All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

by Martha Wells

The other good thing about my hacked governor module is that I could ignore the governor’s instructions to defend the stupid company.

you may have noticed that when I do manage to care, I’m a pessimist.

I am not a combat murderbot, I’m Security. I keep things from attacking the clients and try to gently discourage the clients from attacking each other. I was way out of my depth here, which was another reason I hadn’t wanted the humans to come here.

Gurathin turned to me. “So you don’t have a governor module, but we could punish you by looking at you.” I looked at him. “Probably, right up until I remember I have guns built into my arms.”