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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...