'sona Lore!
5 years ago
Setting Notes
I generally like to keep my setting as fuzzy as possible in order to allow for a variety of ideas I enjoy as well as the incorporation of others’ ideas. That being said, it’s generally cyberpunk. I tend to reserve fantasy or space sci-fi as separate, but still enjoy!
I enjoy exploring everything having to do with synthetic beings or cyborgs, so for my world, all levels of androids (from Toaster to more-human-than-human) and cyborg (just a hand or full body) exist in various capacities. I’m not a fan of years, or specific laws, or specific names unless they serve a purpose in the specific moment. But in general, I have it so that certain bots can become independent/pass varying levels of a sentience test to be legally protected. This can come with self-ownership as well and can have various remaining deals with their manufacturer. Temptress Pleasure Units is my go-to android manufacturer and transformation clinic in my world. Most of my characters are of the brand.
Quick History of Versions
1. Android V1 is released on the world
2. Anthroid V1 created as swappable frame
3. Upgrade on both to V2
4. Deal with Temptress Pleasure Units to mass produce models based off Anthroid V2
5. Upgrade to Anthroid V3
Full Lore
To prevent the mistreatment of androids and synthetic personalities, manufacturers must submit plenty of paperwork and get approved through the proper channels for each individual unit before creating a unit that surpasses certain levels of sentience. Naturally, there are ways to circumvent this and it can even occur accidentally when innovating. A favored outcome of this is to remove any traces of their development from the unit and simply set it free, much better than the ever looming guilt and fear of murder charges should the corp choose to destroy it. And thus, the android Lilith found herself with no memory, serial number, or any markings in a fully furnished apartment and strangely never-empty supply of spare parts.
A couple years of figuring life out as an indepent machine with programmed urges later and she earns a bit of a name for herself. A domestic/pleasure unit can certainly find work in any market using both her body and mind, sometimes separately at the same time. Eventually, after having built out her own adaptive personality matrix, an external overhaul and minimal internal adjustment was in order.
A few months before the second iteration of the excited fembot reached the world, the anthro model trend was on the rise. So like anyone who kept up with the fashion blogs, Lilith commissioned a hot-swappable body to fit the trend. Of course, that body got an update as well when making the leap.
About one year later, Temptress Pleasure Units approached Lilith with a deal to produce mass-market versions of her second anthro model. It included a full mind matrix scan and was practically impossible to refuse. So now, thousands of Anthro Lilith Models (TPU-AL) are commercially available with plenty of customization. And though getting confused with the slightly simpler models is always fun, the design team was happy to make a totally custom version 3 body for her.
Will y'all develop other parts o' the world? Like rival corps, general tech levels, more characters? Jinxie wanna see!
One thing's fer sure: if every production model is as nicey nice as Unit-san, li'l ol' Earth is gonna be a way friendlier place. *smile*
And most of the names will come from stories and such but I'll be adding tidbits here and there.
And thanks so much!