Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance
ShortStory 6,289 words Recommended by 9 award/anthology sources
After its side won the space battle, an indentured robot with an uploaded intelligence finds an important refugee who makes a dangerous offer it can’t refuse.
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abusedeathwar
Quasar links out; the story lives on Cosmic Powers, where the author gets the click.