Ayda Mensah

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Character
Name: Ayda Mensah
Occupation: Political Leader, planetary survey
Relationships: Murderbot (guardian/employer), PresAux team (leader), Thiago (brother in law), Farai and Tano (marital partners), Amena (daughter)
Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries
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Dr. Ayda Mensah is a major character in The Murderbot Diaries.

Canon

In the first book, All Systems Red, she is the leader of the PreservationAux planetary survey team. She also appears as a major character in the fourth book, Exit Strategy, the fifth book Network Effect, and the sixth book Fugitive Telemetry.

She is the narrator of the short story Home: Habitat, Range Niche, Territory.

Fandom

Mensah is a popular character within the fandom, there is a lot of fic and fanart about her.

Tropes and fanon

  • Dr. Mensah is jacked: headcanon that arose in the The Murderbot Diaries 2.0 discord server in February 2021 and gained popularity throughout the fandom. Has lead to humorous fanworks making a joke of overexaggerating her physique and a number of serious fanworks (particularly fanart) drawing her with a more muscular build.

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  • canonically married to Farai and Tano

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