Arada

Overview
Arada is a biologist working with PreservationAux. She is married to Overse. In Network Effect, Arada is the leader of the survey team. She makes appearances in All Systems Red, Exit Strategy, "Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory", and Network Effect. She is mentioned in Fugitive Telemetry (her and Overse are at FirstLanding University preparing for the survey in Network Effect).

Arada and Overse have family that lives on the planet closest to Preservation Station.

Personality
Murderbot describes Arada as "sentimental" and "emotional" (Network Effect). It is difficult for her to even pretend to treat Murderbot as an object when she has to deceive people from the Corporation Rim.

Physical Appearance
Arada is described as having short hair and light, golden brown skin.