Concept Art

Delegates from rival trade houses meet to discuss the possibility of truce. A liaison automata is common for both parties to have.

Kea swarm a Highland trade party as they travel through alpine forest. Kea are attracted to the shiny, mechanical objects Highlanders often trade with the Plateau, and travel in aggressive groups.

Kea fight over the remains of a caravan that has ben lost to the forest.

A kākāpō surveys the woods. Kākāpō are large parrots capable of limited flight. They are more docile than Kea, and are often raised as pets if they are captured early in life or born in captivity.

The Kauri in Errata survive, after Bygone Era technology enhanced their robustness. This enhancement has led over time for Kauri to grow poisonous spines on their trunk, making the Kauri forest a dangerous place to travel.

A mountain trade road is flooded during a storm. Rain in Errata is infrequent even at the highest elevations, but when it does happen flooding is common.

A flooded trade road high in the mountains shows sparse vegetation, standing water, and flooded gulleys. These highland rains can lead to flash floods in lower mountain and canyon regions. Although this water seldom reaches the plateau before being lost, it does keep mountain and forest regions capable of supporting diverse life.

Roads in the mountains are often better maintained than those that traverse the plateau. This is for necessity. A poorly maintained road can contribute to landslides, broken trade caravans, and slower patrols.

As roads descend into the Plateau areas maintenance becomes less rigorous, and stone pavement turns into dirt. Electrical storms are common throughout this region.

Water may be in short supply, but that does not stop the wealthy from enjoying a good bath while watching some television.

Shortage leads to panic as citizens grasp for their chance at daily relief after claim tickets are posted on a public board.

A rogue psionicist and a janissary have a face-off in the mercantile district. Drawing from electrical objects in the area, the psionicist employs electrokinetics against the janissary.

A pair of smugglers take an inventory on contraband after completing a trade.

A group of addicts huddles around an automata that they have subdued. Awakening latent psionic potential has the chance of turning anyone into an addict. Addiction leads to the slums, theft, and ultimately death.

Ambition has a price. A drifter seeks to awaken potential psionic power within themselves. Success brings an increase in power. Failure brings death, addiction, or madness.

In the back alleys trade occurs that is better off not seeing a lit street. All types of goods can be acquired this way, for a premium price.

Not everyone has psionic potential. Even fewer succeed at awakening it. Many end up simply disposed of in the reclamation ponds. Alive or not, it doesn't matter if you can no longer fight back.

The city sludge pits serve as a place where algae is grown for harvesting. These filthy pools are filled with wastewater and sewage from the city. More than one dead body has been found floating in them, denied even basic cremation or burial.

A worker harvests hemp, while an automata collects the harvest for processing into thread.

A worker harvests resin for use in electronics and enhanced textile manufacturing. Meanwhile an automata marks trees that are ready to produce.

A worker tends the vines at a noble estate in town, while an automata looks on, monitoring the status of the task.

A mercenary takes a drink while the workers around him toil. Armed patrols ensure that workers continue to perform no matter how hot the day gets.

A foundry inside of a plateau city - this is what remains of 21st century recycling initiatives. These foundries exist to melt down what's scavenged and combine it with what may still be extracted to continue the industry that was once common on Earth, but in Errata is now barely functioning.

Workers and slaves sort through rusted components harvested from the decaying landscape. These will be fed to the foundry to be melted down and reconditioned.

Each city is a hub for extraction. With limited resources a large amount of labor is spent collecting and refining ore for small gains. This is a high waste, low yield process.

A lone soldier automata patrols a slum while citizens scavenge in the street. A liaison automata watches from a distance, wearing a cloak to symbolically keep the filth at bay.

A wealthy individual observes quietly as his slave is disciplined by a janissary. No intervention will be occurring. This type of scene is commonplace in the cities of Errata.

A Liaison automata walks alongside a group of nobles. It is both master and servant, machine and peer. This type of sight is not uncommon in the more wealthy districts, where noble families keep their own household automata, and clone king representatives work with powerful merchants and families to maintain order and trade.

A lone soldier automata patrols outside a damaged city pumphouse while laborer automata observe from the sky. Although free water is standing, none may take any. It will either be reclaimed, or left to evaporate while the pump is repaired.

A skilled artisan performs maintenance repairs on an automata using the parts and resources available. Many automata's purity is degraded over time due to retrofitting of current-age parts onto their bygone-age frames.

A chemist works on a concoction late into the night. Chemists in Errata are legal, but that does not mean all are doing legal things. Some may be involved in the drug trade.

More wealthy citizens often enjoy private gardens where they grow expensive vegetables, fruits, and other consumables. These are often kept behind glass walls, to keep temperatures stable and minimize moisture loss.

A glass enclosed greenhouse keeps the water in during the day, and the heat in during the night.

Date plantations are a common sight as you approach the cities. Date palms take an excess of water, and the nobles that grow them use them to show off their wealth both to everyday people, and to potential business partners.

Two armed pakara riders patrol the city outskirts, keeping an eye out for runaway slaves, criminals, spies, and wild animals that may cause damage to crops.

A laborer automata prepares to harvest crops in the late afternoon on a wealthy plantation.

A naive janissary makes a deal with a member of the Faceless for their human cargo.

A female janissary threatens a citizen. Janissary threats and other displays of intimidation are common enough that citizens often carry bribe money specifically to keep janissaries content.

What kind individual has less identity than a slave? One without a face. One without reputation, consequence, or reprisal. One without even a name. These individuals are the Faceless. They are the ultimate expression of exploitation in Errata.

A janissary patrol scans the streets while in the background a figure flickers on a view screen.

Queen Anza is known for her theatrical displays of authority and intimidation. Vicious and unstable, her influence pushes the nobles of her city towards excessive displays of opulence while others make do with a lower-than-average standard of living.

Brom the Fat rules what he considers to be the greatest city. The splendor of Earth. Only the most civilized people live in his city. He enjoys flattery almost as much as he enjoys food.

Errata isn't all parched desert. Each city exists atop its own aquifer of water. Pumped from deep underground, this water is used for farming, and for nobles to show off their wealth. It however comes with a price. Creatures from the deep desert are also attracted to water and food.

Concept Art is not in-game footage. Concept images are created exclusively with the purpose of communicating product intent and visual direction. All concept images created with the aid of Artificial Intelligence.