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The names of Jaune's siblings and parents are the ones I came up with alongside Ultima-Owner, which he used in his story "RWBY Tales".

Shield of Remnant

Ch3: Colony

Jaune stood silently on the ground facing the bullhead coming in to land on Patch. Over his Mjolnir armor, he wore a white cloak given to him by Summer rose with the hood pulled down to reveal his helmet as many suppressed emotions ran through him. Fear, Hope, Joy, Sorrow, Concern, Excitement. Such emotion had been frowned upon by the Office of Naval Intelligence. The Perfect Spartan would show no emotion.

Come to think of it, B-192 was the closest they came to a Perfect Spartan.

Thanks to the Rose Xiao-Long family, he not only had his M45 Shotgun and M6G PDWS Magnum, but his very first Mechashift weapon. He had designed a weapon designed based on one used by United Nations Space Command Armed Forces special operators-namely the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. Summer, Ruby, and Taiyang took some offence to the...basic design of the weapon however. They also used his 20 cm Combat Knife with the design to forge it.

The result was his new weapon; Dechiqueteur. In the language his name came from, this meant "Shredder". It took the form of the M7S Submachine Gun with a large combat bayonet under the muzzle. In it's SMG Form, it had a modified external flash and SS/M 49 Sound Suppressor on the barrel and did not have a case over the ammunition boxes which slid into the weapon on the side. It also had SLS/V 5B Smart-link scope, which brought up the scope on his visor. The silencer was altered to not only prevent the bullets from losing power-which was also aided by being able to use different types of dust-but also increase the range of the weapon.

Needless to say, once Ruby heard about that, she made sure to have a pair of tactical sunglasses made to connect to the SLS/V 5B Smart-link scope she added to her weapon she was building; Crescent Rose.

However, Dechiqueteur was a Mechashift weapon. Seeing his skill with a one-handed combat knife, they made it shift into a Kopis. What a Kopis was is a large, one-handed heavy knife with a forward-curving blade. It had a blade length of about 65 cm, a single-edged blade that pitched forward towards the point, the edge being concave on the part of the sword nearest the hilt, but swelling to convexity towards the tip.

Dechiqueteur was in Kopis form in a sheathe-which was made with Yang's help with a similar metal as her Ember Celica; the same color too. When the bullhead landed, every muscle of his body tensed as Jaune could hear his heartbeat pounding in his ears. He was now entering what the Office of Naval Intelligence called "Spartan Time". Thanks to the augmentation of his brain, muscles, nerves, and eyes, he could perceive and react to sensory inputs quicker than a normal Hunter. They were capable of running at speeds exceeding 55 km/h or 34.2 mph. They could lift up to three times their body weight WITHOUT assistance from their Mjolnir power armor. Finally, their reaction times were estimated to be a mere 20 milliseconds. The reaction times of the Spartans were so fast that they, in heightened states of stress, were able to think, react and see things as if everything around them were simultaneously occurring at both a slow and rapid pace - a phenomenon dubbed "Spartan Time".

A Spartan-2 that their augmentations were based on was shown picking up a military ATV and using it like a hammer. Now, the opening ramp of the bullhead, to Jaune, was moving in both a rapid and slow pace. Now, for the first time in 8 years he was seeing his family. The oldest sister looking at the his armored form with her green eyes made him freeze as memories rushed forward. This was Iris. She was a huntress and had a fondness of soap operas. Then, with her blue hair (probably from his father's side of the family) was Fleur. Next was a snake Faunus, Blanc, with her snake like eyes giving her heat vision. Last he saw her, she was training to be a lawyer.

Then there were the twin pranksters Yvette and Cerise; their velvet colored eyes locked onto his armored form. Shy Clair had wanted to be a surgeon; her honeyed eyes gazing at the Rose-Xiao Long group in concern. Finally, his youngest (but still older than him) sister was the fiery-haired Marigold. However, the little spitfire preferred the name Mari as she thought her whole name was too "flowery". His parents were staring at his armored form with concern.

A slight nudge from Taiyang brought him out of "Spartan Time" as he nearly grabbed the man's wrist. Jaune watched as the man nodded at him and motioned to take off his helmet. Jaune reached up hesitantly before pulling his helmet off and stared at his family with no visible expression. He didn't know what to think. Would they yell at him? Hate him? Shun him?

"MY BABY BOY!" His mother shouted and ran over and Jaune's eyes widened as him mother moved faster than he ever recalled her moving and soon had him wrapped up in a hug. The helmet fell from limp fingers and embedded in the dirt near his feet as Jaune stood there with a stunned expression as he cautiously eyed his sisters and father walk over to him.

"Thank you..." He heard his father whisper to the Rose Xiao-Long family.

"As happy as this is..." An unfamiliar voice came from behind the group, which moved to reveal a silver-haired man in a black and green suit with a cane holding a cup of coffee, "Maybe he can shine some light on why some of the missing children have returned in armor that surpasses Atlas's technology."

"Jaune." His mother said, "This is Headmaster Ozpin. He runs Beacon Academy-you know the one you want to get into?" Jaune's gaze locked onto Ozpin's eyes. A dead blue stared into eyes that seemed older than they were; both seemingly carrying the weight of the world.

There was a tense silence inside the Rose Xiao-Long household. "So this...Office of Naval Intelligence was responsible for the kidnappings?" Ozpin said, looking over a file on his scroll that Jaune had downloaded from the helmet of his Mjolnir.

"You were their next target...sir. I was to be the scapegoat as they slunk into the shadows to continue their operations." Jaune said with a dead tone. It had been a few hours and with a screwdriver and some help, he had stripped out of the Mjolnir armor and his bodysuit and into some boxers that his family had bought-they having brought all sorts of sizes not knowing what to expect upon seeing him again. He was thankful that the Office of Naval Intelligence had drilled into each Spartan how to dismantle and repair their own Mjolnir before receiving it. "However, we Spartans were designed to be the Shields of Remnant against all threats, internal and external. We decided that eliminating you would not only be signing our own death warrants, but would only destabilize the peace of Remnant."

Hearing about it was one thing...but even the Rose Xiao-Long family was not prepared for how many scars there were on his body over major bones. Even his hands, the faint lines told of an intense pain. The Arc parents, however, were ready to go to war.

"And...how many were kidnapped?" Ozpin said. To tell if one was lying, they had to monitor answers closely-not that he believed Jaune was lying based on the scars alone matching those of the other 7 children that returned.

"There were a total of 77 applicants chosen for the Spartan program." Jaune said and Ozpin stared intently at the data on his scroll. "When we received our augmentation, only 26 survived the process." Ruby's eyes watered as she buried her face into her mother's dress and Yang clenched her eyes shut. "When the opportunity came for us to break free, there were only 8 of us left afterwards. The Office of Naval Intelligence destroyed the bodies when their emergency measures destroyed the base." Ozpin's fist clenched tightly on his mug of coffee. So many potential hunters and huntsman killed senselessly.

Jaune stared dead ahead as he continued. "The IDs of those still remaining are C-173, S-174, J-180, V-182, Y-184, B-192, S-197, and G-198." Those IDs...they were the exact same ones of the other "children" that were now reunited with family-including his own J-180. The location of Jaune's scars matched up with the other children's as well. Felix moved over to Jaune's helmet and attempted to lift it up, but soon found himself struggling to do so.

"Geez! What is this thing made of?!" Felix-his father-said with Fern-his mother-helping him set it back down.

"The outer layer has a multi-layer alloy including Titanium augmented with a refractive coating capable of dispersing a limited amount of plasma energy weapon impact." Jaune rambled off as his eyes stared into the distance, "Underneath the alloy shell is a thick black armored titanium nanocomposite bodysuit. Underneath that layer is a gel-filled layer. The gel layer regulates temperature and can reactively change its density in a few seconds. The inner skinsuit is made of a moisture-absorbing synthetic material linked to an environmental control computer and the occupant's special-issue neural interface. This network translates electrochemical signals to digital code and routes them through an interface connection at the rear of the skull." Each member of the Arc family moved and gaped openly at the Neural Implant on Jaune's skull.

"Through this interface the user's thoughts commands the armor's movement and weapons and input from the on-board sensors comes directly to the user's mind." Jaune trailed off as he glanced at the Mjolnir armor.

"It seems like a gift from Oum himself." Headmaster Ozpin said as he stared at the suit as well, "I'm sure their is a drawback as well."

"Affirmative." Jaune said, "Unfortunately, the system is so reactive that normal human beings cannot use the suit without injuring or even killing themselves. Only humans who have undergone the skeletal, neural and muscular augmentation shared by the Spartans are able to safely operate the suit."

"And there is the drawback." Ozpin stated, trying to remain as calm as possible as anger boiled within his body. "How do you know about the drawback?"

"Before we were placed in the Mjolnir armor, each surviving Spartan watched a video of an unaugmented marine try to test a prototype Mjolnir. Trying to move his arm resulted in him breaking the bones of his arm and then was killed as the suit reacted to his own pain-induced spasms." Jaune said. Each person stared at him in horrified shock. To witness a fellow human suffer such a painful fate...at 14...as part of TRAINING?! "May I put my Mjolnir back on? I feel naked without it."

Without waiting for a response, he effortlessly picked up his armor and left the room as to not flash any of the young women in the room-thankfully some of his manners still ingrained in his personality.

"So..." Felix said, trying to break the silence, "How do you know my son?"

"He saved my life..." Summer said, "I was nearly out of Aura and surrounded by Grimm on a mission when he came along with his shotgun, pistol, and knife and dealt with them. His moves almost looked...robotic, but this was before Augmentation based on what he said his age was when Augmentation occurred."

"I...I wanted him to be safe. He's my only son...I didn't want him running off to get himself killed. Yet, there he is...taken and broken by those...dirtbags." Fern said, catching herself before saying a bad name in front of Adde-who had just walked into the room-or Ruby.

"Even my sister would flinch at that training. To do such things, without unlocking their Aura in madness." Qrow said, taking a long swig from his flask as Yang flinched slightly at the mention of HER. She had overheard her father talk to mom about...the one who birthed her. The last member of Team STRQ. Yang would NEVER consider the one who abandoned her own baby a "mother".

"Can I have a little help?" Janue's voice came from the hallway, "I can't align the back plate properly in here." Taiyang got up with Felix and moved into the hallway, soon walking out with a fully armored Jaune a few minutes later who pulled the white cloak over his armor and pulled the hood up after placing the helmet on his head.

"Mind if I do a little training with my son...to catch up on lost time?" Felix asked, but was soon met with the yells of many of Jaune's sisters who also wanted to do the same. As four teens and an adult Arc followed Jaune outside, Fern gave an intense gaze to both Ruby and Yang. Summer, being a mother herself, recognized that look.

"You should have seen their reactions when a boy Yang's age saved their mom!" Summer said cheerfully as Ruby and Yang both groaned, only to bury their faces in their hands as Summer continued, "He became their favorite bedtime story!"

"MOM!" Both sisters yelled at the same time, cheeks both a bright pink from embarrassment.

Fern's gaze softened before she asked, "Which one is my future daughter-in-law?" Both girls became redder than Ruby's cloak at that question.

United Nation Space Command Colony Report:

Remnant was a planet discovered in 2291 but kept secret until 2554 when a splinter group of the Office of Naval Intelligence tried to hire assassins on an "insurrectionist planet". Approximately 12 ships lead by the first Autumn-Class Heavy Cruiser; UNSC AUTUMN, arrived in Remnant orbit. It was then the United Nations Space Command discovered what the Office of Naval Intelligence wanted hidden.

There was another branch of humanity sheltered from the Human-Covenant War, but numbers were kept low based on an internal threat; strange creatures known as Grimm. This Human population also had a subspecies known as Faunus. The Office of Naval Intelligence branch that operated in Remnant is now arrested for Treason when it was discovered that they re-created the Spartan program without High Command approval in order to take control of the planet and violate "First Contact" protocols.

The remaining Remnant Spartans have now had their Augmentations upgraded and their suits upgraded to GEN 2 Mjolnir while keeping the older designs they seem to prefer. They seem attached to the older models of weapons, yet still allowed minor upgrades to the improve their weapons' efficiency. However, some Spartans have had their helmets replaced due to the designs being obsolete. Spartan Winchestor-formerly C-173-has had his CQC Helmet replaced by a SECURITY GEN1 helmet, and Spartan Yatsuhashi-formerly Y-184 has had his GRENADIER helmet replaced by its successor; INDOMITABLE.

These Four Kingdoms of Remnant had always been on the knife's edge of war, and the Office of Naval Intelligence wanted to use that to usurp control of the planet. While the interesting mineral known as Dust provides interesting weapons; including ones that can also transform, it was sadly found out that this mineral loses it's power after exiting the planet's atmosphere; even in containers. As first contact was issued, the Kingdoms seemed tense about what becoming a UNSC colony meant; and the Remnant Spartans kept a close eye on the UNSC's Spartan-4 Fireteam Castle. However, they became a lot less hostile upon learning that the Spartan-4 program was made up of willing adult volunteers.

Included in this report is one of the Office of Naval Intelligence's target descriptions, with limited details given.

Name: Jaune Arc/J-180

Height: 6'10 out of armor, 7'1" in armor

Skill set specialization: Tactics, Close Quarter Combat.

United Nations Space Command Threat Level: Red

Reason for Targeting: Treason, Assassination of UNSC leaders.

Recommended method of elimination: Long-range Sniper.

Official Status as of 2554 is that Jaune Arc and the remaining Remnant Spartans are pardoned of all crimes by UNSC High Command. Upon review, their actions have been found to be in the highest honorable acts to prevent destabilization of a United Nations Space Command colony and sabotage of First Contact Protocols. As of this discovery, all reports from the Office of Naval Intelligence are under further review by UNSC HIGHCOM. Each Spartan has been given a Medal of Honor for their deeds in preserving peace and stability of the UNSC colony.

Year: 2556

Location: UNSC Colony Remnant; Vale Orbital Elevator

Planet Population: 4,000,000

Colony threat Preparedness level: Critical

Jaune Arc stood at the base of the large towering building piercing the heavens of Remnant into orbit, the rings around it giving it an almost alien or mechanical look to it. Ever since the UNSC had arrived and turned Remnant into an Official Colony in 2554, there had been a technological boom; a second "Industrial Age" if you wanted to compare it to a former event on Remnant. The low population for a planet sheltered from both the Covenant and the Flood was also worrying. Earth alone as of 2553 had a couple billion, with 38,000,000,000 people across multiple planets before the war.

To Spartan Blake's delight, one of the laws brought to Remnant was the UN Colonial Mortal Dictata Act. With this law enacted, most of the White Fang soon disbanded. However, there were still "splinters" of the former protest organization. "White Claw", lead by Sienna Khan,was a group ready to act with violence in defense of the Faunus...but only in defense. Then there was the "Red Fang", led by Adam Taurus. This was now a Faunus-run Violent Terrorist Organization. Having failed to persuade her former friend out of his blood-lust and rage, Spartan Blake now wrote him off as a lost cause and continued working as a representative; one of Humanity's first Faunus Spartans along with Spartan Velvet Scarletina. For as long as she could read, Faunus had been fighting for equal rights. Though considered a "subspecies" of Humanity, they were still protected by this law...an Equal Rights law. It was also revealed that Remnant's former Office of Naval Intelligence branch broke many parts of this law in Section 1A/3 alone!

Section 1A/3 - Introduction and Overview

1A/3a: A human being shall be defined as a person recognized and accepted by a reasonable layperson as being human on the basis of form, behavior, or external appearance, and no authority shall be permitted to use any element of a genetic profile to exclude a person from that definition.

1A/3b: A human being shall not be restricted, selected, or subjected to discrimination on the basis of their genome or genetic profile, whether altered or unaltered.

1A/3c: A human being shall not be brought into existence with the intent of providing biological material or research data for the use, treatment, or benefit of another.

1A/3d: A human being shall not be subject to any commercial claim, patent, or restriction on the basis of any part of the genome or genetic profile, whether altered or unaltered.

1A/3e: A human being, regardless of any engineering of their genome or introduction of non-human or artificial DNA, shall not cease to be classed as human under any circumstances.

1A/3f: No human being shall be subjected to genetic alteration except with their express and informed consent, or, in the case of a person under the age of 18, with the consent of their legal guardian for the sole purpose of correcting a health defect in that child.

1A/3g: A human being or part of thereof may not be owned by any individual or organization.

1A/3h: A human being shall not be cloned.

Section 1A/3e was Blake's favorite. Faunus were basically humans with altered DNA; with more prominent non-human DNA in their genome. This law was the hope the Faunus needed long ago. Plus, now that her husband's actions were breaking a law, Willow Schnee was now fighting her husband in court for Divorce, custody of their children, and control of the Schnee Dust Company.

Jaune's eyes gazed at his feline Faunus's "sister" as she wore a small, but true, smile. To further erase their darkened past, their new GEN 2 Mjolnir-while mostly keeping the same shape and colors-did not have the "ID codes" given to them by the Office of Naval Intelligence. Instead, they had their family symbols on their left chest-plate; another way the UNSC was trying to make up for those actions.

"To think, three years ago...this wouldn't be in our wildest dreams." Yang's voice came from his right; as Jaune turned in his full Mjolnir GEN 2 armor to see the blonde walking with her silver-eyed sister. Blending into the starry night sky were the 10 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon Orbital Stations in orbit around Remnant to ward off any Covenant Splinter Group. Each station had a MAC gun pointing away from the planet that could punch a hole through most Covenant capital ships. Beneath the Orbital MAC stations were ship docks, each connected by a Orbital Elevator like the ones they were standing in. Freighters brought in food, medical supplies, technology, and Remnant exported Technology-such as Scrolls, and fine art that was desired by many collectors. Each continent on Remnant had at least 2 Orbital Elevators bringing supplies and goods to and from the planet, and improved defensive technology that didn't rely on dust was taking form around each village. For example, automated turrets were placed outside walls in strategic locations, and the entire continent of Menagerie was being terra-formed into a more hospitable place to live.

While Remnant still used bullheads, each one was now equipped with a "Dumb" AI for assisted route planning, emergency procedure and landing calculations, and even ability to process and eliminate programming viruses. While not as capable of "Smart" AIs in multitasking, they did not have as limited a lifespan and could live as long as their equipment was operable.

In addition, each bullhead, in case of aerial attack, had a GAU/53 70 mm MBHRC auto-cannon under the cockpit. The anti-personnel/vehicle triple-barreled gun was mounted on a rotating swivel to allow the pilot to dodge aerial threats such as Nevermores while still firing upon it. On each side, facing forward, was a M8C Grindell/Galilean Nonlinear Cannon. Each one was a large laser more powerful than the UNSC's most powerful energy weapon used by Infantry-the Spartan Laser. Jaune took a hard look at the now 17 and 15 year old sisters, while their basic outfit had changed very little from three years ago (even he still wore that white cape), there was an additional weapon besides their custom Ember Celica and Crescent Rose.

Yang's style was like his-focused on Close Quarters Combat. Jaune's counter to this was his modified SMG Dechiqueteur. Yang, had something with a bit more of a bang...or Yang, as she liked to joke. On a specialized belt, attached to her lower back, was a modified M6 Spartan Laser. By modified it meant "able to plug in and recharge". Of course, a fully charged Spartan Laser only had 4 shots before it's battery was depleted; but on the other hand it could rip through a tank in one or two shots.

Ruby, on the other hand, was a mid to long-range fighter. Her scythe was longer than she was and was also a high-impact Sniper Rifle. If anyone could enter close quarters after dodging the blade or bullet of Crescent Rose, she would be in trouble. In a holster attached to her leg was her solution. A M6G PDWS Magnum.

Jaune nodded in respect to them, reaching into a seal-able pocket in his cloak and pulling out a scroll; bringing up a short video of his parents and siblings around him with the Rose Xiao-Long family on his birthday; his stony expression offset by a small smile. Plus, that was the day he met one of the legendary members of Spartan-2 Blue Team; Frederic-104. One of the few to personally know the legendary Master Chief John-117.

"Well son, I see you are prepared." Felix joked; hefting Jaune's forgotten suitcase down next to him. "I even battled my mortal enemy to bring this to you."

"You mean motion sickness." Jaune said in a flat voice, tiny smirk hidden by his CQB helmet with what the UNSC called "Resolute" Visor; the deep aqua blue reflecting his father's face. Felix pouted, but soon both father and son were chuckling.

"Be careful, and be safe son...We'll always be here if you need us." Felix said.

"I will show them what an Arc can do...and that is a promise." Jaune said, holding out his hand. Felix grabbed it tightly.

"And an Arc never breaks a promise." Felix finished, before Jaune stepped back and saluted, making Felix salute back before both lowered the salute and the trio of teens climbed into the bullhead.

Despite Spartan Scarlatina and Spartan Yatsuhashi having been accepted into Beacon the year before; Jaune looked into the distance, at the bullhead and Pelican Drop-ships flying across the sky. This year four more Spartans that he knew of-including himself-had been accepted into the prestigious Hunter academy.

This was their first step to becoming the official Shield of Remnant; to make their names known across the UNSC colonies!