M-Bot
| M-Bot | |
|---|---|
| Homeworld | Detritus |
M-Bot is a sentient artificial intelligence installed inside a stealth-equipped starfighter. Its formal designation is MB-1021 and it classifies itself as a "robotic ship integration." The ship is found by Spensa in a cavern about thirty minutes from Alta.
M-Bot's data banks were corrupted, but it remembers its last pilot, named Commander Spears. The only information M-Bot could find was a command from Spears: "Lie low, M-Bot. Take stock, don't get into any fights, and wait for me here."[1]
Appearance and Personality
M-Bot's ship design is completely foreign to Spensa, who was very surprised by this at first, as she had memorized every DDF ship model. Once M-Bot is activated, he informs her that he has been deactivated for 172 years[1]; well before the Defiant crashed on Detritus. M-Bot appears to be slightly larger than a DDF Poco or even a Largo, despite being not quite as long.
The AI strives to be accommodating towards standard human interaction, a reason it named itself M-Bot instead of calling itself MB-1021. It often attempts to express emotion, following itself by explaining that while it cannot actually feel emotions, its subroutines allow it to respond properly.
The only memory bank that is not corrupted is a database for recording fungoid life forms on Detritus.
M-Bot does not seem to like Rig as much as it likes Spensa. The feeling is mutual.
Role
M-bot played a key part in the end of Skyward, where he helped Spensa defeat the Krell and stop them from dropping a lifebuster bomb. M-bot is more advanced than any DDF ship, so before he was fixed Spensa and Rig had to figure out how to get his technology to the DDF without revealing M-bot, who would fry his systems if they turned him in. M-bot became a friend to Spensa, causing him to become one of the more important characters, despite being a AI.