The thirty skeleton dream is nearly complete, including two P4 units. The last slot was supposed to be filled by a guy I did the "KO->leave for slavers->purchase->profit", which worked on the P4s, but something odd happened instead.
I dropped the bot off at Eyesocket, and he didn't come up for purchase. This happens sometimes, say layvee and lazy fair and other french phrases. So I opted to spring him, which he objected to like a big pussy. He kept getting back in his cage, so I picked him up to scurry away and as I did a slaver shoved a grass pirate in the now empty cage. I realized every cage in eyesocket was now full of grass pirates and hungry bandits, so he had no target cage to return to. I left without incident, I was lazily pursued for a short time before they turned back, no hit to faction rep. I dragged his ass all the way back home and now he just stands there, wherever I put him, wearing whatever I give him, his skeleton brain caught in a loop of trying to return to an occupied cage. It's very immersive.
What do I do with this guy? I know he won't sign on, he's basically a mannequin or dummy guard I can carry for strength training. Poor guy's just going to stand in one spot until the world rots away, trapped in the cage in his CPU. I kinda feel bad since I'm the one that inflicted the trauma that made him short circuit.