<P> The series takes place over 250 years in the future , in the year 2384 . In the future , a person 's memories can be decanted in a disk - shaped device called a cortical stack , which is implanted in the vertebrae at the back of the neck . These storage devices are of alien design and have been reverse engineered and mass produced . Physical human or synthetic bodies called `` sleeves '' are used as vessels that can accept any stack . Takeshi Kovacs ( Joel Kinnaman ) , a political operative with mercenary skills , wakes up 250 years after his previous sleeve is terminated . He is given the choice to either spend the rest of time in prison for his crimes , or to help solve the murder of Laurens Bancroft ( James Purefoy ) , one of the wealthiest men in the settled worlds . Takeshi was the sole surviving soldier of those defeated in an uprising against the new world order 250 years prior . </P>
<P> The series takes place over 250 years in the future , in the year 2384 . In the future , a person 's memories can be decanted in a disk - shaped device called a cortical stack , which is implanted in the vertebrae at the back of the neck . These storage devices are of alien design and have been reverse engineered and mass produced . Physical human or synthetic bodies called `` sleeves '' are used as vessels that can accept any stack . Takeshi Kovacs ( Joel Kinnaman ) , a political operative with mercenary skills , wakes up 250 years after his previous sleeve is terminated . He is given the choice to either spend the rest of time in prison for his crimes , or to help solve the murder of Laurens Bancroft ( James Purefoy ) , one of the wealthiest men in the settled worlds . Takeshi was the sole surviving soldier of those defeated in an uprising against the new world order 250 years prior . </P>
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altered carbon what year does it take place
2384
2384