Muderbot is extremely competent. As much is it harps on how low quality it is, it has consistently made great choices and executed them and saved its humans over and over again. And also now we know from Rapport that it isn't as cheaply made as it thinks.
But also, it wouldn’t have survived a single book if it didn’t have friends
Without Mensah and PresAux it would have been taken over/killed
Without ART’s help it would’ve been captured
Without Miki it would be dead
Without Gurathin it would be dead
Without bots in Preservation Station it would be dead
Without ART, 2.0, Three, Preservation and Peri's humans it would be taken over by TargetControlSystem
Without ART drone it would be dead
What I’m saying is friendship is magic.
No, but seriously, as much as the series is about Murderbot learning to be a person (allowing itself to be one), it is also about the importance of friendship, of finding people to connect to. How these bonds can save you as a person, but also quite literally.
