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Chapter 6

But before we continue I do wish to answer some questions first

Guest: as for the great khans I don't think I will be adding them into the story personally in the game and lore they really didn't have any influence (no matter how small it was) outside the Mojave.

H2Velociraptor: who knows, maybe as a special I'll bring one of them in but at moment sadly no

Funkyshnelpu jr: I'm think you may have done your math wrong or at least had a minor error (no biggy) also for the courier his/her age is really up to character, I personally have my Courier at his mid or late 20's so yeah there's that as well also the Courier is technically a cyborg due the big MT

If one were to ask somebody about Menagerie, they would get one of two answers. Before the American remnant war Menagerie was little more than seen as an attempt to create a society outside the oppressive forces of humanity. But after the war gone was the old menagerie and its place was the new Menagerie, the annex territory of the TA as well as one largest hubs of trading in remnant. And in in the fledgling metropolis lied a massive tower, dubbed concord tower due to standing in where once TA/Kingdom leaders sat and finally brought the American remnant war to an end.

Currently, the tower was filled with abuzz as reporters, politicians, & business representatives were currently waiting for the TA representative to arrive. The reason for the activity was due to the TA making a recent announcement that they would be soon making announcing something that would bring great surprise to remnant as well as claim that it would bring forth a new industry as well. As an result multiple groups were now waiting for the TA representatives to finally reveal what they were so giddy about.

5 minutes later

As the last few minutes passed the doors finally opened to reveal the TA representatives, standing in the front of the group was the current governor of Menagerie Sienna Khan, a dark skinned female tiger Faunus with raven colored hair and piercing yellow eyes. Standing next to her was the previous governor , Ghira belladonna, a light skinned male cat Faunus with a large and imposing figure. Next to him were a few humans.

After a few minutes of setting down Sienna Khan rose from her seat as multiple eyes & cameras locked onto her as she addressed the crowd in front of her.

"My fellow Faunus & humans, you are all here today to hear about an announcement that my government would like to make. But, before I announce it there is a single question that I would like to ask to all of you, … what is one the things that has entranced man since the beginning."

Silence composed the room for a few moments before she spoke up again. "When man first rose from the world what did his eyes saw when they opened for the first time. They saw the night sky, they saw the stars, the moon and so much more. It is from this moment that civilization was entranced by the mystic nature of the night sky and what was beyond it. Ever since than mankind has progressed greatly and has made significant strides even to the point where some claim that we now have a true understanding of the sky and beyond. While what they say does have some merit it is not all true thou. For there is still one frontier that we have yet to explore and have only dreamed about as shown in our literature/entertainment. That frontier is space" declared Khan.

"For while we may claim to understand our planet no nation could claim to understand the dark unknown that is space. But I say that time is over, for today marks a new day for civilization. Today the TA announces that it shall allow our domestic space industry to expand into the global market. And to prove that we not just boasting I ask of all of you to turn your attention to the screen behind me" finished Khan.

The room began to dim as a large screen began to climb down behind the TA representatives. As the screen slowly came to a halt it immediately turned on to reveal what was simply looked like a massive clearing.

For while nothing happened until suddenly the center of clearing began to open as a large rocket began rise from the hole.

Minute passed as the rocket's engines began to warm up. As time passed the engines began to heat up as chunks of ice began to fall off the space craft as plumes of smoke began to bellow out of the thrusters.

After what felt like an eternity the engines roared into action as the internal speakers of the screen activated, flooding the room with sound of rockets roaring into action as it began to slowly lift off. The space craft began to lift off as minutes later the space craft soon disappeared from the land based cameras as the screen turned off and lights came back to the room.

"The space craft shall arrive at remnant's moon in approximately 2-3 days from now …" explained Sienna as her face morphed into a smirk "… So, any questions" asked Sienna as a flood of hands & question quickly dominated the floor.

three days later

After the TA's announcement the whole of remnant was soon sent into a frenzy as many speculated if what the TA showed was true or not. Some argued that even if it was true than society stilled needed to learn about the effects of space while others argued that the TA most likely already had the knowledge beforehand.

To the kingdoms of Mistral & Atlas this news was meet with dread as to them the TA now had new avenue to assault the kingdoms as well as tighten the chains they had around the people of remnant. Each of their respectful governments began to draw up plans for possible space agencies or for the case of Atlas an increase of funding of the already existing space agencies.

To the nations of Menagerie & Vacuo the news was meet and seen as a sign of great news. As to them the TA was in the midst of bringing forth a new revolution technology that could bring great change to their people as well as breath new hope as well.

For businessess of dozens of industries also look at this with anticipation as stock markets rose with many investors wondering how companies/businesses would incorporate the new space industry if at all. Industrials like the travel industry were already forming plans as well as were in the process of negotiating with representatives of the space industry.

While others saw this event with either horror or joy other groups/nations decided to sit on the bench for the moment and watch how this would unfold. But none could deny that if the TA could pull through with their promise than it would have a profound impact on the people of remnant.

As the nation's continue to discuss/argue with the possible ramifications all of them were currently watching from their TV/monitors the space shuttle , named New Hope -1 by the TA, slowly inch closer to its destination, the moon of remnant.

A few hours passed as the space shuttle reached the lunar orbit and slowly began to descend down to the celestial surface.

The people of remnant held their breath as they watched the shuttle slowly touched down on the lunar surface. A few minutes later a ramp came out of the shuttle as it extended onto the moon's surface. A few moments later the doors open as three people in modified power armor exit the shuttle and onto the surface of the moon, moments later a crackle could be heard before a masculine voice could be heard.

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"For years we have been trapped, unable to leave the planet we call home, due to both limitations of dust and current technology … but today that is over. Today marks a new era not just for my people but for all of civilization. In the wise words of my predecessor, Neil Armstrong. This is one small step for man but one giant leap for mankind."

As the lead astronaut finished his declaration the astronaut to his right handed him a brief case, in it was the flag of the TA. The head astronaut grabbed it and slammed it into the ground.

2 weeks later/Atlas Academy/Ironwood's Office

"Professor Ironwood, the delegate from the mistral embassy is here to see you now" said Winter Schnee.

"Bring her in Schnee" replied Ironwood as Winter gave a salute before leaving Ironwood's office.

Once Winter had left his office Ironwood let out a tired sigh as he turned his chair to view the beautiful mountains that surrounded the academy. As Ironwood admired the scenery before him he began to think back to the last, to put it lightly, hectic 2 weeks.

Ever since the TA had landed on the moon citizens form their respective kingdoms have demanding the creation of their own national space agency or for Atlas special case a lager funding. What most people don't remember is that a few decades ago their was once a great interest in space which resulted in a movement for a national space agency. In response the kingdoms had created their own space agencies to show to the people that they two where interested in the prospect of space, but once people learned that dust could not work in space interest quickly evaporated, resulting in most kingdoms simply dissolving their space agencies expect Atlas. Instead the Atlas council decided to slash funding and simultaneously allocate most of its human resources to other promising divisions

But once the moon landing event happened the council began to feel the pressure from their people to increase the funding for the Atlas space agency (ASA for short), but there were a few problems to that. One of the biggest problems is that the ASA is severely understaffed, there were only a dozen actual employees working there before the moon landing event. Which in turn feeds into the second problem, the ASA had a very limited experience of safely launching rockets into space. Previous rockets used small dust powered engines to launch it into the atmosphere. And lastly, the ASA would need to develop the necessary infrastructure for future space missions which would no doubt take many years to complete.

However, there was some good news. The after years of research the men & women in R&D have finally been able to create multiple alternative fuels to replace dust as wells as new fuels for rockets. Another tidbit was that the ASA already had the plans for the infrastructure and from briefing the general had with the engineer crops, with a bit of updating and tweaking the plans could work. Finally, there was also the recent surge of young minds banging on the ASA's door wishing to join the agency as well as other scientist from different division requesting to move to the ASA.

Overall, it will be a steep challenge for Atlas but with the surge of support from the people as well as new found commitment from the council, Ironwood had no doubt that Atlas will place one of their own people on the moon.

But even with this musing the general could not help to also think back to the political ramifications of the moon landing event. One the groups to be affected were the Faunus, specifically the Faunus who supported the TA during the war. Once the people learned that the astronaut that gave the speech was a Faunus nation pride rose among TA Faunus which in turn strength the bond between the TA and Faunus. Not only that but Faunus immigration to the TA also surge as well.

Another problem was unrestricted use of space, so in a rare event of unity the four kingdoms came together and were able bring the TA the meeting table to discuss the about the use of space. As for the location of talks it was decided that Vale shall host the event as it was considered the most neutral of four kingdoms.

The meeting themselves would start in a 1 week form now giving the other nations time to formulate a strategy.

Before Ironwood could muse anymore a knock form his door alerted him that the Mistral was here.

"General Ironwood, I believe that you called me here to discuss about something" asked the ambassador as she entered the room.

"That I did, please do come and sit down, let me get us some refreshments" replied Ironwood as he motioned the ambassador to take a seat.

"So what did you want to talk about anyway General" asked the ambassador. "What else the, the TA of course" replied James, earning a groan form the ambassador.

"look, I'll tell what I told the other councilors, yes Mistral is recreating its space agency. But, currently were still in the process of drawing out the plans for said agency as well as we have yet finalized a budget" replied the ambassador with a slightly irritated tone.

"Oh no, I wasn't talking about that. What I wanted to talk was about our current trade agreements was well as discuss some recent news" replied James.

"Oh? And what would you like to talk about than" asked the ambassador. "I recently heard that your government had recently discovered at least half a dozen new dust deposits" said James as he brought out his scroll onto the table and tapped it a few times to show a map of Anima as well as the location of said deposits.

"Hmm, you aren't wrong General, but I do hope you aren't forgetting that these new deposits are currently located near the edges of Mistral's territory where our forces are the weakest. The area itself is a cesspit of Grimm & bandits mind you" replied the ambassador.

"Oh, I'm aware of the problem ma'am. That is why I'm soon going to bringing up a new bill that will essentially allow Atlas to loan a portion of its own military over to Mistral to help in the protect and creation of those deposits. In return Mistral will allow Atlas to take a portion of resources form said deposits" offered Ironwood.

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"That's quite the plan there General and, how much to you mean by portion" asked the ambassador after a taking a few moments to digest the information.

"To an extent it is but I'm quite confident it will pass, but for the portion part oh no more than 40%. What I'm more curious is whether Mistral will accept the proposal "replied Ironwood.

"Hmm, while I can't say for certain for all the members I'm rather certain that at least a few will be interested in the proposal … if it's not too much trouble would it be possible for you to send me a copy of the bill and send it to the Mistral council" offered the ambassador.

"That will be acceptable, I'll for word you a reply in a few moments" replied Ironwood, getting a nod form the ambassador as she proceeded to leave the general's office.

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A few minutes later as ironwood was about to send his proposal to the ambassador his scroll began to vibrate as he picked it up and turned it on.

"General Ironwood speaking, who & what is it" demanded Ironwood.

"Specialist Redcliff, leader of squad 2B form the specialist corps Sir. Sir I don't know how else to say it but … research facility P-2 has been infliatraed and all faculty members are dead sir."

And that is a cut people, so yeah, like I said before I'm not dead yet people just been … preoccupied by schoolwork and laziness but anyway, I do believe it's time for some good old Doctor Oobleck time.

Doctor Oobleck time

Thank you, very much mysterious voice, in the sky" said Doctor Oobleck as he turned his attention back to the viewers. "Now I do hope you are ready for some history lesson dear viewers, ~ahem~ Miss Ruby is may" said Oobleck as ruby quickly appeared as she began draw todays lesson.

COMBAT DRONES

"Today's lessons will be focusing on the different types of combat drones employed by the TA and kingdoms for today" said Oobleck.

The professor turned to the chalkboard behind before quickly drawing up large drone with a lower body that resembled that of a spider and upper portion had a more humanoid look.

"This drone here is the Mk III spider droid, created as heavy support unit for soldiers. The droid is powered by twin heavy duty dust engines, the drone also possesses four cannons, one on the end of each arm, and two larger ones mounted on its shoulders. Each cannon can fire independently, but they can merge to form one large cannon which produce and fire much stronger salvos" explained Ruby.

"Don't forget about the armor" added Oobleck.

"Oh yeah … hmm, darn can't seem to remember the exact details but I do remember that Mk III spider droid had a standard composite armor. Oh, also the drone could also come in a different variant where it can be driven mech" replied Ruby.

"Quite correct Miss Rose, but I do believe we should head to the next droid" said Oobleck as he erased the drawing before replacing it with a droid that had a more humanoid look than the previous one.

"This here Atlesian Knight-130 otherwise known as the AK-130. Created as a joint project between the Schnee dust company and core robotics*, these combat droids come in a metallic dark-gray color, with red highlights on certain parts of its body, particularly its "face" and chest plate. Unlike the Mk III spider droid these droids have a bipedal design.

Combat wise the AK-130 are able to change their hands into revolving automatic weapons or alternatively, into large curved, wrist-mounted blades, fighting with both in a dual-wielding style. The AK-130 primary armor is steel based and is based around the torso where its heavy-duty dust engine is placed, the droid does have some plating around it limbs but not much mind you. The droid does come with an improved AI compared to previous models, as it is able to communicate, strategize, and speak to a limited extent.

The AK-130 are primarily designed around the notion of quantity over quality as there design allows them to be produced quickly and cheaply. The AK-130 are usually deployed to high Grimm areas, standard Atlas strategy is sending large quantities of 130's to designated sites to clear the surround area before sending in soldiers/hunters" explained Oobleck before he took a quick peak at his watch.

"Hmm, seems that we are short of time today. So we shall end it today for now, many apologizes but I do promise you that next time we will continue where we left off as well as get into the the TA robots next time. Good day everyone" said Oobleck before shutting the camera.

Core robotics = one of the leading robotics in remnant with Robco being one the few companies that can rival its power and influence. Core robotics are considered by many as the creators of Atlesian Knight line even though the SDC did partake the creation of the model. Rumors suggest the company is currently in the works of creating an even superior model with support from the Atlas council.