Ok, so I'm back to this, yay? I'm also tired as fuck right now (or at least me starting this).
The Critic (Chapter 4): *Sees length of review* Oh boy, I'm in for a good read. *A few minutes later* Ok, I've got. 1. Maybe. 2. Why not? I will answer that later. 3. No, he can, he is giving enough to get started. He's very much aware of ONI, although, this isn't UNSC territory so he could say just about anything. Just saying. 4. He says classified to make her think he's from Atlas. 5. Bullshit, I do. 6. Yes. 7. I never said they had their masks on. 8. Point 1: they recognized him because of his family's features that he shared. Point 2: That's the fun of this story. Point 3: Examine Point 1. 9. He has no method of long range contact with the UNSC. If I was in his situation, my course of action would be to see if the planet has those capabilities.
The Critic (Chapter 5): No, fuck off. Have you read up to chapter 12? Just curious.
Let's get going. Also a disclaimer: Delta's armor list ahead, you don't like lists, oh well.
-Airspace, Sanus, Planet Remnant-
Inside a large bullhead, Jaune Arc was overlooking his students. Most had fallen asleep within the first ten to twenty minutes of the flight. All except him and Pyrrha.
"Can't sleep?" He asked quietly.
"I'm not good at sleeping on flights like this." She explained.
"Have a lot on your mind?" He asked, sitting down across from her.
"I'm worried is all, about the horde." She said.
"Don't be. Let people like me and Ozpin worry about it. We're the ones working behind the scenes on this." Jaune said, trying to ease her worries. It seemed to work as she slowly started to doze off after that, allowing Jaune to pull out his tac pad. As much as he trusted the CCT network, he would never trust it with UNSC files. Both him and Adler had already breached the network several times and created back doors. Granted they had far more advanced cyber warfare equipment and abilities, but that's beside the point. UNSC communication devices work outside of their networks up to 350 miles for most things.
'Commander Arc, this is the armor sets for the members of Delta, including myself, that have requested. After this will be a full debriefing of the events at Crash Site Bravo (What I'm calling the Orbital Resupply and Refit station that crashed). Also, the armor is labeled as what the UNSC and ONI classified it as' -Adler.
'AIs are fast, forgot that. But thank you, Adler.' Jaune thought. Looking down, he saw the first name.
MIL A.I. 4301, Adler (Avatar Only)
Helmet: ODST (Up Armored/Command Network Module)
Left Shoulder: JFO
Right Shoulder: Up Armored/Multi-threat
Chest: Up Armored/ODST
Wrist: Default MK 5.
"Utility: Default MK 5
Visor Color: Gold
Knee Guards: FJ/Para
'Holy shit. I don't recognize a single fucking one of these things.' Jaune thought to himself.
Drew D-07 (Black/Blue Color Layout):
Helmet: Mark V [B] (Up Armored/Hardened Uplink Module with blue stripe in the middle of the helmet)
Left Shoulder: Gungnir
Right Shoulder: Security
Chest: Up Armored/Counterassault
Wrist: Tacpad
Utility: Tactical/Trauma Kit
Visor: Midnight
Knee Guard: FJ/PARA
Preston D-29 (Black/Red Color Layout):
Helmet: EVA (Blurry Face has been carved on on the right side of the helmet without causing line of sight issues)
Left Shoulder: Up Armored/Multi-Threat
Right Shoulder: CQC
Chest: HP/HALO
Wrist: Tactical/UGPS
Utility: Up Armored/NXRA
Visor: Midnight.
Knee Guards: Grenadier
Dakota D-08 (Black/Brown color layout)
Helmet: Operator (CNM)
Left Shoulder: Sniper
Right Shoulder: Recon
Chest: Tactical/LRP
Wrist: Up Armored/Bracer
Utility: Up Armored/Chobham
Visor: Midnight
Knee Guards: Gungnir
Layne D-14 (Black/Pink Color Layout)
Helmet: CQC (Up Armored/Hardened Uplink Module)
Left Shoulder: Hazop
Right Shoulder: FJ/PARA
Chest: HP/HALO
Wrist: Up Armored/Buckler
Utility: Tactical/Hard Case
Visor: Midnight
Knee Guards: Default MK V
'Holy shit, that was a lot' Jaune thought to himself. Just then another message comes through.
'We have a solution' Adler 'said' cryptically. Jaune replies.
'Solution to what exactly?' He asked.
'To the large grimm spawning pools.' Adler said back.
'How so?' Jaune asked back.
'The UNSC Eagle's Talon had two Shiva Class Nuclear Warheads that Delta still has in their possession. They could act as a strike team to insert the nuke inside' Adler explained.
'Maintain a standby with the nuke, I will ask Ozpin about it and, hopefully, get their opinions on this.' Jaune sent.
"Understood Commander.' Adler replied before going silent. Jaune then laid his head back on the seat before getting some shut eye himself.
Meanwhile, back in Vale, Torchwick was with two of his, associates, along with his 'friend'. "So let me guess, she sent you here, didn't she?"
"Yes, she wants the Prince." The female said.
"Ok, why him though?" Torchwick asked.
"She didn't say why, just that she was interested in him." The female said again. Looking over at his friend, she simply shrugged her shoulders before he turned back to them.
"Ok, then how are we supposed to capture him then?" Torchwick asked. He really didn't want to deal with this right now. Dust, he could handle, but not a high profile kidnapping.
"I think Cinder can get close though," The female started, causing Roman to throw his cane in the air in frustration.
"Then why the hell are you telling me this then?" He asked these two were really getting on his nerves. "In case you hadn't noticed, my ass has been on the line for the last three months, now with "Little Red" blowing me over a few weeks ago. So, I'll ask again, you're telling me this why again?" He said much more frustrated than before. The other person of the two finally spoke up.
"She just told us to tell you." He said. Torchwick's response was to slap him with his cane. "Oww," He said on the ground in pain.
"Mercury, please stop talking." The female said.
"Yes, please," Torchwick said before getting a bottle of something and drinking some. "So once again, why are you telling me this? It sounds like she already has a plan for it." He asked 'nicely' this time.
"I couldn't tell why she told us to inform you about this, I only know about as much as you do." She replied.
"Right, she loves her secrets." Torchwick thought out loud.
A few hours later, the sun was just rising over the ocean to the west of Vale, an airship was starting to land at one of Beacon's landing pads. The flight was finally over and everyone was allowed to disembark after the long flight from Arcadia. Being the last one out Jaune could see that his students were still exhausted from the last few days, and as fortune would have it, it is the weekend.
"I don't need to be the one to tell you this, but it's Saturday." Jaune said. A myriad of yays and other noises were given out by the students. Jaune's first move was to head back to his office to relax and drink some coffee. However, waiting for him was Raven of all people.
"What the fuck are you doing in here?" Jaune asked bluntly.
"Waiting for you Captain Obvious." Raven replied dryly.
"Right, but why though?" Jaune asked.
"I need to talk to you about what you found out there." Raven said, sitting down on his couch.
"Well, what do you want to know?" Jaune asked, starting a pot of coffee.
"Nothing, just that you found something." Raven said.
"Well, we found a door in the cliffside, but that's not what you're worried about. We found that grimm had hollowed out a small mountain and are using it as a spawning area." Jaune said. Raven, however, was indifferent to this revelation.
"And how many grimm?" She asked.
"An absolute shit ton." Jaune said, before pausing, "Maybe three shit tons." Jaune said.
"All that and a door?" Raven asked.
"Yes smart ass, a door. And a downed UNSC station." Jaune said.
"Did you at least open the door before you came here?" She asked.
"No, if I did I would still be there, not back here." Jaune said.
"So, you didn't open the door." Raven said.
"Do I sound like a broken record? The door is still closed." Jaune said unamused.
"Did you even attempt to open it?" She asked.
"It's unopenable, nothing short of blowing apart everything around it could open it, and even then, I highly doubt that will work." Jaune said. He grabbed a thermos for his coffee. "Damn thing is harder than Covenant ship armor."
"And that is supposed to mean what to me exactly?" Raven asked.
"Alright smart ass, do you have a smart ass comment for everything I say?" Jaune asked her.
"Yes." She said bluntly.
"Right. Anyway, it won't open, at least by us." Jaune said, filling his thermos.
"So what can open it then?" She asked.
"Do I look like fucking the Eye of Sauron?" Jaune asked.
"What?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Nothing, but if I knew that, don't you think I'd be doing something about it?" Jaune asked.
"Do you want my honest answer?" Raven asked.
"That would be wonderful." Jaune said sarcastically.
"I think you wouldn't be. You would be having someone else do it for you." She said.
"Well, I may teach here, but I can tell it to go fuck off if need be. It's just nothing that important has come up, yet." Jaune said. "I'm not Ozpin."
She raised an eyebrow at his last comment, "Do you have something against Ozpin?"
"Just a little, the Spartan in me is telling me that if there is a problem, and there is, to hunt it down and make it not a problem anymore. Ozpin just wants to sit on his ass about it." Jaune said.
"And the other side?" She asked.
"The other side of me can appreciate a good fashioned trap." Jaune said.
"And what's the bait?" Raven asked.
"Beacon." Jaune said, surprising Raven.
"That's a dangerous move Jaune, you could get a lot of flak for simply thinking that." Raven said with narrowed eyes.
"Spartans were created to get results. If we can't go to them, we make them come to us. One way or the other, someone is gonna die." Jaune said.
"Maybe, it would be a good way of cutting the wheat from the chaff." Raven said.
"Hmmmmmmm, you and Halsey could share some thoughts." Jaune thought out loud.
"When you said created, how much of you is real?" Raven asked.
"Let's not go there, please. But seriously, there is a grimm horde on the move, we need to be ready." Jaune said.
"You didn't mention a grimm horde." Raven said.
"One, I just did. Two, you didn't ask." Jaune said.
"Anything else that you found?" Raven asked, annoyed more than she was a minute ago.
"A solution to one of the problems." Jaune answered.
"And that solution is?" Raven asked. Before Jaune could answer, someone opens the door and walks in.
"Ahh shit, I thought I was gonna be the first here." Qrow said.
"Qrow, how nice of you to join us." Jaune said.
"Hello, little brother." Raven said.
"Rae, Jaune. So what's this I was hearing?" Qrow asked.
"Don't call me Rae." Raven said dangerously.
"A solution to the problem we found in the wildlands, the grimm spawning pools we found." Jaune said.
"Ahh and this solution is?" Qrow asked.
"Purification by nuclear fire." Jaune said.
"What the hell is nuclear?" Qrow asked.
"The UNSC developed weapons that, if enough was used, could wipe a planet clean of life." Jaune said, the Branwen twins, however, were not impressed.
"That could be said with any weapon Jaune." Raven said.
"I don't think you quite understand just how powerful these weapons are." Jaune said, turning to her. "There's one thing I will fight tooth and nail to keep everyone from getting, and that is nuclear weapons. And did I mention we have two of these?" Jaune asked.
"Ok, but how are we supposed to get them inside, there will be grimm everywhere," Qrow said.
"Myself and Delta team will walk the nuke in, then haul ass out and hope we don't get caught in the blast." Jaune said.
"That's it? Hope and pray? Sounds childish and risky." Qrow said unamused.
"I will never trust a huntsman with that weapon, much less anyone from this planet. I don't even trust Ozpin with their existence, but he knows anyway." Jaune said.
"Then why are you telling us this then?" Raven asked.
"Because I don't think you two will screw me over because of it. You led a clan of bandits around Mistral and I don't even know where you are most of the time." Jaune said to Raven and Qrow.
"Basically, we aren't around to fuck you over." Qrow said bluntly.
"To put it bluntly, yes. That's exactly why." Jaune said.
"What about this 'Covenant' I've heard you talk about?" Raven asked.
"Me and my fellow Spartans will settle a score with them if they arrive. If what one of them says is true, then they call us Demons. And fear us." Jaune said.
"Fear is a powerful weapon if used correctly." Raven said.
"Or, we show them why we should be feared." Jaune said.
"Damn, when did you become ruthless?" Qrow asked, before drinking from his flask.
"We were trained to be ruthless Qrow, I've just kept mine in check." Jaune said, drinking from his thermos.
"Moving back to your solution, what will happen if they don't agree to it?" Raven asked.
"Then we go AWOL, go through with it anyway." Jaune said.
"So you're not giving anyone an option then, are you?" Qrow asked.
"No. If they're as dangerous as you say they are, then the spawning pools must be removed completely, hence the nuclear fire." Jaune said.
"I'm glad to see you're not contempt to play by everyone else's rules." Raven said.
"If we play by their rules, how are we expected to win?" Jaune said. "This is not a war of chess we're a part of, this is a war of attrition. And we're losing." Jaune said.
"Glad to see you see past what Ozpin wants you to see." Raven said.
"Is that it then?" Qrow asked.
"Yeah, that's about it. Also, shouldn't you be in Mistral by now?" Jaune asked.
"No. Who told you that?" Qrow asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No one, just curious." Jaune said.
"One more thing Jaune, you have a lot of paperwork to do." Raven said while pointing at Jaune's desk.
"Shit." Jaune said quietly, as he was looking at the paperwork.
A few hours later, Jaune arrived at the Beacon tower, with another thermos of coffee with him. In the tower, Ozpin and Summer were already there with a hologram of Ironwood. "Gentlemen, Summer." He said, getting their attention.
"Welcome back Jaune!" Summer said happily.
"Since you're here, I was hoping you could fill in the blanks." Ironwood said.
"What blanks?" Jaune asked.
"Any solutions to this problem." Ozpin said.
"Just one. We use one of our nuclear weapons to remove the entire area the spawning pools are in, including the mountain." Jaune said. Ozpin and Summer were surprised while Ironwood was in thought.
"Is that wise Mr. Arc?" Ozpin asked.
"You asked for my solution, that is my solution." Jaune said.
"That's a very hard solution." Ironwood said.
"Well, I'm going through with it either way. You guys could go with, or you can stay here on your asses." Jaune said.
"Is there a better option?" Summer asked.
"Unless you've got a better one, then I'm all ears for it." Jaune said. No one said anything.
"What can we do to help?" Summer asked.
"Right now, not a whole lot. Myself and the other Spartans can walk it in. Then haul ass out." Jaune said.
"That's it? Just 'walk it in'? It'll be a death sentence." Ironwood objected.
"And it's a death sentence to leave them intact." Ozpin said. "But are there other ways to do this Jaune?" He asked. Jaune shook his head.
"No. I don't trust anyone else with those weapons, no one native to this planet knows how to use them." Jaune said.
"But I'm sure-" Ironwood started, but was cut off.
"Out of the question General. Theres are two peopleknow that know how to activate the nukes." Jaune said.
"And that is?" Ironwood asked.
"Why would I tell you that?" Jaune asked.
"He's got a point there James." Summer said, defending Jaune.
"Thank you, Summer." Jaune said.
"Is there more to this plan?" Ozpin asked.
"Not much more to that, more like, on-the-spot planning." Jaune said.
"Very well." Ozpin said, disappointed, but glad to have something.
"Jaune, could we speak alone about something?" Summer asked
"Sure." Jaune said. Allowing Summer to leave before he follows. Downstairs, Jaune follows her into an empty classroom. "So, what is this about Summer?" He asked.
"It's about the trait I and my daughter share: our silver eyes." Summer says. Jaune however, became confused.
"You mentioned this before I started teaching, why is this so important?" Jaune asked.
"We were created by the god of light who created us after the god of darkness created the grimm, he created us to be the first of warriors for humanity, and over the centuries we dwindled away, especially after people started unlocking their auras. As far as I know, me and Ruby are the last of our kind." Summer explained.
"You're telling me this, why?" Jaune asked, becoming more and more confused.
"The people we're fighting this war with, they know of my existence, but not Ruby's. I'm asking you to help to watch her." She asked.
"Why? Why ask me this? What makes you think I can do this?" He asked, setting his coffee down.
"Because if anything you say is true, and not a work of fiction you created as a lie," Summer started, annoying Jaune, "Then you're resourceful enough to do so. I'm not telling you to do it, I'm asking you. Tai and Yang think they can always watch her, me and Raven know we can't." Summer explained.
"Alright, I'll go along with this Summer, but I don't like this. Not one bit." Jaune said.
"I know. And I know you don't trust Ozpin fully." Summer said.
"Not trusting is an understatement Summer. If you heard the conversation with Raven, you would not look at me the same." Jaune said.
Summer looked down in thought for a few moments, then sighed. "I know. That's also why I'm asking for your help. You have a different mindset, the mindset of someone who's not afraid of the unknown." Summer started.
"And not afraid to get his hands dirty in the process." Jaune finished. "I can see why you ask of this." Jaune said before he was consumed in thought.
"What's wrong?"
Jaune exhaled slowly, "It's about my family. A bunch of things actually. The older members of my family want me to continue the bloodline, but augments, null my sex drive completely. Among other things. And despite what you may think, it's hard for me to trust others. The people I remotely trust is the other Spartans that landed here. I've just a lot on my mind." Jaune started. Summer's response was to put a hand on his shoulder.
"If you need someone to talk to about this, please come to me. I can try and help." Summer said with a soft smile. Jaune looks down at her, sharing a small smile.
Also, to that person that suggested a Jaune Pyrrha and Team RWBY, I'm assuming that's what you're implying, no. Drew and I have been talking about what ships could be in the story. The problem with a student shipped with Jaune is it's, technically a taboo.
I'm not entirely against it… Fuckin kink shame me! I dare ya!
God dammit Drew.
Lol.