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[serialmurderbot]

NICE SUGGESTIONS TO NOT FUCKING DIE

[Thanks for the name suggestion Arcade; SecUnit clearly didn't take to heart any of the other parts about not being able to tell people what to do.]

1. Never leave the Convoy [Convoy defined as the main trailers plus the radius of the shield and additional vehicles, approximately 80 meters] alone. Survey and scavenging groups should consist of at least 2 members.

2. When leaving the Convoy always inform someone outside of your party of your intended itinerary and duration of travel.

3. Perform regular check-ins during the excursion [ideally every 15 minutes] via the radio.

4. Bring a method of defense that you have training and certification in. This should be used as a LAST RESORT, if unable to avoid aggressive wildlife. Call for backup before engaging.

5. In an emergency situation safety of survey personnel is priority one. Abandon all equipment if necessary. Yes, even if that means the aggressive fauna will destroy it. Or eat it.

6. Never operate a vehicle or weapon while any of the following: Intoxicated, sleep-deprived, distracted, experiencing physical illnesses such as migraines, gastrointestinal symptoms, blood loss, etc.

7. Do not consume or touch unfamiliar plants or other food items without first confirming their safety for human ingestion. Licking counts as consuming.

8. Don't startle your SecUnit.

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[solitarysoul]

Groups leaving the Convoy should have at least one person with combat experience.

[This guy definitely knows that, but Levi feels it might need to be stated plainly. Civilians weren't always the brightest when it came to things like that.]

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[constantvrunning]

Cosigned.

[And rule 8 is especially noted.]

Won't be surprised if rule 6 becomes harder to enforce, courtesy of these transformations we have to deal with.

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[wereperrito]

I will try to follow these!

[Perhaps not the "never go anywhere alone" rule because that makes for boring rp isn't always feasible. But he will try!]

may I ask however

what is a SecUnit so I can avoid the startling?

[The thought certainly does occur to him that it's this person posting, but he does want to be sure.]

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[hexrot]

You've startled me more times than I did you.

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[taediosum]

[ TO BE FAIR,,,, he only reluctantly cosigned that title. SecUnit deserves the credit. ]

...Surprisingly reasonable.

Though I'm not exactly sure how we're supposed to confirm the safe application of unfamiliar plants without touching them.

[serialmurderbot]

And that.

[Of course, it doesn't help that SecUnit counts Levi as part of the 'civilian' category - but everyone is, to it. It's just that some humans can be considered competent enough to help. (Maybe this is part of the problem, says a suspiciously ART-like voice in the back of its head. It tells that voice to shut up.)]

Depending what you count as combat experience.

[solitarysoul]

normally? military training and experience, but there are people here who said they fought monsters or whatever back where they came from. i know first hand civilians can learn to fight well if they have no other choice.

[Oh, but he guesses Marcoh knew how to fight but wasn't a soldier.]

or boxing experience, i guess.

[serialmurderbot]

[Noted or followed, V? Also it was trying not to think about the transformations, thanks.]

That's why there's a convoy. And the shields.

[serialmurderbot]

[It would have things to say about that 'try', but... yeah, navigating 'what's a SecUnit' is now occupying more of its attention. Handle that first, Murderbot.]

What do you think?

[.... Okay, could maybe handle that better.]

[constantvrunning]

Such is the duality between security and solitude - or at the least, being able to choose it.

[V doesn't actually disagree with SecUnit - but also, what IS the upper weight limit of the Convoy trucks??]

[... Then they send another, secure message:]

SecUnit. That's how you prefer to be addressed, then? I could not read your feed signature, when you pinged me.

[Which they're willing to chalk up to world differences, frankly.]

[serialmurderbot]

You're not a SecUnit.

[Then, because it maybe should feel bad for that,]

I wasn't trying to.

[serialmurderbot]

[The credit and the blame!]

Why would you even try to do that.

[taediosum]

Because there are a lot of plants that, often in addition to being potentially safely edible, also have useful medical applications?

[wereperrito]

[Yes, you probably could have. Jack makes an attempt, at least.]

Unit suggests it is manufactured in some way but I do not know what Sec stands for. I am afraid English is not my first language.

[hexrot]

[ i don't know what I am anymore comes to mind, but he just skips over that. ]

I know you weren't. Don't worry about it.

Are there more of you?

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[flowersnjunk]

what's this "last resort" nonsense! they can't hit you if you hit them first

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[guidemyway]

But I wanna fight the aggressive wildlife! It's fun!

[serialmurderbot]

[Well, he's not wrong about the unit, so it focuses on the other part.]

It stands for Security. It's a... thing. Not anagram.

[serialmurderbot]

Boxing doesn't count.

[What the hell is boxing? Never mind. More importantly;]

The whole point of the list is keeping civilians safe. They shouldn't be trying to fight, it'll just get them killed or eaten. Or both.

[serialmurderbot]

Yeah, that works.

[It's not like there's another rogue SecUnit around for it to get confused with, and Three has its own name. Murderbot being Murderbot it's the only one who's just weird about this.]

Solitude isn't actually that great.

[serialmurderbot]

[No, I'm pretty sure I'm the only rogue SecUnit around and that the [company] didn't clone me or make copies of my memories and stick them in with some new neural tissue.

Existential crisis of existence aside;]

Not here. And before you ask, yes I would know, it would be really fucking obvious.

[serialmurderbot]

[Sounds fake but okay. Is it possible for messages to carry a whole heap of suspicion? Because it's simply radiating that vibe in two whole words.]

Like what.

[solitarysoul]

i'd agree with you, except i saw a boxer using his moves to take out monster after monster.

you're right they shouldn't be trying to fight, though. its clear there are some of us here who know how so nobody else should need to.

[Hopefully. There were more combatants here than in Prehevil at least.]

[serialmurderbot]

Yeah, and then they hit you back harder because most hostile fauna don't go down in one shot unless you're really fucking good at your job.

[Maybe the implication of 'and I don't think you're that good' is subtle? Maybe. Unlikely.]

[serialmurderbot]

Are you insane.

[Actually no it's not done.]

They're not fun, they try to eat people.