Early
in the 21st Century, THE TYRELL
CORPORATION
advanced Robot evolution
into
the NEXUS phase — a being virtually
identical
to a human — known as a Replicant.
The
NEXUS 6 Replicants were superior
in
strength and agility, and at least equal
in
intelligence, to the genetic engineers
who
created them.
Replicants
were used Off-world as
slave
labor, in the hazardous exploration and
colonization
of other planets.
After
a bloody mutiny by a NEXUS 6
combat
team in an Off-world colony,
Replicants
were declared illegal
on
earth — under penalty of death.
Special
police squads — BLADE RUNNER
UNITS
— had orders to shoot to kill, upon
detection,
any trespassing Replicant.
This
was not called execution.
It
was called retirement.
LOS
ANGELES
NOVEMBER, 2019
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