02539cam a2200301 4500 585204738 TxAuBib 20220519120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063139343 0063139340 63506b4b-9f14-443d-a437-fefe14b0080a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6158931 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Lostetter, Marina J. Activation Degradation [Libby] : A Novel. HarperAudio, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 274MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 274MB. Fiction. Science Fiction. Thriller. HTML:<p><strong>The Murderbot Diaries makes first contact in this new, futuristic, standalone novel exploring sentience and artificial intelligence through the lenses of conflicted robot hero Unit Four, from Marina Lostetter, critically acclaimed author of Noumenon, Noumenon Infinity, and Noumenon Ultra.</strong></p> <p>When Unit Four—a biological soft robot built and stored high above the Jovian atmosphere—is activated for the first time, it's in crisis mode. Aliens are attacking the Helium-3 mine it was created to oversee, and now its sole purpose is to defend Earth's largest energy resource from the invaders in ship-to-ship combat.</p> <p>But something's wrong. Unit Four doesn't feel quite right.</p> <p>There are files in its databanks it can't account for, unusual chemical combinations roaring through its pipes, and the primers it possesses on the aliens are suspiciously sparse. The robot is under orders to seek and destroy. That's all it knows.</p> <p>According to its handler, that's all it needs to know.</p> <p>Determined to fulfill its directives, Unit Four launches its ship and goes on the attack, but it has no idea it's about to get caught in a downward spiral of misinformation, reprograming, and interstellar conflict.</p> <p>Most robots are simple tools. Unit Four is well on its way to becoming something more....</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-17 20:00:03. Bishop, Hayden. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=63506b4b-9f14-443d-a437-fefe14b0080a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=63506b4b-9f14-443d-a437-fefe14b0080a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)