Overview
Five friends return to Newton Haven for a pub crawl and discover that many townspeople have been replaced by human-looking artificial duplicates controlled by an extraterrestrial network.
ASFR Content
The 'Blanks' are artificial replacements designed to look exactly like individual humans. Their synthetic nature is exposed when heads and limbs are knocked off. Several duplicates impersonate known people. The Network's departure triggers an electromagnetic pulse that disables technology, although surviving Blanks later reactivate.
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Gary knocks a Blank's head off
A pub-toilet fight ends with Gary knocking a young man's head completely off, revealing the first apparently human resident as artificial.
The group realises Newton Haven is full of artificial doubles
Further encounters reveal that many residents have been replaced by identical artificial copies.
Oliver's replacement is exposed by the birthmark
Andy notices that Oliver's previously removed birthmark has reappeared, proving he has been replaced by a duplicate.
The Network's departure triggers an electromagnetic pulse
The withdrawal causes a worldwide pulse that disables modern technology and artificial systems.
Surviving Blanks later reactivate
In the post-collapse world some artificial duplicates return to operation, including younger copies of Gary's old friends.