A government is only as powerful as it’s police.
For the AUTHORITY, this police force comes in form of the Crowbots; 7 ton flightless iron golem crows. An iron fist in an iron glove, drifting beneath an iron dirigible. Subtle? Nope. Dangerous? You betcha.
I’ve had the idea for the Crowbots (apologies to MST3K – I wasn’t thinking of Crow), a few years back when I was crafting a story called “Steam Crow”. If you had a big steampunk scarecrow, you’d need some damn powerful crows for him to oppose. Naturally, I came up with dieselpunk automatons.
Though I sidelined the story, the Crowbots remained.
In any case, I knew that I’d want to bring these machine-soldiers along with me when I began the Monster Commute. It wasn’t long before they were drifting though the sky keeping a watchful vigil upon the folk of Monstru. (THE SKY IS OURS!)
I probably like them more than anybody else, but that’s just fine. They’re yet another iteration of my “steam + crow” concept.
- Daniel
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I like and dislike the Crowbots. They have a coolness that only the Authority could have, yet they are scary and seem to be above the law. Like real cops, I don’t think we are supposed to like them. So it’s only natural that you like them, and we readers scorn their presence on our much loved commute.
Have you heard about physics classes that study the possiblity of super hero strength, abilty to fly and other metrics? Me wonders about the size of a hydrogen egg large enough to support a septi-tonne warrior like der Crowbots! I just might love them nearly as much as you. Tanks for bringing them down for a closer look-see.
Those crowbots are WICKED. I wanna fly one
Happy belated birthday! Did you get a chance to hang out with Gil Gerard (aka Buck Rogers) at the Phoenix con at all?
I got to have dinner with Gil Gerard (it was his birthday), but better yet, I met Erin Gray. Not so much as I met her, but she touched me. That was fine.