Reclaim the Sky
In a setting where SecUnits aren't just glorified labour enforces, but also the living components of highly advanced and modular military fliers, Murderbot is deployed on a planetary survey with the DeltFall research group. Things go wrong, of course, and Murderbot has to deal with guilt, loss, the mortifying ordeal of being known, and the repercussions of a past it can't remember.
It also has to avoid the pursuit of the company vessel Perihelion, who seems determined to return Murderbot to its 'rightful' place on its inventory list amongst its own squad of SecUnit fliers...
(In this AU, the Corporation Rim is a lot more militarized - the larger corporations have carriers and super-carriers housing squadrons of SecUnits equipped with multi-purpose starfighters. For the most part though, it's a cold war - outright warfare is unprofitable, so corporations hire out some of their SecUnits (either with or without accompanying starfighters, depending how much you're willing to pay) to "protect your assets and investments from the dangers of unexplored planets or actively hostile takeovers! Don't leave yourself undefended!"
Hard Reset
Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, AAA Murderbot, Memory Loss, Memory Alteration, Canon-Typical Behavior, Canon-Typical Violence, Prequel, Body Horror, Non-Consensual Body Modification, Fridge Horror, Hopeful Ending
Published: 11 January 2023
Word Count: 2,538
Company technicians attempt to wipe the memory of a SecUnit that was involved in a war crime.
It resists.
Clipped Wings
Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, AAA Murderbot, Canon-Typical Violence, an au retelling of All Systems Red, what if Murderbot had a starfighter, and that starfighter was actually part of it, also Murderbot is one of DeltFall's units
Published: 10 March 2022
Word Count: 57,706
Before I could even register what was going on, garbled junk data flooded my systems, overloading all my inputs and triggering a cascade failure.
I was completely scrambled; my engines flared and then cut out entirely, leaving me to the mercy of momentum and gravity. I couldn’t tell which way was up, could barely feel the air rushing past my wings and fuselage, could barely think through all my systems going utterly haywire. And now I was in uncontrollable freefall.
It had been such a beautiful day for flying.
(For the original version of this fic, click here.)
Fallen Feathers
Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, AAA Murderbot, outside POV
Published: 21 March 2022
Word Count: 3,515
Alternate point of view one-shot of a scene that Murderbot didn't see itself from Clipped Wings. Mensah and the rest of PreservationAux come to some uncomfortable realisations about the SecUnit assigned to their survey group...
(For the original version of this fic, click here.)
Shattered Skies
Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, AAA Murderbot, Canon-Typical Violence, an au retelling of Artificial Condition, Murderbot has a starfighter, but not any more
Published: 04 June 2022
Word Count: 41,344
Murderbot has managed to fake its own death and escape the Company (apparently). But it's without its flier, it's left the PreservationAux humans behind, and it has no real idea of what it should do next...
Wind Shear
Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, AAA Murderbot, Canon-Typical Violence, an au retelling of Rogue Protocol, tentative friendship, learning how to Be, Murderbot misses its flier
Published: 12 October 2022
Word Count: 40,394
Murderbot and its new travelling companion have to find themselves a job in their efforts to escape the Corporation Rim.
Things don't go quite as planned. But really, when do they ever?
Ship's Log
Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Outside POV, light angst, Canon-Typical Fridge Horror, Canon-Typical Violence, Perihelion and Seth Try To Understand
Published: 26 January 2023
Word Count: 35,107
Perihelion has carried several SecUnits and their fliers as part of its equipment for years. It has never bothered to interact with its SecUnits directly - it's never had reason to before. They're just equipment. All existing data states this. Peri and its humans have never had reason to question that data.
Until now.
(Outside POV snippets from Seth and Perihelion's point of view, of various events happening in the background of the Reclaim the Sky series.)
Final Approach
Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, AAA Murderbot, Canon-Typical Violence, an au retelling of Exit Strategy, Murderbot really misses its flier
Published: 07 January 2023
Word Count: 45,633
Murderbot attempts to find some closure for its fallen Deltfall clients and reconnect with PreservationAux, but the arrival of The Perihelion's captain and his accompanying SecUnit threatens everything that Murderbot has been working towards...
Hangar Space
Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, AAA Murderbot, Outside POV, Mensah POV, introspection
Published: 18 January 2023
Word Count: 4,732
Dr. Ayda Mensah is finally safely back at Preservation, and she considers all the ways her life has changed...
Operational Limitations
Tags: AAA Murderbot, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fugitive Telemetry AU, Murder Mystery
Published: 11 August 2023
Word Count: 44,093
Murderbot and Alpha are trying to settle in to their new life at Preservation, but not all the humans there are willing to accept a couple of military constructs existing amongst them. The two of them need to navigate not only their interactions with the humans around them, but also their interactions with each other as they try to figure out who they are and what they want, and how to handle it when their individual opinions conflict.
Oh, and there's also been a murder. That's complicating matters.
Terminal Velocity
Tags: TBA
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Word Count: TBA
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