Caretaker android Markus and his owner return home and alert the police of a suspected burglary. In confronting the perpetrator, Markus bypasses his programming, thereby becoming a deviant android with full autonomy, leading the police to shoot him at arrival.[28] Markus awakes in a landfill of broken androids and, after escaping, discovers Jericho,[29][30] a wrecked ship and safe haven for deviants. There, Markus rallies the others to fight for their rights.[31][32] They perform several acts of civil disobedience, which catches the public's attention and gets more androids to join.[33][34][35] This culminates with the FBI attacking Jericho.[36] If he survives, Markus and the others set up a final march, resulting in either a war breaking out or the president opening peace talks.[37]
Police investigator android Connor is sent by the CyberLife corporation to assist Lieutenant Hank Anderson, an alcoholic who hates androids.[38] In the course of their investigation into an outbreak of
