Aedala Sunfyre

Aedala Sunfyre was a famous warrior-general in service of Queen Catalina; like most of her peers, she was augmented by machine. She was fortunate enough to fuse with a remote relay of a powerful, mysterious subterranean AI known only as Cyclops. It helped her outwit aggressive Scorpius commanders, but over time, she fell more and more under the thrall of Cyclops. 

These images were created in Midjourney version 4, last year. I cancelled my account, but still have quite a repository of images from then. I've been having some fun fixing them up and elaborating on the pictures, inspired by the classic Terran Trade Authority books by Steward Cowley. 

You can find the edited and original AI images on my Instagram account @magnum_thrax. Mostly just touch ups; some images need more fixing than others. 

High Queen Catalina

High Queen Catalina of the Burning Sands was a legendarily ruthless leader; she is perhaps best known for the construction of the Mirror Tower, a huge edifice built from rubble and wrapped in reflective solar panels. 

It was one of the Seven Post-Apocalypse Wonders of the world. 

 

Junker Priestesses of the Sun Corridor

A Junker Priestess of the southwest Rubble Kingdoms. They were known to worship both ancestors and the sun; thanks to thousands of legacy solar farms from The Before Time, their enclaves were among the most civilized in terms of comforts, including hot water and electric lights. Religious freedom, however, was another matter altogether. 

Thousands of humans captured from rival enclaves were sacrificed, their blood drizzled over sizzling hot solar panels. 

Somehow, this didn't improve panel performance.

Threat of the Kronoborgs

Bioengineered kronosaurs were developed to devour space jellies that bred in the oceans, hence their long thin teeth. 

Once they went rogue, they’d eat anything and everything. 

Depicted here is an enhanced cybernetic model from Cyndyne, with retractable articulated legs for terrestrial excursions, as some jellies liked to lay eggs in freshwater lakes and even ponds. 

After The Fall, kronoborgs were liable to have their CCU's (Cybernetic Control Unit) hijacked by desperate rogue thought-hubs, afraid their erstwhile masters were going to shut them down just for releasing a nuke or thousand. 

Eye of Cyber-Doom

A conniving, rogue information wave known as the Eye of Cyber-Doom hypnotized post-apocalypse mutant biker gangs in Arizona while impersonating a literary demigod from The Before Time. It then used the gangs to loot public libraries, databunkers and cloudhubs to feed on the information. 

It was particularly fond of romance novels.

Cyborg guardian runner

 

A cyborg guardian and his spikewolf patrol the grasslands of the Midwest. Up armoured androids were often used to protect small farming communities from raiders. 

Powered by radioactive decay diamond batteries and organic matter processing intakes, they could operate autonomously for weeks before requiring maintenance. AI systems took over during sleep cycles, and with infrared, motion detectors and detachable drone 'flies', they were rarely taken by surprise.

Roving bands of opportunistic, predatory nomadic raiders were an ongoing problem for settled agrarian community, most of which lacked the ability to match their mobile warfare tactics. 

This issue became acute as ammunition stockpiles ran out.

Desert junkcrawlers

A junkcrawler, accompanied by the Water Guard, plows through sand dunes on a scorching summer afternoon. The Phoenix Bunker Cluster fielded dozens of ramshackle carriers to bring back life giving water from oasis and drill heads. 

Frequent attack by biker nomads and rogue bots seeking replacement parts resulted in them becoming increasing well armed and armoured over time. 

These craft were created on an ad hoc basis, as needed, sourcing whatever parts were available or readily scavenged. As a result, no two were alike; this caused ongoing maintenance issues for the mechanics unfortunate enough to be responsible for keeping them running.

Guards would ride on the back of the machine, wearing sealed suits with improvised cooling systems, and deploy whenever the overhead drones signalled danger ahead. 

That often didn't help much.