num_pages: 28
description: Early in the 21st Century the TYRELL CORPORATION advanced robot evolution to the NEXUS phase  creating artificial beings virtually identical to humans  known as REPLICANTS. Superior in strength and agility the Replicants functioned primarily as Off-world slave labor or in hazardous high-collateral combat situations. After replicants were declared illegal on Earth special police operatives  called BLADE RUNNERS  had orders to kill or RETIRE any trespassers upon detection. Detective AAHNA ASHINA of the Los Angeles Police Department was one of the first to qualify for the assignment. Her colleagues called her ASH. She was the best of them. Los Angeles 2019
language: English
title: Blade Runner 2019 #1
publisher: Titan