With the ecosystem collapsing, the UN and large corporations begin to spearhead the Off-World Colony resettlement program, beginning with Luna and Mars. Only those with wealth, health and education are allowed Off-World. Specials are forced to remain behind on a polluted Earth.
Blade Runner Timeline
Pre-Blackout
0 2021
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1995 PB0
1
Off-World Colonization Begins
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2002 PB0
Creation of the First Nexus
Technological achievementWith the design of the first bio-mechanical brain, Eldon Tyrell begins the era of thinking machines and produces the first Nexus Replicant: NX1-S33N, nicknamed "Hampton." Within a year, government funding has allowed Tyrell to mass produce Nexus models, boosting the Off-World Colony efforts exponentially.
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2009 PB0
2009 PB0
Creation of REP-Detect (Events of Blade Runner: Origins comic)
Criminal ActivityEvents of Blade Runner: Origins comic After rebellions of self-aware replicants begin to hurt their bottom line, corporations like Tyrell push for the formation of Replicant Detect Units. These start in Los Angeles. Soon, every major city in the world boasts a RDU, with the exception of Finland.
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2011 PB0
First Nexus 6s Released
Technological achievementAlmost indistinguishable from humans, the Nexus-6 model replicants are rolled out by Tyrell Corporation. This move is condemned by major religions. However, it begins a new one: the Church of Universal Objective Consciousness, commonly called The Objectivists, starts with a small but wealthy church in LA and quickly spreads through the world.
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2015 PB0
8 /7
Dirty Bomb/Replicant Restriction Act
RevolutionPockets of Replicants rebel against their condition. A Dirty Bomb is detonated in Los Vegas, Nevada, turning it into an atomic wasteland. The UN reacts by quickly passing the Replicant Restriction Act, prohibiting all Nexus replicants on Earth and authorizing their summary execution or "retirement" upon discovery.
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2019 PB0
102019 PB0
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Events of Blade Runner:2019 Comic
Criminal ActivityEvents of 2019 Comic. "Ash" Ashina, Tyrell and Alexander Selwyn, Isobel and Cleo Selwyn
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2019 PB0
102019 PB0
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Blade Runner Events
Criminal ActivityA rogue Nexus 6 combat model infiltrates Tyrell Headquarters and gains access to Eldon Tyrell's private suites. Eldon Tyrell is murdered. Events of Blade Runner
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2019 PB0
15 /11
Death of Eldon Tyrell
Life, DeathEldon Tyrell, the creator of the Nexus brain and owner of the Tyrell Corporation, is killed in his private apartment by a rogue Nexus-6.
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2020 PB0
Supremist Riots
Criminal ActivityThe Tyrell Corporation, trying to stabilize the markets, rush production of the Nexus-8 units. Civil unrest leads to the company's records being subpoenaed by the World Court, and it hands over its entire database of Replicant identities to the UN. When these are leaked and published, human supremist-led riots result in ongoing purges of Replicants worldwide. Replicants go into hiding.
Post Black Out
2022 2050
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2022 AB0
52022 AB0
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Black Out
Disaster / DestructionEvents of Blade Runner:Black Out Replicant freedom fighters explode EMPs, wiping out networks and deleting information worldwide. The interstellar economy collapses. The Replicant Underground is blamed for the explosion.
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2023 AB0
3
Replicant Prohibition
Political eventReplicant Prohibition Act: The UN passes a law requiring the termination of all Replicants. Soon after, it announces the formation of the RUTF, the Replicant Underground Task Force tasked with ferreting out and destroying the underground. This expands RDU jurisdiction to police any crime involving humans breaking the Replicant Prohibition Act.
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2025 AB0
Death of the last Nexus 6/Tyrell Corp Bankruptcy
Financial EventThe last Nexus 6 units reach the end of their four year lifespans. Replicant sympathizers turn him/her/them into a symbol: Six K. Graffiti reading SixK, 6K, or just XK honour the idea of human consciousness and has come to stand for replicant sympathy movement. Tyrell Corporation declares bankruptcy. The once mighty Tyrell Complex is abandoned.
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2025 AB0
10
Wallace Corporation shares food patent
Discovery, ScientificIn the face of worldwide famine, Wallace Corporation makes its patent on synthetic protein public domain. People are fed and Off-World colonies are strengthened.
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2025 AB0
25 /12
Wallace Corporation Rise
Technological achievementAs part of its research and development, Wallace Corporation discretely purchases Tyrell Corporation assets and begins to produce its own replicants. Wallace Corporation becomes a household name, becoming one of the wealthiest corporations in the system. Among their innovations is the privatized Wallace Datalink Network and the DiJi JOi.
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2029 AB0
2029 AB0
Blade Runner: 2029 Comic
Military: WarEvents of Blade Runner: 2029 Comics. Attack on LAPD HQ.
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2032 AB0
102032 AB0
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Black Runner: Black Lotus
Criminal ActivityEvents of Blade Runner: Black Lotus
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2036 AB0
UN Repeals Replicant Prohibition (events of Blade Runner: Nexus Dawn)
Events of Blade Runner: Nexus Dawn. Under pressure from Niander Wallace, the UN repeals Replicant Prohibition. Wallace-produced replicants are allowed. However, Nexus-8 replicants are still illegal.
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2048 AB0
Blade Runner: Nowhere to Run
Events of Blade Runner: Nowhere to Run
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2049 AB0
30 /62049 AB0
6 /7
Blade Runner: 2049
Criminal ActivityEvents of Blade Runner: 2049