The Delff Bastion

The Delff Bastion was as xenophobic as it was peaceful. It’s ruler, Wizard-Seer Kruhlhaus, kept the people in a retro state of ignorance, forever caught in the amber of an imagined golden age that merged medieval with the early twentieth century. The high tech infrastructure was hidden from them, except for the Guardian Robots. 

Dallasean Navy

The mighty battle cruisers of the Dallasean navy ruled the waves of the Caribbean in the post-apocalypse. 

The Texas class served for over eighty years, and only battlekraken and pre-collapse ships could hope to prevail against them. Each was commanded by one of the formidable Grand Admirals of Dallas, who were also known for their impressive hats.

The Imperator Ball

The Imperator Ball is held every year in Dallas, assembling together the elite of society for a hedonistic evening. Sense spheres and collective dreaming are now almost as popular as the dancing, giving the event new meaning. 

Mind-images, naturally, were the order of the day, and telesocial networks transmitted them across the psychic realm. 

Space Shuttle Arcturus

Space shuttle Arcturus taking evasive maneuvers over the Eastern seaboard; it was hit by an AA missile launched from a high altitude dirigible drone that had been hijacked by The Inverted Pyramid terrorist organization. Leader Malcolm Tent pledged to rain the world with trillionaires. Three more would soon follow. 

Sorceress Virginia Lightning

The warrior-sorceress Virginia Lightning was an extraordinarily gifted sorceress who was driven out of the Marauders Raider Clan for witchcraft. She found sanctuary in the Four Elements Towers outside the ruins of Denver. There she was taught the Dark Arts, and five years later she returned to seize control of the Marauders, and then lead them against the Sun Corridor.  

Decontamination team prepares to scour tunnels

An elite decontamination team in full hazmat gear assembles in the central hall of an abandoned subway station infested with giant mutant rats. A Mark VI antigrav AI sentinel hovers in the background, in case something more… formidable lurks in the tunnels. 

Underground materialist temples could be guarded by both huge bionitic monsters and microscopic plagueswarms.

 

Stranded BioCPU

During The Fall, attempts were made to secure the massive BioCPUs that managed modern civilization. SMS-57, for example, was moved from its nexus when rebels threatened to overrun the installation. Unfortunately, the convoy was caught in traffic and overwhelmed, leaving the disconnected brain adrift, and at the mercy of the elements… and scavengers, such as the manticore which can be seen flying in the distance, upper right.