Automata Episode 2

by Van Alan In an alternate 1930 s Prohibitionera New York City, it s not liquor that is outlawed but the future production of highly sentient robots known as automatons. Automata follows former NYPD detective turned private eye Sam Regal and his incredibly smart automaton partner, Carl Swangee. Together, they work to solve the case and understand each other in this dystopian America. Putting a science fiction twist on the classic hardboiled detective drama, Automata explores a dystopian alternative version of Prohibitionera New York City, similarly shaped by moral panic even though the alcohol flows freely here. In this universe, Prohibition doesn t ban drinking, but the further production of sapient androids that have become prevalent by the 1920s. As a result, the existing androids, called automatons, are shunned by society, relegated to an untouchable caste of servants despite their nearhuman thought capability, and are frequently subjected to hatred and violence.