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2020-03-25
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2020-06-14
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𝑩𝑶𝑯𝑬𝑴𝑰𝑨𝑵 𝑩𝑳𝑨𝑫𝑬 𝑹𝑼𝑵𝑵𝑬𝑹 (𝑸𝑼𝑬𝑬𝑵 𝑨𝑼)

Summary:

In a world where Earth's life has been greatly damaged by nuclear global war, famine, and disease, comes the story of a smog-choked dystopian city of Los Angeles where former bounty hunter, turned guitarist and Astrophysicist, Brian May is called out of retirement to hunt down a group of NEXUS 39 Replicants who have illegally escaped from the off world colony of planet Rhapsody, seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

*Based off Ridley Scott's 1982 science fiction film, Blade Runner. I own nothing but the idea.

Also posted on Wattpad under the same name.

Notes:

Hey there, hi there, how ya'll doin'? I've self quarantined myself from this Coronavirus shit 'cuz fuck it, I don't feel safe going to work and I'm afraid of being around other people, so for the next couple weeks I have all the time in the world to write, yay.

Anyways welcome to Bohemian Blade Runner, an AU crossed with Queen into the Blade Runner universe that no one asked for and probably never thought about. All characters and what roles they are playing is a surprise since I've decided not to give anything away in an introduction, hehehe. 😜

And just to let everyone know, this is fanfiction set in a 1970s alternate universe and is in no way meant to be taken seriously, or to disrespect the members of Queen or those associated with the band. Except Paul. Fuck him. Yeah as you could probably tell from the tags, he's in this story.

Again, I own nothing but the idea. Settings and whatnot belong to Ridley Scott and Philip K. Dick. The members of Queen and those associated belong to themselves. Story is Rated M for swearing, graphic violence and a bunch more other stuff. Enjoy and please excuse any mistakes I don't catch in proofreading. :)

Chapter 1: Prologue: It Was Called Retirement

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*Original book cover*

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Sometime in the early 21st century after the world was plagued by war, famine, plagues, and disease that wiped out a rather large majority of Earth's inhabitants, big technology companies were able to create an advanced human race into what was called the NEXUS phase, a being that was virtually identical to a human, known as a Replicant. As time went on, more big corporations jumped into the NEXUS bandwagon to create other types of Replicants and even after species of animals died out, synthetic animals were created as well.

At the turn of the 22nd century, world famous entrepreneur Peter Freestone of Freestone Enterprises created a much more advanced human race into the NEXUS 39 phase. These Replicants were superior beings with super sonic strength and agility, and had incredible intelligence all thanks to the genetic engineers who worked day and night around the clock to create them.

However, the newly created Replicants would never get to experience the greatness of life on Earth as they were used in the off world colonies as slave labor and to fight hazardous wars on other planets within the solar system.

After a bloody mutiny by a NEXUS 39 combat team in an off world colony of planet Rhapsody that left thousands dead, Replicants were declared illegal on Earth and under penalty of death, special police squads, known as the Bohemian Blade Runner Units, had orders to shoot and kill upon detection of any trespassing Replicant. This was not called execution, murder, termination, or assassination. It was called retirement...