Officer K

Lore & Background

Officer K is a replicant detective, referred to as KD6-3.7 or 'K' for short. He works for the Los Angeles Police Department in 2049. During an apparently routine investigation, K uncovers a box containing bones and hair buried under a tree. The remains are shown to be that of a being who died after a caesarean section, and upon the discovery that the being was a replicant, K is ordered by Lt. Joshi to track down and kill the replicant's child. K later learns the pregnant replicant was Rachael. After capturing Deckard, Niander Wallace designs a physically near-identical copy of Rachael and offers her to Deckard in an attempt to persuade Deckard to reveal the location of the replicants who helped hide his and Rachael's daughter. After Deckard declines, Wallace has the copy killed. K saves Deckard from Luv, drowning her and getting severely injured in the process. K takes Deckard to his daughter, Dr. Ana Stelline, at her facility, and receives the toy horse from K's childhood memories.

In Their Own Story

Under the perpetual rain of 2049, K steps from his Spinner into the grey sprawl. He clutches the wooden horse—not as a toy, but as evidence of a life he was told never existed. For a fleeting moment, the artifact proves he is more than assembly; then the smog clears, and the wood remains just wood. Looking up at the towering ruins, K accepts his purpose: not to be born, but to choose.

Reader's Guide

Officer K is a replicant detective who locates Rick Deckard in the ruins of Las Vegas. K is informed that Deckard is the father of the child Rachael gave birth to before dying in childbirth. A replicant enforcer named Luv kidnaps Deckard and takes him to Niander Wallace, the CEO of the Wallace Corporation, who offers him an identical version of Rachael in trade of information on the child's whereabouts. Deckard refuses, noticing an error on the Rachael dupe. Wallace makes Luv kill the dupe and take Deckard off-world to be tortured in order to extract information. While she is transporting him, K saves Deckard and drowns her, K getting severely injured in the process. Deckard is taken by K to his daughter, Dr. Ana Stelline, at her facility, and receives the toy horse from K's childhood memories.

Did You Know?

• Officer K is referred to as KD6-3.7, or 'K' for short.
• K uncovers a box containing bones and hair buried under a tree during a routine investigation.
• K learns the pregnant replicant whose remains he found was Rachael.
• K saves Deckard from Luv by drowning her, getting severely injured in the process.
• K takes Deckard to his daughter, Dr. Ana Stelline, and gives him the toy horse from K's childhood memories.