The PreservationAux team features explicit non-traditional identities and relationships, including nonbinary Pin-Lee (they/them pronouns, played by nonbinary actor Sabrina Wu) in a polyamorous throuple with Arada and Ratthi, alongside other crew members portrayed with queer or non-traditional dynamics presented matter-of-factly yet as recurring character details and subplots. Diverse casting includes Noma Dumezweni as leader Mensah, Tattiawna Jones as Arada, Akshay Khanna as Ratthi, Tamara Podemski as Bharadwaj, and others, expanding on book elements into more prominent found-family and relationship arcs. Murderbot itself retains it/its pronouns consistent with the source, though the masculine presentation via Alexander Skarsgård draws some discussion.