Murderbot

- What is that? - It's a gift.

Do you think it's wise...

...crossing an ocean just because someone didn't answer?

What if one of those animals attacked them? More than one?

They have a SecUnit.

They could probably afford more than one.

Better than ours.

Harsh but fair.

I would want them to come and help us if we needed it.

And they might even know more about those mapping anomalies.

Then they need tech support.

Listen, we could send up a beacon and all be out of here right now.

The Company would love it if we quit.

Oh, it would just prove their theory that free planets can't handle themselves.

No, thank you.

- Can't argue with that. - Right.

We're just going to go to DeltFall, check it out,

and we'll be back before you know it.

Personally, I was against this whole trip.

Last thing I wanted was to be stuck with these people

and their pheromones in a small craft.

After you.

Oh, no, no. After you. I insist.

Oh, I'll go first. As per usual.

I don't have a stomach, so I can't throw up.

But if I did, I would.

SecUnit, uh.

I-I think it would be a really good idea if you would keep your helmet down

so that the others remember that you are part of the team.

Thank you.

Much appreciated.

Who the hell ever said I was part of the team?

Does it hurt?

It's not too bad.

I hope your pain sensors are dialed down.

I can't dial them down.

They disabled that function.

Oh, good old Strife in the Galaxy.

So unrealistic.

Not premium quality like Sanctuary Moon, but still fun.

I-I mean, it's a good thing their emergency beacon didn't launch.

- Right, Dr. M? - Sorry?

I mean, it's a... it's a good thing their emergency beacon didn't launch.

I think so.

What do you think?

They can imprison us.

But they can never stop us from being ourselves.

What do you think?

Security Unit?

Oh, she was asking me.

They have three contracted SecUnits.

But the communications equipment could've been damaged

if their habitat was hit by a hostile.

Aren't the emergency beacons designed to trigger

even if the rest of the comms equipment gets destroyed?

They're supposed to.

Equipment failures aren't unknown.

Great.

Yeah, but we have you. And you won't fail.

Hopefully not.

- Hello, you. - Ugh, come on.

Just wanted to say, thanks for all the great work.

Yeah. So we heard, or rather we were given to understand that, um,

Imitative Bot Units are partially constructed

- from vat-grown human tissue. - Great conversation starter.

- That is correct. - Wow.

Does that mean you have, like, human feelings too?

'Cause it really seems like you do.

It does? Shit.

Ratthi, what are you doing?

Okay, look. I know we agreed to back off,

but it feels really weird not to treat it as a person.

Why would I want that?

- You're upsetting it. - Yeah, Ratthi. Don't annoy it.

I'm just saying, this practice is disgusting.

It's horrible. It's actually slavery.

This is no more a machine than Gurathin is.

Oh, hold on. I definitely am.

You don't think it knows that?

Ratthi.

Fine. I'll apologize.

- No, no, no. - No, Ratthi.

- Just come back here. - Sorry...

While they exchanged pointless human sentiments,

I decided to check in on PreservationAux habitat via satellite.

Bharadwaj seemed to be healing well...

Physically.

- - Are you all right?

Oh.

I didn't s... see you.

S-Sorry, it's an old habit. Being quiet.

I just keep... ...seeing that creature bursting out of the ground.

And the smell.

I feel like I can still smell it on me.

I-I have some, um, behavioral therapy modules

if you'd like to try them?

- Oh, you mean for the... for the... - They're nonspecific.

I think I'm okay.

Gurathin. So creepy.

He's like the Stellar Inquisitor on Strife in the Galaxy.

Half man, half lizard.

Wait.

Why was he going into Mensah's room?

And why don't these people lock their fucking doors?

What was he doing in there?

Was he spying on Mensah?

I knew he was up to no good.

Was he working for the Company?

Or for another corporate entity?

Planting an explosive device so they could kill the crew,

take the proprietary data,

sell it on the black market and buy expensive luxury goods for himself.

Just like Bookkeeper Wittenmark did in episode 418 of Sanctuary Moon.

Oh.

He's smelling her pheromones.

This is truly depressing.

What's this?

The satellite signal just went down.

I'm pinging it, but there's no response.

I just felt a chill. Did anyone else feel a chill?

That damn satellite's been having outages since we got here.

Yeah, I've been tracking it lately to see if there's a pattern.

You have not.

They have.

Oh, idiot.

How did you know that?

Answer please, SecUnit.

The Company makes SecUnits check client activity logs periodically.

That is an invasion of privacy.

It is so fucked up that it is reading our logs.

It kind of is. We're paying the bond company, and they're spying on us?

What if... What if that's why the satellites went out. What... What if it's...

- Come on, you sound like Gurathin now. - Well, maybe he has a point.

Ah, thanks. Should've let that thing eat your wife.

Gurathin was wrong.

You don't mean us any harm, do you?

Not consciously.

Can't speak to the dark recesses of my programming.

My job is to protect you from harm.

You just paused for quite a while before you said that.

Yes.

Does anyone want to go back?

If the DeltFall team does need our help, and we don't go, how would we feel?

- Alive. - We should remember our history.

Captain Makeba, the rescue and all of that.

- Okay, so then let's do it. - Yeah.

Yep. We are not selfish Corporation Rim dirtbags.

We are Preservation Alliance.

Oh, wait. Um...

Get in here.

Not a chance.

- - Okay. Can't blame me for trying.

This is what happens when man and machine meet.

A hellish, harmful, hateful brew

compounded of tears, oil and blood.

- SecUnit, are you awake? -

Yes, Dr. Mensah.

Would you come sit with me at the controls?

Just for a moment? Thank you.

Perhaps I could override the lock mechanism

and jump out of the hopper.

Please sit.

What was it with humans and sitting?