Murderbot stuff?

Your wife is a wonderful, caring planetary leader and scientist <3

She goes on what's meant to be a mundane planetary survey expedition

this turns into a corporate death trap she and her team just barely escape with their lives

after the death trap she gets kidnapped by the corporation that made the death trap due to them not wanting to pay damages

again. she and her team miraculously escape with their lives

after what easily had to be 6+ months she finally arrives home

Your wife is traumatized, unwilling to talk about or address this trauma, and now has a co-dependent relationship with a rogue SecUnit

You and the family are really trying not to hold the 'rogue SecUnit' thing against the Rogue SecUnit. Not its fault. But it is sarcastic and glares a lot and is non-social and has installed literal spydrones everywhere. It's willing to kill anyone who hurts your wife or her extended family. This is, to put it bluntly, a bit of an Adjustment for everyone.

Your wife decides to retire from being a planetary leader. One one hand, you think it's a good idea for her to take the time to focus on her mental health and be with her loved ones. On the other hand, it's concerning all of this has made her give up one of her passions.

One of your older children is going on her first off-planetary survey. This is good, obviously :) It's just. you are all still stressing from the trauma of your last family member's planetary survey.

It's fine. It's going to be fine. Your brother-in-law is going to be with her, and a bunch of your wife's long-standing colleagues, and-- you have complex feelings about this-- the SecUnit. it will be fine.

It is not fine.

The SecUnit and your brother-in-law and your daughter have all been kidnapped by a mysterious force for mysterious reasons.

Now your wife-- who is meant to be on indefinite mental health leave-- is off to save them.

You and your third partner want to go with her. You want to. But you have no skills for this, and family at home you need to care for. So you stay on the sidelines, waiting, waiting, waiting.

THEY'RE OKAY EVERYONE IS OKAY

thank fuck. phew. okay. now they're going to come home and--

what do you meant they're not coming home

what do you mean your child has decided to go to university off world at the school that kidnapped her

what do you mean your wife, instead of retiring, has decided to become some sort of anti-corporate activist

Yeah okay. This is not a conversation to have over the feed with a 2+ month time delay. You need to have an in-person conversation. You'll make a family trip of it; Nana and Sofia will come with. This is a good, normal, family visit

1) Infiltrate space dock with Apprentice

2) Arrive in Space!Colorado 🗻 biome to rescue your humans #myhumans

3) Feed humans lunch at Space!Rainforest Cafe biome 🌳🌴

4) Steal go kart and drive directly into Space!Mad Max 🏎

5) Get pit maneuvered by frat bros (derogatory) in Kyle's mom's luxury RV

6) Steal Kyle's mom's luxury RV 🚐

7) Arrive in Gang War biome (also in space)

8) Rescue/steal additional humans from crack den #myhumans #adoptdontshop

9) Battle of Blair Mountain (short) (accidental)

10) Industrial Wasteland Roadtrip 🏭🏗

11) Meet up with wayward Apprentice/Slave revolt leader? #vivalarevolution ✊️

12) We heard you like distractions so we put a distraction in your distraction

13) Fuck him, we'll find you a better father, not me, gross

There is much discussion about whether SecUnits would be more masculine or feminine due to various hormones washes as they develop. What if they truly are neither? As in, many masculine humans are have XY chromosomes and some don't, many feminine humans have XX chromosomes and some don't. But why limit ourselves to those two choices?

If I were an evil corporation with high technology relating to genetics, I would make my own proprietary chromosome (let's call it Z) so my constructs could have custom hormonal profiles and body plans.

I could use this custom chromosome to make hormonal, physical and neurological profiles that are truly neither masculine or feminine, but something else entirely. I could use this chromosome and pack it with synthetic genes that turn on it off in response to digital, chemical, or environmental signals that would not affect an organic human. I could cause this chromosome to grow organs that humans don't possess, or grow organs in ways natural humans don't (ultra dense, crystalline/metallic bones or interfaces).