"headlander" takes place in a futuristic setting inspired by 1970s science fiction televisions shows and movies such as "logan's run". in this future, humanity has opted to upload their consciousnesses to a world-encompassing cloud storage, forgoing their bodies but able to occupy the minds of robots as to carry out necessary tasks or otherwise enjoy corporeal pleasures. however, an artificial intelligence named methuselah has taken control of the robots, trapping the human consciousnesses inside them, and enslaved them for some nefarious purpose. the last human is awoken from cryogenic storage to deal with methuselah, but only their head has managed to survive the process and is suffering from amnesia.