It was another class of combat practice, all of Beacon Academy's hunter/huntress teams were expected to participate. Ready for practice was Team RWBY, led by the young Ruby Rose who was egging her teammates to get ready.
"Come on Team RWBY! We gotta get going!" Ruby beamed, but her teammates were still checking their weapons.
"Ruby, I know you're eager for us to do our best, but to do our best, we need to make sure we are ready to be our best" Weiss points out, reminding Ruby of her leadership role that despite she wants them to do well, they have to be ready to be good.
"And besides Ruby, class doesn't start in another 5 minutes" Yang points out, before cocking a shell into her gauntlets of badassery.
Soon joining Team RWBY in the locker room, was Team JNPR led by Jaune Arc, and Team CFVY led by Coco Adel.
"You guys ready for action?" Jaune asked.
"Are you?" Pyrrha asked with a grin on her face, only earning a sarcastic laugh from him.
"We're almost good to go" Blake points out, putting her weapon on her back, "You think Velvet's going to be able to show her abilities today Coco?" she asks CFVY's team leader.
"Yep, cause she's taking point today, but we'll be right behind her it gets too much for her, not doubting you by the way" Coco tells Blake and assuring Velvet.
"No worries, I'll make out team proud" Velvet said to her teammates, and earning a supportive nod from RWBY and JNPR.
Pyrrha then pulls Jaune aside to have a private conversation with him.
"Is everything alright Pyrrha?" Jaune asks his partner.
"Everything's okay, I just… "She was going to talk about something else but she wasn't able to "just want to go over our strategy for today" Pyrrha responded dejected.
"Pyrrha, I'm starting to believe you don't have faith in us" soon as Jaune said that Pyrrha blushed hardcore, however Jaune, being thick as a brick wall, saw this just as a possible fever. "Pyrrha you do realise that if you were feeling hot and not 100%, our team can request to sit out and we can practice tonight" he points out.
"No no, it's not that, I'm feeling fine!" Pyrrha yells but then Velvet turns up and enters the conversation.
"What's going on?" She asks the two.
"I'm not sure, Pyrrha looks a bit red, I think she could have a fever or something, would you mind see if she has anything, while I have a word with Ren and Nora?" Jaune asked the bunny girl.
"Sure thing, happy to help" Velvet chimed.
"Thanks Velvet" Jaune thanks them, leaving Velvet and Pyrrha, just before Velvet could ask, she sees Pyrrha softly banging her head against the lockers and quietly whining.
"Pyrrha! Keep that up and you'll get a headache!" Velvet advised, and Pyrrha stops but doesn't take her head off the locker.
"I already have a headache" Pyrrha complained.
"Look hitting your head and whining, won't get him, and you know it" Velvet points out.
"But why?! Why can't I have a personal conversation without him assuming I get a fever or be so fucking stubborn!?" Pyrrha cried and slamming her fist into the locker.
However, that slam slightly got some attention, Velvet could hear the others "did you guys hear that?" "What was that?", but it goes ignore, Velvet could only faceplam, and brings Pyrrha to sit down to help calm her down.
"Pyrrha… I know Jaune can be a bit dense…" Velvet begins but sees Pyrrha's tears and decides to think hard on what to say next, "Okay, he's very dense, but maybe you two haven't done, or at least I know of, hanging out with just you two" Velvet explains, Pyrrha was going to say her practice session, but then "Your practice sessions don't count".
"But what do I do then?" Pyrrha whined, putting her face in her hands. Velvet was somewhat upset she couldn't be much help Pyrrha, but she was also confused because; How can Jaune not see Pyrrha really likes him, She's always there to help him with combat and studying, and even if that's enough, she had what many would call exposing armour, even if she doesn't flaunt it all out, her short dress that could show off the lower part of her butt and her revealing vest doesn't cover the top of her breast, so Pyrrha was a highly attractive girl but also had a very rare personality, that many would admire.
"I don't know, but I really think you should sit out today, your mind is not in a good place" Velvet stated, however that would be in vain.
"No, I'm good, but thanks for listening and talking with me" Pyrrha thanks her and gets up walks to the others, followed by Velvet.
Soon the announcement to tell students that their class is about begin and they head to the arena, which to their surprise was upgraded.
"Welcome, to your combat class, but today we are trying something new. With some help from Atlas, we have created a simulated objective test, each team will go through this and we'll be evaluating your teamwork and how you execute your tasks given to you" Professor Goodwitch, began and then hands it over to Professor Port.
"As of today, Beacon Academy will be expanding its training exercises, recently we have just have you all training against the Grimm, however as Hunters and Huntresses, you must be able to combat all those who threaten our way or peace" Professor Port announced soon to be taken over by Professor Oobleck.
"Thanks to the upgrades from Atlas Academy, we'll be able to create digital versions of various enemies to combat, you may still choose to combat the Grimm, but you can choose other combatants to expand your field" the speedy coffee professor explained.
Soon after receiving the information, the teams planned out their capabilities and their designated targets. Team RWBY chose rouge hunters/huntress, Team JNPR chose the Grimm believing to be more suitable, along with Team CFVY, however Team CRDL chose the White Fang, indicating some annoyance from Blake, when Professor Goodwitch, Port and Oobleck went through confirming the team's choices one entry took their eye.
"When did Atlas's Knight Androids get selected? I thought they were an ally force" Goodwitch told her comrades.
"It seems somehow, this team managed to select that, but this team is not right" Oobleck explains, "Their gear look almost identical, with only a few changes" he adds.
"Hmmm, their faces are all concealed and there is no image of them without concealment" Port explains.
"If there is anything unusual, we'll be ready, but it's time for the exercise" Oobleck tells Goodwitch, reminding that the teams are ready to go.
Soon the exercise counts down, starting with Team RWBY.
"Okay, just like always?" Ruby asks her teammates.
"Kick ass" Yang starts.
"Showing our efficiency" Weiss adds.
"Fighting well" Blake adds.
"For Beacon!" Ruby finishes, then their exercise begins, and they face off the first set of enemies, with Yang weakling their enemies, while Weiss and Ruby finish them off, allowing Blake to survey their surroundings.
Soon the PA announces to Team RWBY for their next task, "Team RWBY you must keep at least two targets alive for questioning". However due to their brash approach, they disregard the task at hand, but eventually they complete their exercise, and are soon followed by Teams JNPR, CVFY and CDRL plus various other teams from other academies.
"Alright, I know most of you want to get out of here, but we have one more exercise, please pay attention to… uh… Team Troopers vs Atlesian Knights 200s" Professor Port, announced with confusion. Soon emerged were four white armoured fighters, Professor Goodwitch assumed it was Atlas's armed troops, but their armour was different, but she had to watch them fight.
"Okay troopers! Let's go!" the team leader told his teammates. Soon the four run out with their weapons, and to everyone's surprise, they weren't huntsman/huntress designed weapons, they were military grade.
The troopers ran into cover with the Atlas androids suppressing them, while one of them returned fire back at them, and managed to hit five androids without a single miss.
Back in the stands, some students from Atlas, were having a conversation about the troopers capability against Atlas's new android forces.
"There is no way they can beat our war machines!" One Atlas student claimed, earning a few agreements coming from his compatriots.
Back with Teams RWBY, JNPR and CFVY, they become concerned.
"Atlas claimed that these new androids are the finest created war machines" Jaune points out to everyone.
"And looking at their gear and equipment are not like ours, regardless of classic or modern type" Pyrrha adds.
"They have to be Atlas troops, they have the same colour armour" Blake states, but then Weiss looks at their armour and their tactics.
"They're not Atlas, they may have the same colour of Atlas's armed forces, but their tactics are not the same, and their equipment is none that any of us have seen" Weiss points out.
"They seemed to be fixated on staying together, talk about Teamwork at its finest" Yang adds.
Back on the field, the troopers prepare for their next move.
"I took out their long range capability, now we gotta assault towards our objective!" one of the troopers stated, returning to cover.
"I think it's time to send out the hellfire" the trooper leader announced then turned to his teammate, "Think you can handle it?" he adds.
"Yes sir!" he responds, and his troopers nodded and prepared to move forward.
Soon the lead Atlesian Android lowered it's weapon and announced "Surrender" but then the Trooper rose up with what appeared to be a minigun.
"You didn't say please!" he responds and unleashes hell upon them, taking down most of them in front while his teammates took out the stragglers.
"Move up troopers!" the team leader ordered, soon the troopers stop at the lead android to take something from the head of it, till moving on.
"That's it boys! Stay together!" The Team leader stated.
"Sir, to your right!" the other Trooper shouted and allowed his team leader to take down the android.
"Nice one!" the team leader stated, till their objective was in view, which was four storeys high, "prepare your cables!" her ordered, and soon the troopers points weapons up and fired the cables to climb the wall and reach the end, completing their exercise.
Back on the stands, there was silence, the Atlas students look down and saw the troopers had not just beaten but cleaned the floor, one of Atlas's finest military achievements. The Beacon teams, were also shocked and decided to go see what the troopers results were.
The three teams go down and watch as the troopers approached the professors.
"Well aside from very crude tactical behaviour and poor equipment, you four did alright, I do recommend you practice and do better next time" Goodwitch evaluated, but this was not a good move.
"Maybe you need to brush up on your evaluating skills, since you're clearly ignoring several aspects of each exercise!" the Lead Trooper retaliated earning a surprised response from the three professors which soon turned to angry expression.
"How dare you say that to a huntress!" Professor Port boomed
"Rather than berate us on how we did our exercise, maybe you should stop praising your star teams!" the next trooper announced.
Goodwitch was confused, the second trooper sounds exactly the same as the lead trooper, but then Oobleck intervenes.
"We saw no fault in Team RWBY, JNPR, CFVY or any of the teams!" Oobleck shouted.
"We disagree" the third trooper spoke, in the same voice as the other two.
"And how do you see that?" Professor Port asked with an edge in his voice.
"They all broke formation, disobeyed orders, and two of your teams had left their teammates behind! They disregarded the first statement of The Speech of Unity" the Lead trooper explains, shutting up the professors.
No one had reminded anyone of The Speech of Unity, which was spoken at the end of The Great War, and it was a surprise that the troopers knew this, before the professors could respond, the four troopers had left the arena.
The three teams are in shock; they stood against the Professors of Beacon and made a mess of Atlas's military androids, but a team of troopers but clearly not flying the flag of the Atlas military, what were they actually representing soon became the three teams main task, find out who they are and if they're a threat to the kingdoms of Remnant.