"Obsolescence" takes place during the early colonization of Earth's solar system aboard an education space station in orbit near Jupiter. Published in "Take us to a Better Place: Stories" a collection of short stories on health published by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
While not officially considered part of The Murderbot Diaries series, "Obsolescence" is referenced by SecUnit in Exit Strategy as a documentary that it watched, but dismissed as too unrealistic to be considered actual history.