PROLOGUE
The Japanese sold the technology to the Americans, who were the first to create a working prototype. Even today, some 200 years after, the technology is impressive.
They called her LUCY, named after the ape; and like that Lucy, this LUCY was the first of her kind. She was a human-like robot, deemed to have true artificial intelligence, and she changed the world forever.
In 2500, when hostilities between Russia, China, and the U.S arose, there became an increased need for androids. Thus was the birth of LUCY's siblings, LUCA and LUCA.S. LUCA, an acronym that stood for LIFELIKE, UNIFORMED, COMBAT ARESENAL, was the first model to be used for war purposes. Her model was copied billions of times over; she was a massive success. LUCA.S, her twin brother, was created but a few years later. For the most part, LUCA and LUCA.S shared the same operating system, but LUCA.S was a sentry model (hence the .S). He was used for reconnaissance, hacking, and special OPS.
When boots and bots hit the ground in 2545, U.S citizens soon recognized the need for non-human soldiers, and a bigger push for advanced robotics began almost immediately. 2551; Congress creates a new program called NAARC. NAARC, meaning North American Android and Robotics Corporation, pushed out several new models, and a few that were improvements to LUCA/LUCA.S.
In the year 2562, when the war finally ended with a victory for the U.S, NAARC became privatized. Soon Androids were being used for military and civilian jobs alike. A few years later, NAARC began selling the information to allies of the U.S. Japan, Britain, Canada, and South America soon had their own programs like NAARC, and were building their own Androids.
Japan had perfected the android to be used for domestic life, creating models like the Teacher Bot, Nanny Bot, and even bots designed for personal pleasure. They were the first to invent Touch Compatibility; an advancement to the standard silicone skin, which they filled with sensors so that your android could recognize and respond to touch. Needless to say, birth rates dropped drastically.
In Europe, they'd began creating androids that were more suitable for businesses and the likes. The U.K were the first to create the Secretary bot, who could take phone calls, record messages, and send e-mails. The Secretary bot was widely successful, and sold all over the world to large corporations.
Unfortunately, due to the global desire for robotics, and the dwindling of certain rare Earth metals used to make them, prices skyrocketed. And when another war broke out in 2701, the U.S found they had to be more conservative with their androids, and once again called upon it's citizens to take up arms.