Sirius Steel

Sirius Steel, CRS-726, is the deuteragonist of Simulacrum. He is an advanced android from Earth who serves as a police detective in the Megalopolis of Los Angeles.

Early Life
Sirius was created by cyberneticist, Dr. Hadrian Astor and was activated in December of 2229. Sirius was designed to have the capabilities of any human. However, his initial programming was limited to physical functions and speech, and he had to learn all the knowledge he would come to acquire through experience, observation, and imitation. Dr. Astor and his wife Soraya treated Sirius as if he were part of the family, even encouraging their son, Chet, to treat Sirius as his brother. At first Chet did not readily accept Sirius as part of the family, but as time went on, their relationship as brothers grew (ch. 6).

Current Status
Sirius currently works as a detective at the Los Angeles Cosmopolitan Police Department alongside his human partner, Detective Sergeant Wilbur McCallum. Both appear to be senior officers as indicated by their employment at the Major Case Squad, an elite branch of the department (chs. 2 & 3). He was in the recent past romantically involved with fellow officer, Cara Nyby, but their relationship has since ended acrimoniously (ch. 5).

He has another “brother”: a similarly constructed android called Silas Zed who also works for the LACPD.