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Platform DecayMartha WellsThe Murderbot Diaries, book 8

Characters in Platform Decay

4 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Murderbot (SecUnit)

    A self-aware security android that has hacked its own governor module and now navigates the fallout of a new emotion-processing upgrade while entangled in an escalating conflict with a rival faction.

Antagonists

  • Leonide (Murderbot Diaries)

    A supervisor for the Barish-Estranza corporation, which runs the station and is holding Dr. Mensah's family in indentured servitude.

Supporting characters

  • Dr. Mensah

    Murderbot's closest human ally from the Preservation Alliance; her family is being held in indentured servitude on the corporate station Murderbot volunteers to rescue them from.

    Also in All Systems Red, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Home, Fugitive Telemetry, System Collapse

  • Three (Murderbot Diaries)

    A SecUnit that Murderbot freed from its governor module; Murderbot deals with the fallout of that decision over the course of the rescue mission.