Separatist Installation Corridors

In the Murderbot Diaries, the Separatist Installation Corridors serve as a haunting relic of the pre-Corporate Rim separatist colony on the planet where System Collapse takes place. These dimly lit stone ramps, junctions, and textured blue-gray passages—still adorned with faded paintings and outdated filter boxes—represent the last vestiges of a failed independent human settlement that was wiped out long before the events of the series. By book 7, Murderbot and its team navigate these abandoned corridors while investigating a lingering threat from an old colony ship, revealing how the separatists' isolationist dreams ended in catastrophe. The corridors become a tense backdrop for confrontations with rogue SecUnits and the discovery of preserved but dangerous technology, underscoring themes of forgotten histories and the perils of unchecked corporate expansion.