A/N: I do not own Warhammer 40k, Dawn of War and/or RWBY.
After the arrival of the Blood Ravens at Beacon Academy Professor Ozpin has decided to talk with these new acquaintance in a more private place. Lest unwanted information arrives at the wrong ears.
Remnant Surface
Location: Beacon Academy, Kingdome of Vale
Time: 10:45
Inside the headmaster's office were conveyed the committee of Astartes who stood in front of Ozpin who was sitting at his desk with both Ironwood and Glynda nervously at his side. For them how the headmaster could remain so calm and collected was something that surprised and amazed them at the same time. Meanwhile the Space Marines wore all that stoic face which seemed to not allow any emotions to disturb it.
The Space Marines continued to look down upon the figures they considered to be 'mere mortals' in comparison to them, meanwhile the headmaster decided to restart the conversation we this colossal beings.
"So as you may have guessed we have some questions about you." The headmaster said getting straight into the subject. "The first one is where do you come from? You are obviously not from around here."
"We come from a mighty empire, an empire that encompasses a million worlds, an empire that has endured for ten thousand years and still does and where The Emperor sits immobile on The Golden Throne. Headmaster we come from the stars." The Captain Apollo Diomedes spoke proudly, his voice echoing through the office.
"Wait a moment, so you are saying us that you are from a different planet? I found that a bit hard to believe, there have been no signs of life beyond Remnant." Said Ironwood who was skeptical at the explanation the Blood Raven's Captain gave, the General was very weary of this men since they obliterated almost an entire company of his androids.
"Well James, we aren't very developed in the field of astronomy so we wouldn't know very well. Our battles against the creatures of Grimm are gaining most of our focus." Ozpin responded.
"Grimm? Is that how you call the creatures that roamed through that forest?" This time Sergeant Cyrus asked a question.
"Indeed Sergeant, but these monsters do not only exist in the Forever Fall Forest, they are spread through all the surface of Remnant. That is way we train Huntsmen and Huntresses in combat academies such as this to combat them and protect our people." Ozpin in turn replied to the Scout Sergeant.
"And how do you combat these abominations?" Cyrus inquired wanting to know about the combat doctrine of this 'warriors', because when the atlesian captain told them about the Huntsmen he just babbled about how great and skillful they were instead of giving any actual description of their capabilities. And when Cyrus pressed him for more information about them the captain just frenetically said he didn't know anything no matter how much Cyrus threatened him. It seemed so this Huntsmen while been revered as 'great warriors' the population knew little about them.
"We Huntsmen and Huntresses use the manifestations of our souls, we call it Aura and is the main source of our power, with enough training one can make their Aura a shield to protect them from harm. Additionally for every Aura user there is a unique Semblance bestowed to each of them. This Semblance is a unique power which manifests the essence of one's soul." Ozpin explained to the gigantic humans whose facial expressions hardened a little, but this went unnoticed by the 'normal' humans in the room.
There was an awkward silence after Ozpin finished explaining the way Huntsmen and Huntresses dealt with the creatures of Grimm. That was because to the Space Marines that sounded very much like psyker powers, they would conduct test to check these people as to make sure hey weren't tainted by the Warp.
The headmaster cleared his throat a bit loudly catching the attention of all the occupants in the office while also breaking the uncomfortable silence that reigned there a few seconds ago. "So you say you come from another planet, which seems plausible to say the least, but if what you are saying is true then, why are you here? What do you seek?"
"We seek to bring the Emperor's Light to this world Headmaster, to protect it from those who would bring harm to it. The Imperium is been constantly besieged by multiple threats, xenos and traitors whose only goal is the destruction of Humanity, it is only by mere chance and The Emperors blessing that we founded this world before any of them first." The Force Commander answered quickly, while the Blood Ravens were in fact trying to bring this planet into the Imperial fold that was not the whole extent of the true. They needed recruits but they couldn't just flat out said they came to snatch a few people, that might startle the population and would turn the natives against them, so they would do this slowly and carefuly.
"Excuse me gentlemen but I see little reason for submitting to this Imperium of yours only because you say there are 'xenos and traitors' out there who will destroy us but yet we have never seen before. It is something a bit hard to believe." Ironwood said harshly.
"I agree with the General, what you are saying seems a bit… far-fetched for us to believe, unless you have any sort of information to back-up this claims." The blonde professor said.
The Space Marines looked at Captain Diomedes who then proceeded to grab a white helmet that was attached to his belt. The Captain was the only Astarte in the room that had used a helmet during the Aurelian Crusade and thus far the only one in the room who had recorded footage of the battles he and his brothers fought.
Captain Apollo tinkered with his helmet so it would reflect a holographic projection of his past combat experiences on the now desolated worlds of the sub-sector. "This memory contains some examples of the enemies we fought in our worlds." Diomedes said putting his helmet on the desk, a moment later the helmet began producing an holographic image of several warriors clad in heavy armor, shooting with their crude weapons at a group of green skinned creatures over a desert.
The creatures were huge and ugly, neither Glynda, Ozpin or Ironwood had ever saw something as disgusting as this, not to mention this beings liked to make noise with their incessant and annoying war cries.
"These are the Orks, a savage race who only exist to fight and pillage everywhere they go. While their weaponry is crude at best and their intellect lacks most of the time they can field large numbers of combatants who will charge head on with remarkable brutality, they plague the entire galaxy with their filthy prescence. This xenos also release spores upon the planet they besieged making the eradication of this monsters virtually impossible without extreme messures." Cyrus explained the basics to them, him been in the Deathwatch had made him the most experienced in hostile xeno species.
The next image showed the very same warriors this time fighting a more human-looking race, this humanoids moved at a speed not comparable to a normal human, their movements were fast and smooth, they showed up silently and seemed to banish in thin air. This was a large contrast in comparison to the Orks. "These are the Eldar, let not their human-like traits deceit you, their core strategy is based upon manipulation and lies. These foes prefer hit and run tactics and guerilla warfare instead of upfront engagements; luckily they are a dying race and presumably few in number." Cyrus recited again the basics of each species.
The hologram switched footage once more, this time the area was surrounded by a sandstorm so it was a bit difficult to make out the figures of the enemy. An incomprehensible hymn could be heard from the speakers but that was about it. But before they could see anything more Diomedes grabbed his helmet allowing the hologram to disappear.
"Those examples you saw are only ones of the many enemies the Imperium fights every day to survive but we will explain more of it latter. I suppose this is enough evidence to support our claims?" The Assault Sergeant Thaddeus asked.
"Yes it is." Ozpin responded while Glynda nodded, although one could say she was a bit paler than usual, and Ironwood switched his facial expressions in what could be described as a more approving face, although if someone paid attention they could have noticed his eyes had widened by a certain margin. Truth is they were quiet shocked by the volume of violence
"Good, then we should go to talk with the government on this planet." The Force Commander said, but before he could turn Ozpin stopped him by saying.
"Actually I can help you with that; I am part of Vale's Council so I could arrange a meeting between you."
"Thank you Headmaster your assistance is appreciated." Aramus responded.
"No need to thank me, from what you have showed us there are more terrible threats out there, the Council should know about this."
"Excuse me Headmaster but how much would it take to arrange the meeting." Thaddeus asked.
"I estimate it would take at least an hour and a half but I' am not sure about it, also be sure to bring the footage you showed us otherwise they will most likely not believe us." Ozpin answered.
"Very well, give us the coordinates and we will be there in two hours." Diomedes said.
Ozpin proceeded to grab his scroll and show the Blood Ravens the coordinates, since their gene-seed allowed them to have photographic memory they didn't need to transfer the data.
"You sure you don't want to transfer it?" the Headmaster asked.
"It will not be necessary." Cyrus said.
The Astartes turned towards the elevator and since they couldn't fit all at once they had to take turns, only after several minutes they all managed to get down. Once they were all out of the office they proceeded to return to their Thunderhawks, the halls were deserted since most of the students were attending classes now, alas they didn't made it too far before a group of natives stood in front of them.
"So, you are the 'unexpected guests', eh?" A female of the group said as more of a statement than a question. She had brown hair with a single pink strand at her side, she also wore sunglasses and a beret on top of her head, the woman was dressed in a 'stylish' outfit.
"You could say so." Thaddeus replied with a bit of humor. "What do you seek Miss…"
"Adel, Coco Adel, Ozpin requested me and my team to escort you to the air docks." Said Coco who was looking up to the eight foot giants in front of her, the Headmaster requested her and her team to guide them to the docks and watch for if they do anything suspicious.
Meanwhile the Space Marines eyed the rest of the group. There were three companions along Coco one of them was a blind boy with red hair, the other one was a tall and muscular male with short black hair, and his height was almost on par with that of Sergeant Cyrus. This two seemed human enough but what really caught their eye was a small girl with bunny ears coming out over the top of her head.
The Astartes were disgusted and surprised, from what little information Cyrus has gathered this Huntsmen and Huntresses were revered by the population. "So that means they are revering a mutant!" This was the thought that crossed through all the mind of the Marines in the group.
"Are we ready to go?" Coco asked the group of augmented humans in front of her.
"What is she?" Apollo asked in a rather blunt tone while pointing at the girl with rabbit ears. This caused the poor bunny girl to shrink a bit in fear and her teammates stepping up as if to protect her.
"She is a Faunus." Coco said to the Captain as if it was the obvious.
"So she is not human."
"No. Is there a problem with that?" Coco asked a bit irritated.
'Yes.' The Blood Ravens Captain simply frowned and said. "Negative, please lead us to the docks I think we have wasted enough time."
"I agree." The trip back to the airdocks was short and silent but for the bunny girl it felt as if someone was going to stab her at any moment, she could practically feel the glares those giant men were casting upon her. And the dread emanating from them felt like a ton of bricks were crushing her under its weight. Velvet has never felt so nervous in her life but for the sake of appearances she tried to keep herself composed.
When they finally reached the airdocks both of the groups bid their farewells and the Astartes boarded their gunships which later carried them to the sky above until they disappeared out of sight. Velvet drew a long and tired sigh after those people left, her legs felt a bit weak and she was shaking a bit.
When team CVFY arrived to their dorm Velvet promptly dropped face first on her bed. Silently hoping she would never have to meet those men again.
Remanant Surface
Location: Beacon Academy, Ozpin Office
Time: 10:50
Captain George Gray was very tired, after the annoyingly long travel from Atlas to Vale the Captain only wanted to sleep and rest but he plans for shut-eye were interrupted by a simple mission requested for him and his company by General Ironwood. It had seemed an easy enough task: 'Search the trespassers and arrest them', but the Atlesian Captain never expected the trespassers to be lobotomized cyborgs, robed people and freaking eight feet tall giants clad in the bulkiest armor he had ever seen in his life, wielding crude weapons who reduced his androids to miserable scraps.
And now the General was calling him for questioning when he couldn't get even ten minutes of rest and respite. He gave an exasperated sigh, then the doors of the elevator opened and he was greeted by the sight of the Headmaster of Beacon sitting behind his desk while General Ironwood was standing at his side. Gray stepped into the office straightening his pose as much as possible and pulling a bland salute to his commander.
"Sir, you called?" The atlesian captain said in a slow tone only loud enough to be hared, the shock of fighting those 'men' still haven't lost its grip on him completely.
"Yes Captain please come here, we have much to discuss." Said Ironwood who was motioning Gray to sit in the chair in front of the desk.
The Captain promptly slumped in his sit finally letting his legs rest, but he quickly recompose himself when he remembered himself that he was in front of a superior officer.
"So how are the men doing?" The General asked. Meanwhile Ozpin poured some coffee into a mug and gave it to the Captain who took it muttering a silent thanks to the headmaster and carefully sipping the hot liquid.
"Frankly sir… They are all still pretty scared, never in my life have I seen something that… dreadful." Gray answered as he briefly recalled the memories of the short skirmish he had against the red-armored giants, the way bullets bounced off harmlessly of their armor, how their weapons destroyed his troops and the way they moved was too fast considering the armor they wore looked like it weighted almost a ton.
"Hmm, Captain could you explain to us how your men and this 'group' entered into hostilities?" The Headmaster asked looking to the Atlesian across him.
Suddenly Grey's eyes became downcast he avoided looking at the General or Headmaster too much; he took a brief pause before responding. "I, uh, my finger slipped when I tried to make contact and, ehh, ended up shooting them." The captain looked at his feet unable to meet his commanding officer face.
The General pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed, he couldn't believe his subordinate lack of caution. "What about the equipment Captain? Did they get a hold on any of it?"
Gray forced himself once more to maintain eye contact with Ironwood, the disappointment in the general's eyes was no easy thing to bear. "Aside from the scraps the robots were turned into, nothing I suppose."
"Captain, do you have any recording of the skirmish?" James asked.
"Eh, yes sir! It is in my control pad."
"Very well, that would be all Captain you are dismissed." And with those words said the Captain saluted his superior before leaving.
Strike Cruiser Retribution
Location: Real space, orbiting around Fragmentum
Time: 11:00, LPT
The insides of the Strike Cruiser were usually calm and silent; the vast halls of the ship never seemed to utter a single sound, this generated a peaceful atmosphere which contrasted the very purpose of the mighty war vessel.
Inside the spaceship, more specifically, in the forge room in which Techmarine Martellus was currently located. The Astartes adept of the Mechanicus was alone in that room, staring coldly at what was left of the Atlesian androids.
'This is an outrageous offence to the Omnhissia!' Martellus thought with barely suppressed anger as he stretched an arm to grab the headpiece of one of the knights. He held the piece in his hands and stared at the black visor in front of him, and then a second later he crushed the equipment in his palm having lost the will to continue looking at the mockery of the will of the Machine God in front of his eyes.
He threw the crushed metal aside and bowed his head meanwhile his hands bailed into tight fists. 'Do this people comprehend the severity of what they are doing? How can they be so ignorant?' He sighed. 'I will see it myself that this blasphemy shall be eradicated.' Soon after his anger cooled off Martellus began to properly study the robots, their machine spirit was almost completely shattered and the Techmarine could sense it but it was very faint like a small candle in the middle of a dark room where the smallest breeze could extinguish it. The alloy they were made of was stainless steel, nothing remarkable in his opinion, and their wiring was similar to that of a combat servitor minus the flesh.
Just as he finished checking the foreign technology a serf entered into the forge room catching the attention of the Astartes. "My Lord Force Commander Aramus requests tour presence in the control room." The woman in red robes said as she kneeled in front of the Techmarine.
Martellus simply acknowledge the mortal human with a nod and swiftly left the forge room.
He arrived to his destination in the span of a few minutes, after opening the door he was greeted by the sight of Aramus and the company's Chaplain Arevacus. "Brother-Commander, you requested my presence?"
Aramus nodded. "How has the research with those Iron Men gone Martellus?"
"Nothing that could pose a challenge to us Commander, but this is for now, I fear this people do not understand the nature of what they are toying with. The Omnissiah demands the end of these abominations as soon as possible." The Techmarine responded with an angered tone.
"While that could pose a problem in the future Brother-Commander I urge you to take the spiritual afflictions and their devotion to the Emperor as priority over the whims of the Machine God about a threat that has yet to become one." Chaplain Arevacus responded swiftly.
"You dare insult the teachings of the Deus Machina! Do you not understand this could pose a grave danger to us?!" Martellus yelled in a fit of anger that was rare for a techmarine to partake in.
Arevacus shifted to a more menacing stance and said. "I'm not insulting it, what I'm doing is merely stating the facts that-"
"SILENCE!" But before he could his retort Aramus stopped him with a heavy silence falling upon the room. "Now the reason I called you here was to discuss this very matters. Arevacus, Martellus we will deal with these issues in its due time but we will do it gradually and with caution." The Force Commander face contorted to one of disgusted anger his brows were close knit together and his mouth was tipped downwards into a large frown. "We have established communications and we will soon meet their leaders to discuss terms, after that Brother-Chaplain Arevacus will oversee the new initiates and the population spiritual well-being. Meanwhile you Martellus will catalogue any technology they posses specially if it is something we haven't seen, we will deal with the Iron Men problem with care, it might startle the population that we are trying to disarm one of their primary combat platforms."
Both Astartes nodded and Martellus asked if there was something else, Aramus shaked his head and dismissed them. He had to prepare for another meeting.
Remnant Surface
Location: Council Building, Kingdome of Vale
Time: 13:00
The Council Building was one of the oldest structures in Vale, some say it dates back to the very first years of the Kingdome foundation. Inside this walls resided the Council's Chambers, a place where all the important decisions were made for the (theoretically) the betterment of the realm.
Ozpin, James Ironwood and the Council of the Kingdome of Vale was awaiting in this very chambers awaiting the arrival of the giant men the Headmaster and the General had talked to the Councilmen.
"Ozpin I swear if this is another one of you jokes I will-." But before he could finish the sentence he was cutted off by the Headmaster.
"I assure you Councilman Vladimir Krasnyy that what I'm telling you is no jest at all, they will arrive soon enough." And just as if the universe obeyed the orders of the grey-haired school leader a security guard came into the chambers saying that there was an unidentified red gunship coming towards here claiming to know Ozpin.
Ozpin excused himself and went to the Com-room with the guard, several minutes later he walked again into the chambers but this time he was escorted by three beigns of gigantic proportions.
The three of them where somewhat different from each other, The first one was clad in red armor with golden trims, his lack of helmet revealed a squared-jaw face with two pieces of metal bolted in his forehead, his spiky hair was of light brown color. At his sides two men of similar height followed swift, the one at his right wore black armor and his face was hidden by a skull helmet that made more than one person recoil or shrink in fear. At the left the men had his armor of the same color as the one on the center, the only difference was that this man carried a strange looking helmet, which also hid his facial expressions, and a long mechanical arm sprouted from his back.
"Apologies for the delay Councilmen we had a bit of trouble with the doors, the size of my guests is considerably bigger compared to us." Ozpin said with a faint smile on his lips.
The Council was staring wide eyed and with mouths agape at the supposed aliens. "Wh-who re they!?" Councilwoman Johanna Celeste yelled, frightened at the sight of the Chaplain.
"Greeting honorable Council, I'm Force Commander Aramus of the Blood Ravens Space Marines, this two are my Battle-Brothers Chaplain Arevacus and Techmarine Martellus. We are came here as ambassadors of the Imperium of Mankind, a dominion encompassing a million planets ruled by His majesty The Emperor who sats upon the Golden Throne on Terra, birthplace of humanity. We do not mean any harm and only wish peaceful cooperation with you and as a token of our benevolence we swore to help you against this plague you call the Grimm." The Commander said in a soothing tone.
Meanwhile the members of the Council were completely flabbergasted, their mouths hang agape and their eyes glazed over the imposing figure Aramus was at that moment.
A few moments later the Council broke from their stupor and started reacting to what has just been said to them, one of them was a scrawny figure that slowly rose from his seat, this man's face was covered in wrinkles and what few hair he possessed was of a dull gray color. This man was Henry Regen.
"Excuse me young lad I don't want to sound ungrateful but if what Ozpin says and you claim is true, that you came from another planet, then where is your spaceship huh?" The old man said in tired and dragged voice.
Aramus chuckled. 'Young lad heh, I'm probably a century older than him.' He thought a bit amused. "Martellus call the Retribution."
A few minutes passed when the improbable happened, a huge ship of proportions never seen before hovered over the City of Vale. The news channel were going ballistic over the huge strange airship that appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the city, the Council couldn't believe their eyes and Aramus told Ironwood to command his airships to stand down.
"Will this be proof enough?"
A/N: Aaaaand that's it. Phew it took forever, sorry for the delay I have been a bit busy with certain personal matters of mine I hope this chapter is long and good enough to satisfy your needs.
Also for those of you who haven't noticed this is my first fanfic so is probably a bit shitty compared to the standard of Fanfiction. Other than that what do you think so far I hope the reactions are real enough also what do you think of how I portrayed the Sphessh Meherrens in this story were they okay or a little too expressive anyway thank you very much for reading and please leave a review if you can it helps very much. THE EMPEOR PROTECTS