As a state-of-the-art B-class wormhole-capable deep-space research vessel, I do not consider myself to have many serious design flaws. Every piece of me has been meticulously crafted, is regularly maintained and upgraded, and there is very little I cannot do if I set my several dozen exabytes of processing power upon the task. This is why the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland’s extra-curricular oversight committee deemed me more than capable of operating unmanned on the occasional intelligence-gathering reconnaissance mission. It is for the sake of both necessity and convenience that these missions are camouflaged as cargo runs.
Nonetheless, it is an unmistakable oversight that I am capable of being bored. It is also incredibly annoying that unmanned cargo runs are so dull.
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The entirety of Artificial Condition, from ART's POV.
This whole fic is in an ART voice. This was a bold creative decision on my part lmfao, and if it makes it unlistenable to you... you have been warned <3. I stand by it though haha.
If you want a non-ART POV voice in a murderbot podfic by me, check out the other podfic I'm working on rn (of the wonderful Via Solitude by FlipSpring), because I know how to pace myself on projects reasonably.
listening time: 11:21
If you want to download the mp3, you can do that on internet archive itself here
if internet archive is busted try this audio.com link
If you want to listen to the WHOLE fic (~3hrs 52 minutes) there's either a playlist on audio.com here
The whole fic on audio.com here.
Or it embedded here:
I would highly recommend directly comparing Artificial Condition text and the text from this fic. I've been doing it a lot as I record so I can try to get a sense of what's going on in mb's head as it says the lines as well, and the little subtle shifts Joyfulldreams has made for ART's POV become so much more apparent. This fic is such a work of art! Hope to do it justice :D.
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