Roxanne is a model 5.20 of a Synthetic humanoid known as "Synthroids", produced by the mega conglomerate "Tyio Robotics". Roxanne is a older model, while the human like aspects were perfect long before her model, the more intricate details of a human were not added until the model 9.43. Roxanne is a nursing unit bot, or, was. She was left in a dump, and was repurpsed by a single mom in a slum, who died; Leaving Roxanne to care for 3 of the woman's children - Bonnie, Qi, and Klea.

Together, they live in the slums of Nova Centura, a damp city, full of vibrant neon lights, and poverty. She lives alone, being the sole provider for the children, even though she's missing many faculties, such as her left arm, and some synthetic skin. She does the best she can, although the young children are alot to take care of at times.

She walks into the local market, loud noises of the bustling crowd overwhelm the area, all but the tap of rainwater hitting the tarp above. She tried to mind her own, keeping her head low as she shopped, that was, until someone called out. "HEY! Syth!". Shed turn, to the direction the yelling came from. This could only be trouble..