The last few weeks have seen much activity with the road in the town centre. Strange outcrops have been growing out of the pavement and into the road. The reason we are told is to cause traffic chaos in the town centre, and make it easier for pedestrians to cross the road.

This is not the case at all. These black things with a splash of red at the top are in fact air vents. The primary task being that of providing fresh air into the huge underground robot control room. If you put your ear to one of them and listen carefully you can hear the low hum of the computers below.