Why create a production of replicants that can procreate? That would be more costly and counterproductive to maintain a nursery and resources to groom these replicant children to adults. To me, it makes more sense to continue doing what they're doing.
shareSimple numbers. Wallace cannot make enough replicants, though he implies that he has made millions already. He's helped colonize 9 worlds and wants to "own the stars." That would take billions. Unlike Tyrell's replicants, his OBEY. The presumption is that his replicants would breed in colonized worlds when told to, raise their children, and their children could also be "made" to obey.
Yes. It is far-fetched. Why can't Wallace make replicants who can breed in the first place?
Interesting concept. But the process of procreating is still inferior to mass manufacturing on these 9 planets. But hey, maybe it's just the ego talking in Wallace... the god-complex in him.
shareThanks. God-complex is apt. I'm envisioning the post-initial colonization of worlds. Or think of it another way, perhaps he's just "professionally pissed" that Tyrell managed it, and he has yet to do so. I could see that be a sufficient driving force for him to send Luv off killing and coercing folks.
shareAre the replicants grown on Earth? If they procreate when they get to the offworld colonies rather than on Earth, then you don’t have to transport as many ‘units’ across space, which presumably is expensive. However, it seems more likely they are already grown off-world.
Replicants born through procreation might be emotionally more stable not requiring implanted memories. Of course, humans are all completely stable, Neander Wallace is a prime example.