"I loosed damnation upon the stars…"
By Kpmh2001
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Title: Future weapons development, and potential equipment modernizations
Authored by: UNSC A.I CUR-02102 "Curie"
Good evening Commander, I hope this message reaches you at a convenient time. My apologies for the high degree of encryption on this file, as well as the top-degree of security clearance. As per the "Last Man Standing" protocol, your security clearance has been updated accordingly.
The development of weapons development and technological advancement as a whole across Remnant has been accelerated dramatically by our arrival. Thanks to your approval, I have begun making efforts to bring Remnant's rather poor education system up to modern standards. Although I can certainly not accomplish this alone, I have secured the assistance of numerous politicians, scientists, Huntsmen, and Doctors across Remnant to assist me with this task.
These individuals include, but are not limited to: Headmaster Ozpin of Beacon Academy, Doctor Larsen of the Kuana Regional Hospital, Secretary of Education for the Kingdom of Vale Laura Roslin- (list truncated due to length, click here for complete list of cooperating individuals).
Lieutenant Oswald expressed concern about losing control of certain military advancements, and proposed a solution in order to maintain our operational security. Our research and development efforts will be split into two separate task forces. Task Force Minerva, which will handle general civilian education, and Task Force Athena, which will handle weapons and military technology development.
Task Force Minerva is currently tasked with a complete overhaul of Remnant's global education system, which we predict will take upwards of ten years for administrative changes alone. Should we find a way to commision additional Dumb A.I units, we could employ them to dramatically speed this process up. Regardless, the universities and institutions of learning on Remnant will need time to modernize themselves before we can begin effective cooperation.
Although Task Force Athena's staff currently only consists of only myself and the Engineering staff of the Dominion's Foundry Facility, I have devised a number of projects and programs to develop new equipment to counter the challenges posed by Remnant. As you are well aware, certain tactical obstacles will require new equipment to overcome our enemies in the field.
Task Force Athena currently possesses no objective, which you will need to provide before we can pursue any development efforts. Furthermore, we currently only possess the manpower to pursue one development at a time, which you should bear in mind before you make your decision.
Should we see a need to expand our development efforts, we will need to recruit additional personnel from a very limited number of Remnant-Native candidates. I personally recommend a case-by-case basis for these personnel, based on the needs of each project. A good example would be the development of ARM Propellant in conjunction with Beacon Academy and team RWBY.
Proposal One: Dust Projectiles
The first potential development is a fairly obvious one, suggested by Lieutenant Commander Bradford, that being the adoption of Dust munitions. Remnant has long since operated off of Dust for most of their ballistic capabilities, with bows and black-powder weapons still seeing surprisingly common usage amongst Huntsmen and Huntresses. While the propellant capabilities of all Dust variants are lackluster, the actual elemental effects of certain types of Dust provide unique tactical opportunities previously unachievable with our technology.
For example, modern cryogenic munitions are made largely irrelevant by Ice Dust, which can deliver similar effects with a miniscule fraction of the cost, and a substantially improved effect. Modernizing our own cryogenic munitions would be as simple as replacing the warheads in our bombs, as the Dominion currently carries no other forms of cryogenic weaponry. Although I have not tested my theory, I believe that we may be able to combine a mixture of Plant and Ice Dust to create formations of Pykrete rather than traditional Ice crystals, which would prove considerably more durable.
Other Dust types such as Gravity and Rock, would likely be best employed in grenades. Thankfully, these already exist, and are in service with the military forces of Remnant, particularly those of Vacuo. Rather than develop our own grenade variants, I would advise purchasing whatever models we should need.
Proposal Two: Active Defense Systems
Captain Pool of the Third Armor Company had the inventive idea of manufacturing a set of obsolete Active Defense Systems (ADS) for the purpose of protecting our armored forces from enemy Specialists. Our first conflict with the SDC proved that even a seemingly underequipped Specialist is a serious threat to our vehicles. In particular, our Cobra and Wolverine units are already susceptible to being targeted by concentrated fire, and would certainly benefit from the extra defenses.
He suggested we make a new model based on schematics for the old XM102 "Ancile" model, which we have within the Dominion's databanks. In regards to ammunition, he also recommended adapting a sort of "canister shot" based off of those meant to be fired from our tanks. The end result would be something akin to an autonomous large-caliber shotgun that we could use to outfit our armored vehicles with additional defenses against our new, more agile opponents. Grimm would also likely be highly-susceptible to such weapons.
Proposal Three: Stopgap Missiles
Suggested by Lieutenant Gage as a stopgap measure to keep our missile stocks filled. He has proposed the license production of a heavily-modified and cut down variant of the Archer Missile, designed with the lackluster Industrial capabilities of Remnant in mind. It would be dramatically shortened, carry a lighter warhead, and likely use a low-heat fuel source. Although this missile would be a downgrade in every regard compared to the Archer or even Trebuchet Missiles, they would serve to replace our depleting supply of missiles, as well as help modernize Atlas's Airfleet.
Lieutenant Thomas has suggested the designation X1 "Obrez", named after a cut-down and largely inadequate firearm from the early twentieth century.
Proposal Four: Standardized Huntsmen Equipment
When Specialist Schnee was made aware of my efforts to compile this list, she offered a proposal of her own. She noted the extensive equipment carried by an individual soldier in the UNSC, and noted that many Huntsmen and Huntresses that she had served with would likely benefit greatly from a similar sort of equipment. These items include a standard rucksack and attachment system, a mess kit, flameless heaters, entrenchment tools, flashlights, ponchos, bedrolls, night vision, and astonishingly, a standardized first aid kit.
Needless to say, the current state of the Average Huntsman's equipment is absolutely unacceptable. Although we lack the capability to supply all of the Huntsmen and Huntresses of Remnant with such equipment, especially without funding, we do have comprehensive blueprints and guidelines that could be contracted out to manufacturers to alleviate this oversight in logistics. A brief discussion with Headmaster Ozpin and Headmaster Theodore confirmed that this has apparently been a long-standing goal of theirs for some time, although they have historically struggled with execution.
Proposal 5: Neural Interfaces
The next suggestion was proposed by Jorge-052 in regards to improving operational security. He proposed a simplified version of the standard UNSC neural lace that could be operated by our allies, although currently, this seems exceptionally improbable with our current Neurological equipment. Nevertheless, if you believe that this issue should be a priority, we would be more than willing to see what options are available.
Proposal Six: Upgraded Jetpacks
During our visit to Beacon Academy, I discussed a great many military innovations with a young Huntress known as Ruby Rose. Although I could write at length about what conclusions we came to, the most interesting suggestion that she proposed was an upgrade to our jetpacks. To my surprise, Remnant apparently currently lacks such a piece of equipment, with limited exceptions.
Miss Rose proposed the inclusion of Gravity Dust into the supporting structure of the Series Eight Single Operator Lift Apparatus. The result, if utilized correctly, would be a radically improved thrust-to-weight ratio, and improve the in-atmosphere performance of the unit considerably. As the Series Eight model is the most modern thruster module we have, I suggest it's usage for there tests above any others.
Proposal Seven: S.T.A.G Plating
Finally, Lieutenant Chen proposed a potential long-term modernization to armor plating, that being what she calls S.T.A.G Plating (Suspended Through Artificial Gravity). Essentially, the design would use energized Gravity Dust to reinforce standard armor plating in times that it would be needed most. Due to the large, complex designs that such a system would demand, this system is likely only to ever see service on armored vehicles and warships.
Addendum:
There is one final disturbing observation that I have made, and it involves the use of Gravity Dust in the development of what would certainly be considered a weapon of mass destruction. Theoretically, if a considerable amount of Gravity Dust were to be activated in conjunction with a maximum-strength gravity plate, likely multiple, the resulting force would create a force not unlike those generated by a slipspace drive's particle accelerators. Only, in this case, this considerable force would be applied onto a single point of interest, rather than the multiple that are used to generate a slipspace rift.
The result of such a reaction would be the momentary development of ultra-dense matter, which would, especially if guided correctly, be sufficient to generate a considerably-sized black hole. The resulting devastation of such a weapon is beyond my calculations, but needless to say, I could not recommend the development of such a device for any reason. The concept of such a weapon alone is enough to inspire great amounts of worry in myself for Remnant's potential distant future, and I can only imagine what other disastrous misuses of science one could develop with the broad scientific opportunities that Remnant possesses.
Although I recognize how enemies like the Covenant can make such a weapon seem tempting, I would remind you that such a weapon is only made possible due to Dust, which exclusively functions on Remnant. I can scarcely imagine a strategic situation in which destroying Remnant is an acceptable and/or viable option, but if it is, I imagine that we would have far bigger problems by that point anyway.
If the day should come when this weapon is our only chance for victory, I fearHumanity would lose far more than a home. I hope I don't live to see it.
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Author's Note: The world of RWBY and it's only fantasy-like tech has so much potential when combined with the distinctly sci-fi technology of Halo. To say I've been looking forward to coming up with some of these ideas has been quite the understatement.