<P> The dying replicant Roy Batty delivers the speech to Rick Deckard, moments after Batty saved his life despite Deckard being sent to terminate him . The scene occurs during a heavy downpour of rain, moments before Batty's own death . Reflecting on his experiences and imminent mortality he says (with dramatic pauses between each statement): </P> <P> I've seen things you people wouldn't believe . Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion . I watched C - beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate . All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain . Time to die . </P> <P> In the documentary Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner, Hauer, director Ridley Scott, and screenwriter David Peoples confirm that Hauer largely wrote the "Tears in Rain" speech . Earlier versions in Peoples' draft screenplays included the sentence, "I rode on the back decks of a blinker and watched C - beams glitter in the dark, near the Tannhäuser Gate ." In his autobiography, Hauer said he merely cut the original scripted speech by several lines, adding only, "All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain", although the original script, displayed during the documentary, before Hauer's rewrite, does not mention "Tannhäuser Gate": </P> <P> I have known adventures, seen places you people will never see, I've been Offworld and back...frontiers! I've stood on the back deck of a blinker bound for the Plutition Camps with sweat in my eyes watching the stars fight on the shoulder of Orion . I've felt wind in my hair, riding test boats off the black galaxies and seen an attack fleet burn like a match and disappear . I've seen it...felt it! </P>

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of orion