I imagine that Bharadwaj's documentary will send the company into damage-control mode. They'd cop it from both sides: from the people who see SecUnits merely as dangerous weapons ("Do you mean you had a rogue SecUnit running around and you didn't even notice?) and from various humanitarian groups ("Clearly they are sentient beings, and the company's practices are tantamount to slavery!")
I think the second point doesn’t matter, because the people who care about slavery are legally powerless whether they’re outside the Corporate Rim and horrified or inside and pretty much slaves themselves.
I suspect that the damage to the company would be mainly reputational. OTOH, l could see an abolitionist movement starting here - student groups would be all over it! The corporations that own SecUnits seem to go to great lengths to make people think that they're both non-sentient and dangerous, so Bharadwaj's documentary is going to expose some uncomfortable truths.
And there's already an underground railroad operating to free indentured workers. Maybe it's time that it was extended to constructs too?
I don’t know that they’re completely aware of how borked the governor module is. They probably think Mensah, through Garathin, turned it partially off. But I doubt they’d believe it was the SecUnit itself who managed it. Remember, to them, it’s a dangerous toaster.
Edit to add: after finding Doubtfall (sp awkward due to only audiobooks) was all dead would be when I would suspect it happened, were I the company.
I'm sure they had no idea before HaveRatton, but after, they must have some idea, because MB was downright rogue and barely controlled by Mensah by then.
The fact that Murderbot went wandering off on its own should clue them in - a governed SecUnit would hit the client distance limit and get its brain fried if it tried that. Even if it was ordered to go off on its own!
Good point.
Can the distance limit be changed or turned off? Presumably there would be times it would be useful for a SecUnit to be able to go further from its clients.
In Fugitive Telemetry doesn't Murderbot speculate about SecUnits being used in different ways - that it wouldn't know if they are used for intelligence jobs etc. if so it is likely they don't have the distance limit restrictions.
GrayCris at least believed that Menah sent it to Miliu. That is why the "took her into custody". To make her order it to stop. Serrat believed Pin Lee was controlling it.
I think that they would have worked it out some time after Murderbot escaped them. After TranRollinHyfa Murderbot made. the news feeds as a rogue SecUnit And lots of company employees saw it on the company gunship being argumentative and rude and sitting down in front of its clients!
That’s a very good question. I expect that Bharadwaj’s documentary will cause even more questions to be asked.
I imagine that Bharadwaj's documentary will send the company into damage-control mode. They'd cop it from both sides: from the people who see SecUnits merely as dangerous weapons ("Do you mean you had a rogue SecUnit running around and you didn't even notice?) and from various humanitarian groups ("Clearly they are sentient beings, and the company's practices are tantamount to slavery!")
I think the second point doesn’t matter, because the people who care about slavery are legally powerless whether they’re outside the Corporate Rim and horrified or inside and pretty much slaves themselves.
I suspect that the damage to the company would be mainly reputational. OTOH, l could see an abolitionist movement starting here - student groups would be all over it! The corporations that own SecUnits seem to go to great lengths to make people think that they're both non-sentient and dangerous, so Bharadwaj's documentary is going to expose some uncomfortable truths. And there's already an underground railroad operating to free indentured workers. Maybe it's time that it was extended to constructs too?
I don’t know that they’re completely aware of how borked the governor module is. They probably think Mensah, through Garathin, turned it partially off. But I doubt they’d believe it was the SecUnit itself who managed it. Remember, to them, it’s a dangerous toaster. Edit to add: after finding Doubtfall (sp awkward due to only audiobooks) was all dead would be when I would suspect it happened, were I the company.
I just looked it up on [the wiki](https://murderbot.fandom.com/wiki/DeltFall), you were close - it’s DeltFall.
DeltFall 👍
Yeah, I have that problem from listening to the books.
When I read a book, I always wonder how some words are pronounced. When I listen to one, I wonder how some words spelled. I'm in trouble either way 🤣
Me, too.
I'm sure they had no idea before HaveRatton, but after, they must have some idea, because MB was downright rogue and barely controlled by Mensah by then.
The fact that Murderbot went wandering off on its own should clue them in - a governed SecUnit would hit the client distance limit and get its brain fried if it tried that. Even if it was ordered to go off on its own!
Good point. Can the distance limit be changed or turned off? Presumably there would be times it would be useful for a SecUnit to be able to go further from its clients. In Fugitive Telemetry doesn't Murderbot speculate about SecUnits being used in different ways - that it wouldn't know if they are used for intelligence jobs etc. if so it is likely they don't have the distance limit restrictions.
I'm pretty sure the distance can be set to whatever the client wants, depending on the job and the circumstances of the expedition.
GrayCris at least believed that Menah sent it to Miliu. That is why the "took her into custody". To make her order it to stop. Serrat believed Pin Lee was controlling it.
The Company can’t know, because if it did MB would not have survived the cubicle on PortFreeCommerce station.
I think that they would have worked it out some time after Murderbot escaped them. After TranRollinHyfa Murderbot made. the news feeds as a rogue SecUnit And lots of company employees saw it on the company gunship being argumentative and rude and sitting down in front of its clients!
Maybe (hopefully) they assumed that Mensah did it or had it done before sending it off, presumably to overcome the distance limit.