Having successfully helped Cleo and her surrogate Replicant mother Isobel escape Off-world, Blade Runner Aahna Ashina, 'Ash', has returned to Los Angeles to hunt down business tycoon, Alexander Selwyn.
While investigating a possible lead, Ash was apprehended by the LAPD, but before she could be taken into custody she was freed by members of the Replicant Resistances who spirited her away to a remote farmhouse where she met their leader, Freysa.
While Freysa repaired Ash's damaged backbrace, the farmhouse was attacked by Selwyn's own personal Blade Runner, Hythe, who had tracked Ash to the farmhouse following a tipoff.
A gun battle broke out, giving Freysa and Ash time to escape back to the city. There, Freysa revealed that the Replicant Resistance had tracked down Selwyn's location.
With her backbrace fully repaired, Ash set off back to Selwyn's Santa Barbara mansion, to find him waiting for her with a squad of Hythe Replicants…
