Investigator

The Investigator is a central character of Williams Plus Robotics; questionably the antagonist of the story.

Personality
The Investigator is determined but impatient. While he may appear timid at first, he will stop at nothing to get whatever he wants. As the story progresses, and he gets ever closer to finding his father, he exhibits recklessness, for better or worse.

Junior Williams (2225–2245)
At the age of 52, Junior Williams, along with his 75-year-old father, founded a small robot manufacturing company called Williams Plus Robotics, specializing in the production of luxury assistant robots. The company wasn’t very successful until 12 years later where they would release the first robot of their Companion series in 2237. While the Companion couldn’t do much of anything, its AI was very sophisticated for its time, allowing it to hold an intellectual conversation and develop a personality. Following the success of the Companion, Williams Plus Robotics would release annual models, expanding upon its features each time, sometimes to public disapproval with each experimental change. After the release of the Companion 4 in 2240, Junior and his father would go silent for 3 years before releasing the Companion 5 to a mild failure in 2244. At that point, the company had outworn its short-lived glory, so in a last-ditch effort, Junior’s father personally developed and released the Companion 6 the next year alongside his most experimental robot, the Companion 6 Double, also simply referred to as the Double, with technology that has been secretly in development for the past decade; technology which allows the Double the ability to transfer the mind of a person using a second, vacant computer. Obviously, its applications and ethics were questionable, so while it was very impressive for its age, the government quickly decided to forcibly end the manufacture of the new model, leading to stricter regulations on the production of robots down the line. Williams Plus Robotics was soon swarmed with legal problems that would end up costing the company, leading to its dissolution later that year. During that time, Junior’s father had seemingly died. Not knowing what to do, a now 72-year-old Junior deceived a homeless local named Simon to participate in a “paid experiment.” Using the Double’s abilities, Junior stole Simon’s body, abandoning his own, and leaving Simon inside a labeled hard drive where he would be stored for the next 15 years. From then on, Junior’s life continued as a 38-year-old man named Simon Green.

Simon Green (2245–2260)
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Brantley Taylor (2260–2272)
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Wyatt Davis (2272–2298)
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Joseph Robinson (2298–2300)
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Toby Robinson (2300–Present)
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