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The NEXUS 6 Replicants are a model manufactured by the Tyrell Corporation. They are nearly indistinguishable from humans. The major factor differentiating a Nexus 6 from humans is their lack of empathy.

As presented in the opening of the movie Blade Runner:

LOS ANGELES,NOVEMBER, 2019

Early in the 21st Century, THE TYRELL
CORPORATION advanced Robot evolution
into the NEXUS phase -- a being virtually
identical to a human -- known as a replicant.
The NEXUS 6 Replicants were superior
in strength and agility, and at least equal
in intelligence, to the genetic engineers
who created them.
Replicants were used Off-world as
slave labor, in the hazardous exploration and
colonization of other planets.
After a bloody mutiny by a NEXUS 6
combat team in an Off-world colony,
Replicants were declared illegal
on earth -- under penalty of death.
Special police squads -- BLADE RUNNER
UNITS -- had orders to shoot to kill, upon
detection, any trespassing Replicants.

This was not called execution.
It was called retirement.

In Blade Runner the Replicants' eyes glow (even those of an artificial owl). This is a cinematic technique used by Ridley Scott only seen by the audience.

The engineers noticed that Replicants had started to develop their own emotional responses to various stimuli. As a result, the Nexus 6 Replicants have a fail-safe mechanism, namely a four year lifespan. In the book, DADoES, the androids live a maximum of roughly four years because their cells cannot be replaced as they deteriorate.

In DADoES the Nexus-6 androids are verified with a bone marrow test. Also, the androids tend to "give up" when confronted by the inevitable, the film versions are much more retaliatory.

Formally known as the White Dragon Noodle Bar, it is located in the heart of LA's China Town and offers the finest in fast, affordable, and delicious contemporary Asian food. This is the setting where we first meet Deckard.

Excert from: Blade Runner Souvenir Magazine - Official Collector's Edition

"The idea for this noodle bar, where we first see Deckard, was like a McDonalds of the future in a way. The way I translated it, I thought of it as like a place called White Castle I used to go to as a kid. White Castles were originally built in the 1940's. All the surfaces were all curved and tiled. Based on that, but making it an outdoor place, we made our noodle bar. We took the attitude that it's a chain. There's one downtown when we first see Deckard and there's another one when Sebastian drives up to his apartment."
- LAWRENCE G. PAULL

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