I do not own Armored Core or RWBY. Thought that was a given.

Also, thanks for reviewing this.

MaxHD2490: I really think that the AC3 series was the best series. The ACs aren't OP against everything non AC, and it's more fleshed out.

KisaragiKei: It's usually a safer bet to just drop a few guys down, it reduces the needs to know about the Raven's world. It's less risky. But that is a risk I can take.


Beacon Academy CCT

From the minute that the new show was broadcast, everyone noticed something wrong. It wasn't the extremely different accents from the presenters, the fact that the broadcast was put in place only a day after the incident or because of the arena's existence.

It was the lack of panic. The presenters didn't seem even bothered by the fact that they had left an entire planet. They just acted as if this wasn't anything significant, that the new discovery was just another daily event.

However, these were professionals after all. It was ignorant to judge the many by the actions of a few. Then again, that didn't exactly stop people from doing so.

Either way, if this was truly a facade in order to reduce panic, it didn't seem all that effective, because getting the idea of being in a purgatory inside the heads of dazed citizens was probably a bad idea.

At least they learned some things from this new region. The inhabitants were humans, and they seemed to have been at some sort of war if the truce was anything to go by. The major corporations seemed to be the perpetrators of this war, and there appeared to be another force at play, the OAE. Perhaps this OAE was one of the major corporations? They were certainly important to some degree.

Then there was the case of the full names. A case that looked rather insignificant, but was worth talking about. Apparently this war was severe enough to convince citizens to go by a first name basis, or even use fake aliases and nicknames.

The cameras then switched to a different scene, one showing the combatants. Which were not birds.

"Really Yang? Birds?"

"And you knew to make the connection between the name of a bird, and a robot?"

"No..."


Raven's Ark Media Studio

"So... James, what do you think is gonna happen after the truce ends?" David brought up another topic while the cameras were off of them.

"War. That's all that's going to happen. It's all that has ever happened... whether it's between corporations, rebels, terrorists, it's going to be the same thing over and over again."

"And look where it got us. From construction tools to war machines, limited to regenerating energy, normal humans to... whatever Genobee is." David noted. "If someone ever asks you what war is good for, don't say absolutely nothing."

"Well, what about the other guys outside of our region's borders? What if they decide to get involved?"

"We just have to wait and hope nobody screws up anything... but given the corporations' track records, chances are we're gonna be in hot water with our new neighbors." The Ravens in the arena positioned their ACs, and the presenters then spoke into the mics.


Navis Warehouse Arena

The two Ravens stood outside the warehouse in their ACs, the sand on the flat, open field doing little to obscure vision. Must not have been windy that day.

"Ready?" Both combatants raised their ACs' right arm, pointing the guns at their opponent.

"Go!"

Ammo fired the rocket launcher as soon as he could, hoping to limit NR's movement. The rocket was dodged, and Ammo was peppered with rifle rounds as he tried to boost out of NR's FCS. NR proceeded to circle strafe all the while boost tapping. NR then attempted to gain a lock with the missile launcher as Ammo started boosting towards him, firing rockets at the same time. NR attempted to dodge the slow rockets, sidestepping to the left and right, and finally got a lock. He shot the missile out, and switched back to his rifle. Ammo charged headfirst through the missile, taking only a small amount of damage.

Truly NR's AC was utter shit.

Ammo, still under fire from NR's rifle, then went in for an attack with his laser blade, quickly projecting an orange stream of energy from his left forearm and swiping at NR who had chosen to engage him at point blank range. NR was grazed in the shoulder, and countered with his own blade, slashing Ammo's waist and leaving behind quite the scorch mark. Ammo disengaged and the two fought at medium range, NR holding the advantage with his rifle. Both of the ACs were starting to run out of energy though, and Ammo chose that time to strike. As NR began to run on his AC's legs to regenerate energy, Ammo fired the rocket on his back, striking NR in the left arm, and switched to the rockets on his back to do more damage.

NR's AC had overheated, temporarily reducing energy regeneration, then... he ran out of power. Warning signals and alarms blared on in the AC.

[Output Down]

[Charging]

This was a severe disadvantage. Ammo proceeded to pelt NR with more rockets, NR being limited to running and jumping due to the generator needing to be recharged back to full. NR sprang out of the way of another rocket, and retaliated with more rifle rounds, the FCS guiding the gun and predicting Ammo's approximate location. Ammo, now at half his original AP, also ran out of energy in an attempt to circle strafe.

This was NR's chance to strike. Two more seconds, and his boosters would be back in action. Ammo backpedaled away from NR, the combatants still exchanging hits. One more second, NR stopped his AC to recover energy quicker, getting hit by another rocket. "Warning, AP at 50%." Ammo then jumped up in the air to avoid a few rifle shots. NR's generator was finally at full capacity once again, allowing him to use his boosters and energy weapns. And he did.

NR made a mad dash towards Ammo, sidestepping every so often to dodge the occasional rocket. As he reached his target, he unleashed his laser blade once again to wreak havoc on the crippled AC Birth Bomb. NR swung at the core of Birth Bomb, and started to shoot at the legs of Birth Bomb, waiting for his blade to become active once again. Ammo then shot at NR with his arm mounted rocket launcher at point blank range, hitting NR's AC in the right arm, blowing it apart with ease. The dismembered AC countered with stabbing Birth Bomb in the head, then flew backwards into the air to launch another missile at the blinded Ammo.

Birth Bomb switched to the secondary camera located in the core, allowing Ammo to see with a lower quality display. He noticed NR flying into the air, and fired a rocket into the air, a rocket that grazed NR's rather large radar. Ammo then found a missile, and ignored it, thinking that the Anti-Missile-Guidance of the core would take of the problem. But the problem remained. The missile wasn't destroyed, and promptly impacted the rocket launcher on Ammo's back, rendering it useless.

NR, seeing that the AMG system was destroyed by his previous attack on Birth Bomb's core, continued to launch more missiles as he landed back on the ground, and returned to his strategy at the start of the match, circle strafing, boost tapping and launching missiles whenever they got a lock. Ammo had regained access to his boosters, and started moving erratically in an attempt to dodge the missiles, and darted across the arena, leaving a trail of sand in the air. He ignited his blade in a last ditch effort to disable the weaponry of his opponent. NR, seeing this, launched one last missile, and also started a blade attack. Ammo charged through the missile, the alarms in his AC blaring.

"Warning, AP at 10%. Take evasive action."

NR then swung his blade early, before Ammo could reach him, and his blade formed a wave of energy that separated from the blade and propelled itself towards the charging AC, striking Birth Bomb in the legs and finishing the fight.

"Defenses damaged. Halting combat and returning to normal mode." Birth Bomb's computer notified Ammo.

"I won't forget you..." Ammo growled at NR. The victorious Raven still stayed silent.


So, the chapter's short, yes, but they should get longer when the region finally makes contact with the kingdoms. Still worried about getting the RWBY characters right, and I might have a name for NR's AC. Either way, Arena fight is done, now things can get interesting. Well, maybe after another chapter.