REPLICANTS ARE BIOENGINEERED HUMANS, DESIGNED BY TYRELL CORPORATION
FOR USE OFF-WORLD. THEIR ENHANCED STRENGHT MADE THEM IDEAL SLAVE LABOR
AFTER A SERIES OF VIOLENT REBELLIONS, THEIR MANUFACTURE BECAME
PROHIBITED AND TYRELL CORP WENT BANKRUPT.
THE COLLAPSE OF ECOSYSTEMS IN THE MID 2020S LED TO THE RISE OF INDUSTRIALIST
NIANDER WALLACE, WHOSE MASTERY OF SYNTHETIC FARMING AVERTED FAMINE.
WALLACE ACQUIRED THE REMAINS OF TYRELL CORP AND CREATED A NEW
LINE OF REPLICANTS WHO OBEY.
MANY OLDER MODEL REPLICANTS — NEXUS 8S WITH OPEN-ENDED LIFESPANS — SURVIVED.
THEY ARE HUNTED DOWN AND 'RETIRED'.
THOSE THAT HUNT THEM STILL GO BY THE NAME...
BLADE RUNNER