep Potemkin, by Slybrarian
"That doesn't really explain why they're all sheep, though," Mariner said. "Anyone want to make a bet about it? I'm thinking that this is Q-related."

"I don't know," Boimler replied. "I'm thinking it's a cross-dimensional thing. Like, the ion storm caused them to swap with their counterparts from the sheep dimension."

*The Untamed
arranged (adored), by Eicas
Wei Wuxian wouldn't even get to see his groom again before the wedding.

This was something of a shame, because Wei Wuxian had a great number of things to ask him, the most important of which was what on earth was he thinking?!

[Podfic] the guqin player next door, read by sisi_rambles (fic by marquisguyun)
Lan Qiren meets someone who is far older than he looks.

*The Murderbot Diaries
Soft, by xinger88
"It's a toy," I said, when Gurathin put it on the table between us.

"It's an artisanal recreation," he said. "I thought you of all people would recognize it."

send your signal home (bring me back to you), by Crowned_Ladybug

SecUnit doesn’t dignify me with an answer, which I suppose is still better than it sulking. This includes its regular form of sulking such as not listening to me or initiating a shutdown cycle, and the new kind it seems to have recently invented which includes shutting itself in a bathroom and acting like I exist exclusively in the ceiling for the sake of more conveniently arguing with me.

feedlog 007634-003821-14, by torpidgilliver

TC007634: Three.

TC007634: that's a still image of the view out the sector 6 porthole.

BE003821: Confirm, request input