History Fanfic / DustAndEchoes

* {{Main/FollowTheLeader}}: Discussed between Qrow and Clover as they along with Johnson's unit and the some of the Huntsmen/huntresses are about to head down to Khembalung and investigate the an S.O.S message supposedly being sent out. Qrow states plainly he isn't the biggest fan of militaries for how centralized they are, and the fact those armies would only serve one kingdom in the face of the existential threat of the Grimm. Clover however refutes that having a military hierarchy allows a kingdom to utilize their resources in the best way possible. Yet despite their differing views on the subject, Clover states how either way, the rest of Remnant will have to follow Atlas' example soon enough in the face of the threat of the Covenant. Which Qrow unfortunately knows is likely to happen and is afraid of the most. Accepting that Remnant's current structure of solely relying on huntsmen and their academies will not work effectively against the might of a massive theocratic alien empire hellbent on wiping out humanity.

After achieving a pyrrhic victory against the Covenant, the UNSC after a random Slipspace jump, end up stumbling upon a planet filled with hostile shadowy monsters, mysterious crystals with elemental abilities, and more shockingly, what appear to be humans with superpowers, others having animal traits, and while having no connection to Earth or her Colonies. Meanwhile, Remnant ends up establishing contact with aliens who happen to be space-faring humans that have colonized hundreds of planets. In a galaxy filled with terrifying dangers, these two civilizations must unite to defend all they know from annihilation...

* {{Main/FollowTheLeader}}: Discussed between Qrow and Clover as they along with Johnson's unit and the some of the Huntsmen/huntresses are about to head down to Khembalung and investigate the an S.O.S message supposedly being sent out. Qrow states plainly he isn't the biggest fan of militaries for how centralized and the fact those armies would only serve one kingdom in the face of the existential threat of the Grimm. Clover however refutes that having a military hierarchy allows a kingdom to utilize their resources in the best way possible. Yet despite their differing views on the subject, Clover states how either way, the rest of Remnant will have to follow Atlas' example soon enough in the face of the threat of the Covenant. Which Qrow unfortunately knows is likely to happen and is afraid of the most. Accepting that Remnant's current structure of solely relying on huntsmen and their academies will not work effectively against the might of a massive theocratic alien empire hellbent on wiping out humanity. And will be grimly necessary for Remnant's four kingdoms to begin remilitarizing and form their own armies.

* ModernStasis: As Qrow notes while he and the Vale Huntsmen are on Vyraj and walk among the civilian population, the UNSC's colonies aren't too different from being in any of the kingdoms. As barring the UNSC's space technology, Smart A.I's and other minor details, the UNSC/UEG seems to have roughly the same level of technology as Remnant does. Heck Qrow even makes the claim that it almost seems going to space is just taking what they have home and tidying it up instead of anything out of a Sci-Fi movie. Yet this also makes the veteran huntsman quite concerned, since if their outer space cousins are around the same tech level as Remnant, then it only cements the fact that Remnant will not stand a chance against the Covenant.

* FollowTheLeader: Discussed between Qrow and Clover as they along with Johnson's unit and the some of the Huntsmen/huntresses are about to head down to Khembalung and investigate the an S.O.S message supposedly being sent out. Qrow states plainly he isn't the biggest fan of militaries for how centralized and the fact those armies would only serve one kingdom in the face of the existential threat of the Grimm. Clover however refutes that having a military hierarchy allows a kingdom to utilize their resources in the best way possible. Yet despite their differing views on the subject, Clover states how either way, the rest of Remnant will have to follow Atlas' example soon enough in the face of the threat of the Covenant. Which Qrow unfortunately knows is likely to happen and is afraid of the most. Accepting that Remnant's current structure of solely relying on huntsmen and their academies will not work effectively against the might of a massive theocratic alien empire hellbent on wiping out humanity. And will be grimly necessary for Remnant's four kingdoms to begin remilitarizing and form their own armies.

After achieving a pyrrhic victory against the Covenant, the UNSC after a random Slipspace jump, end up stumbling upon a planet filled with hostile shadowy monsters, mysterious crystals with elemental abilities, and more shockingly, what appear to be humans with superpowers, some having animal traits, and while having no connection to Earth or her Colonies. Meanwhile, Remnant ends up establishing contact with aliens who happen to be space-faring humans that have colonized hundreds of planets. In a galaxy filled with terrifying dangers, these two civilizations must unite to defend all they know from annihilation...

After achieving a pyrrhic victory against the Covenant, the UNSC end up stumbling upon a planet filled with hostile shadowy monsters, mysterious crystals with elemental abilities, and more shockingly, what appear to be humans with superpowers, some animal traits, and no connection to Earth or her Colonies. Meanwhile, Remnant ends up establishing contact with aliens who happen to be space-faring humans that have colonized hundreds of planets. In a galaxy filled with terrifying dangers, these two civilizations must unite to defend all they know from annihilation...

* ModernStasis: As Qrow notes while he and the Vale Huntsmen are on Vyraj and walk among the civilian population, the UNSC's colonies aren't too different from any of the kingdoms from Remnant. As barring the UNSC's space technology, Smart A.I's and other minor details, the UNSC/UEG seems to have the same level of technology as Remnant does. Heck Qrow even makes the claim that it almost seems going to space is just taking what they have home and tidying it up instead of anything truly out of a Sci-Fi movie. Yet this also makes the veteran huntsman quite concerned, since if their outer space cousins are roughly around the same tech level as Remnant, then it only cements the fact that Remnant will not stand a chance against the Covenant.

From Creator/{{trestwho}}, the same writer of his other popular RWBY crossover fic ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'', ''Dust and Echoes'' is a crossover fanfic between ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and this time ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}''. This story being centered around Remnant's first contact with an alien civilization, which is none other than the UNSC after they just achieved a pyrrhic victory with their mortal enemy, the Covenant. Yet when stumbling upon a planet full of superpowered humans with no connection to Earth or her Colonies, the UNSC are shocked to say the least. Yet despite how impossible it appears to both sides, what soon begins, is the growing alliance between these two civilizations against a common enemy...

** The Razorback, a UNSC vehicle that serves as an armored troop transport, was first mentioned in the Halo universe all the way back in ''ARG/ILoveBees'' makes an appearance at the end of the Vyraj Arc.

** There have been a few mentions of a Remnant sport called [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue 'Griffball']] across the fic, the only mentioned detail of the game was that the looks like or is the size of a football.

** The staff of the [=UNSC=] ''Everest'' are understandably horrified after learning that their arrival in the Oum System caused enough anxiety and fear for numerous bloody Grimm attacks to succeed against outlying settlements, meaning that they're indirectly responsible for the deaths of several thousand people. Even after being reassured that it wasn't his fault and they wouldn't blame him for their deaths, Vice Admiral Cole is still shown to be disgusted with himself while mulling over the horrific details in Chapter 12.

* ActionPrologue: The story kicks off in the middle of the Covenant attacking Remnant, [[HowWeGotHere before going back ten years in the past to explain the current alliance]] between Remnant and the [=UNSC=] and how we came to the events of the first chapter.

From Creator/{{trestwho}}, the same writer of his other RWBY crossover fic ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'', ''Dust and Echoes'' is a crossover fanfic between ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and this time ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}''. This story being centered around Remnant's first contact with an alien civilization, which is none other than the UNSC after they just achieved a pyrrhic victory with their mortal enemy, the Covenant. Yet when stumbling upon a planet full of superpowered humans with no connection to Earth or her Colonies, the UNSC are shocked to say the least. Yet despite how impossible it appears to both sides, what soon begins, is the growing alliance between these two civilizations against a common enemy…

From Creator/{{trestwho}}, the same writer of his other RWBY crossover fic ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'', ''Dust and Echoes'' is a crossover fanfic between ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and this time ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}''. This story being centered around Remnant's first contact with an alien civilization, which is none other than the UNSC after achieving a pyrrhic victory with their mortal enemy the Covenant. Yet when stumbling upon a planet full of superpowered humans with no connection to Earth or her Colonies, the UNSC are shocked to say the least. Yet despite how impossible it appears to both sides, what soon begins, is the growing alliance between these two civilizations against a common enemy…

** Later on Gron, one of the hunters brought to represent Menagerie, practically embodied this, as the man was basically a {{jerkass}} bigot in all but name. And throughout the venture on the ''MidnightSummer'', deemed the war with the Covenant as a "human problem" and where the Faunus shouldn’t get involved in. Later even after seeing the Covenant glass Vyraj to nothing, he still strongly maintains this belief, if not became even more affirmed, despite acknowledging what the Covenant are doing is evil. In fact at some point on Peponi he even considered with Sienna that the possibility of Faunus negotiating with the Covenant on the premise they aren’t like the humans and can work an alliance of all things; much to the shock and fury of Sienna to even propose such a stupid idea. Yet it’s when cornered by the Covenant forces that he grimly realizes that his belief that Faunus are separate from humanity meant ''nothing'' to the aliens; as to them Grom was the same thing.

* DeathWorld: Something the UNSC who landed on Remnant found out the ''hard'' way when the Creatures of Grimm attacked them. Every team that had been sent out to explore Remnant were forced to run back to their ships or, fight the hordes of hellbeast’s to survive, or in some unfortunate cases, ended up dead. Which Cole and Hannibel can easily tell is why the natives of this planet are biologically stronger than Earth humans given the hellish planet they live in.

** Lampshaded by Thel 'Vadamee (the Arbiter), who after hearing of the Grimm utterly savaging and brutally mauling the Covenant's forces on Remnant, grimly muses that their presence [[HadToBeSharp easily explains why the Huntsmen]] are all such dangerous {{Super Soldier}}s.

** Later on Gron, one of the hunters brought to represent Menagerie, practically embodied this, as the man was basically a {{jerkass}} bigot in all but name. And throughout the venture on the MidnightSummer, deemed the war with the Covenant as a "human problem" and where the Faunus shouldn’t get involved in. Later even after seeing the Covenant glass Vyraj to nothing, he still strongly maintains this belief, if not became even more affirmed, despite acknowledging what the Covenant are doing is evil. In fact at some point on Peponi he even considered with Sienna that the possibility of Faunus negotiating with the Covenant on the premise they aren’t like the humans and can work an alliance of all things; much to the shock and fury of Sienna to even propose such a stupid idea. Yet it’s when cornered by the Covenant forces that he grimly realizes that his belief that Faunus are separate from humanity meant ''nothing'' to the aliens; as to them Grom was the same thing.

From Creator/{{trestwho}}, the same writer of his other RWBY crossover fic ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'', ''Dust and Echoes'' is a crossover fanfic between ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and this time ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' the story being centered around Remnant's first contact with an alien civilization, which is none other than the UNSC after achieving a pyrrhic victory with their mortal enemy the Covenant. Yet when stumbling upon a planet full of superpowered humans with no connection to Earth or her Colonies, the UNSC are shocked to say the least. Yet despite how impossible it appears to both sides, what soon begins, is the growing alliance between the two civilizations against a common enemy…

** Later on Gron, one of the hunters brought to represent Menagerie, practically embodied this, as the man was basically a jerkass bigot in all but name. And throughout the venture on the MidnightSummer, deemed the war with the Covenant as a "human problem" and where the Faunus shouldn’t get involved in. Later even after seeing the Covenant glass Vyraj to nothing, he still strongly maintains this belief despite acknowledging what the Covenant are doing is evil. In fact at some point on Peponi he even considered with Sienna that the possibility of Faunus negotiating with the Covenant on the premise they aren’t like the humans and can work an alliance of all things; much to the shock and fury of Sienna to even propose such a stupid idea. Yet it’s when cornered by the Covenant forces that he grimly realizes that his belief that Faunus are separate from humanity meant ''nothing'' to the aliens.

* GilliganCut: In Chapter 1, Ruby wishes that she could meet aliens one day and befriend them. Immediately following this is a scene showing the Master Chief fighting the Covenant in a completely unfriendly way.

** Salem can be seen as this to the UNSC. While many like Halsey and John consider the Grimm, while quite dangerous, not a serious threat in the long run, those who know of Salem don't think otherwise. And given Salem’s interest in them, it is only a matter of time before she decides to more directly address the UNSC once knowing more about them. At the moment, her existence is kept secret outside of a few select individuals in Ozpin’s secret circle, but [[spoiler: after Haki's attack during the First Contact Summit and the hints she left in her mad raving’s alongside the coincidence of the events, Halsey is beginning to suspect that something else is going on behind the scenes, with Ozpin at the center of it.]]

* HumanSubspecies: After dissecting the bodies of both a Faunus and some Remnant-native humans, Hannibal comes to the conclusion that Remnant's inhabitants might be almost identical from a biological makeup and even DNA perspective to Earth humans, there are enough taxological differences that they're still not quite "human" either. Not only do the Faunus' various LittleBitBeastly attributes actually ''work'' (i.e., a cat Faunus' additional set of feline ears can pick up and interpret sound even better than their human ears can, leading to them having significantly superior hearing when compared to "normal" humans), but Remnant humans have denser and more tightly packed muscles, sturdier and denser bones, neurons that are more receptive to electrical signals, and more robust walls for their hearts and circulatory systems. Hannibal muses that Remnant's DeathWorld nature is probably responsible for these differences, comparing it to the difference between brown bears and grizzly bears. Both being relatively the same species, but due to environmental factors for several generations genetically split off at some point. With the latter species evolving to be physically stronger and sturdier than Brown Bears.

** It gets turned on it head in one respect: Remnant can raise and train their Huntsmen much faster and in greater numbers than it takes for the UNSC to create [=SPARTANs=]. As Cole points out, in the twenty-three years since the start of the SPARTAN programs, the UNSC has only produced 633 [=Spartan-IIs=] and [=-IIIs=], with numerous subjects being killed or crippled, and most of the first 300 [=Spartan-IIIs=] dying during Operation Prometheus. Meanwhile, the four academies combined have an average of ''400'' graduates ''every year''. Not to mention the incredible battle prowess a veteran Huntsman and Huntresses posses thanks to their naturally stronger physiology from living on a DeathWorld combined with their various Aura and Semblances make them absolute powerhouses to fight against. Yet [=SPARTANs=] on the other hand despite lacking numbers, have very decent combat experience and honed skills that allow them to adapt to almost any scenario or battlefield that lets them change the tide of battle. This is best shown as when they learn how Haki’s semblence works and immediately turn the tables against her. But only because Haki was arrogant and mentally unstable, and if she wasn’t either, would’ve spelled Blue Teams demise. Yet it’s very likely, after that encounter, Halsey and the UNSC will be working to close the power gap between [=SPARTANs=] and Huntsmen/Huntresses via upgrading their MJOLNR armors and weapons beyond what they were in canon. Not to mention what else ONI has planned to further even the scales between them…

** Reflecting his character in ''Halo'' canon, Colonel Ackerson of the [=UNSC=] Security Council. He's the first one to suggest a brutal invasion of Remnant if they refuse to comply with the [=UNSC=] (even noting that they could potentially ''bomb the Kingdoms from orbit''), and it's only when Vice Admiral Cole underlines how ''terrible'' of an idea that would be is he able to convince Admirals Standforth and Parangosky (the latter of [=ONI=]) [[PragmaticVillainy of the more pragmatic and useful reasons for working with the Remnantians]] that he's able to have Ackerson and General Strauss's opinions overruled and a more peaceful dialogue with Remnant be preserved moving forward.

From Creator/{{trestwho}}, the same writer of his other RWBY crossover fic ''Fanfic/HuntersOfJustice'', ''Dust and Echoes'' is a crossover fanfic between ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and this time ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}'' the story being centered around Remnant's first contact with an alien civilization, which is none other than the UNSC after escaping another battle with their enemy the Covenant. Yet when stumbling upon a planet full of superpowered humans with no connection to Earth or her Colonies, the UNSC are shocked to say the least. Yet despite how impossible it appears to both sides, what soon begins, is the growing alliance between the two civilizations against a common enemy…

* SchizoTech: The UNSC are frequently shown to be both impressed and baffled by Remnant's eclectic technological base. On the one hand, they have impressively advanced robotics (albeit operated by Dumb [=AIs=]) and have other notable advancements (such as the Weltraum Observatory's high-powered telescope) alongside Remnants incredibly advanced mechashift weaponry that is primarily utilized by their Hunters and Huntresses. On the other hand, Atlas is the only Kingdom to have a unified army, and virtually all of the arsenals used by the Huntsmen are {{Retractable Weapon}}s that while advanced, integrate what would normally be obsolete features on a modern battlefield (i.e., Qrow Branwen's scythe-shotgun-sword Harbinger) into their design. But given these weapons are designed to slay the endless hordes of Grimm on their planet, is somewhat understandable. For their part, the Remnantians consider the UNSC's reliance on, by their standards, downright crude ballistics with very few moving parts strange, especially in light of being space people with FTL travel who can power their vehicles off of ''water''. With Watts even remarking how their firearms are outright more "primitive" and uncreative in comparison to their own weapons. Yet its likely when both minds of the UNSC and Remnant work together once their alliance is cemented, will work to create innovations and weaponry that iron out the flaws with each other’s technology and add the best qualities of both civilizations tech together. Such as the ARTEMIS armor seen and used by Qrow and Johnson in the Prologue that is already a first example of what is to come in the future.

* SchizoTech: The UNSC are frequently shown to be both impressed and baffled by Remnant's eclectic technological base. On the one hand, they have impressively advanced robotics (albeit operated by Dumb [=AIs=]) and have other notable advancements (such as the Weltraum Observatory's high-powered telescope) alongside Remnants incredibly advanced mechashift weaponry that is primarily utilized by their Hunters and Huntresses. On the other hand, Atlas is the only Kingdom to have a unified army, and virtually all of the arsenals used by the Huntsmen are {{Retractable Weapon}}s that while advanced, integrate what would normally be obsolete features on a modern battlefield (i.e., Qrow Branwen's scythe-shotgun-sword Harbinger) into their design. But given these weapons are designed to slay the endless hordes of Grimm on their planet, is somewhat understandable. For their part, the Remnantians consider the UNSC's reliance on, by their standards, downright crude ballistics with very few moving parts strange, especially in light of being space people with FTL travel who can power their vehicles off of ''water''. With Watts even remarking how their firearms are outright more "primitive" and uncreative in comparison to their own weapons. Yet its likely when both minds of the UNSC and Remnant work together once their alliance is cemented, will work to create innovations and weaponry that iron put the flaws with each other’s technology and add the best qualities of both civilizations tech together. Such as the ARTEMIS armor seen and used by Qrow and Johnson in the Prologue that is already a first example of what is to come in the future.

* HumanSubspecies: After dissecting the bodies of both a Faunus and some Remnant-native humans, Hannibal comes to the conclusion that Remnant's inhabitants might be almost identical from a biological makeup and even DNA perspective to Earth humans, there are enough taxological differences that they're still not quite "human" either. Not only do the Faunus' various LittleBitBeastly attributes actually ''work'' (i.e., a cat Faunus' additional set of feline ears can pick up and interpret sound even better than their human ears can, leading to them having significantly superior hearing when compared to "normal" humans), but Remnant humans have denser and more tightly packed muscles, sturdier and denser bones, neurons that are more receptive to electrical signals, and more robust walls for their hearts and circulatory systems. Hannibal muses that Remnant's DeathWorld nature is probably responsible for these differences, comparing it to the difference between brown bears and grizzly bears. Both being relatively the same species, but due to environmental factors for several generations split off.

* SchizoTech: The UNSC are frequently shown to be both impressed and baffled by Remnant's eclectic technological base. On the one hand, they have impressively advanced robotics (albeit operated by Dumb [=AIs=]) and have other notable advancements (such as the Weltraum Observatory's high-powered telescope) or more notably Remnants incredibly advanced mechashift weaponry thay is primarily utilized by their Hunters and Huntresses. On the other hand, Atlas is the only Kingdom to have a unified army, and virtually all of the arsenals used by the Huntsmen are {{Retractable Weapon}}s that integrate what would normally be obsolete features on a modern battlefield (i.e., Qrow Branwen's scythe-shotgun-sword Harbinger) into their design. For their part, the Remnantians consider the UNSC's reliance on, by their standards, downright crude ballistics with very few moving parts strange, especially in light of being space people with FTL travel who can power their vehicles off of ''water''. With Watts even remarking how their firearms are more "primitive" and uncreative in comparison to their own weapons. Yet its likely when both minds of the UNSC and Remnant work together once their alliance is cemented, will work to create innovations and weaponry that work on fixing each others flaws and add the best qualities of both civilizations tech together.

** Part of the reason for why [[spoiler:Haki Felt was initially so successful against Blue Team was that not only was Blue Team [[WillfullyWeak intentionally pulling their punches]] since they were under orders to ''capture'' her rather than ''kill'' her, but they were also all already somewhat tired from having already killed several dozen Grimm and the Alpha Boarbatusk leading the horde of Grimm against Amity Colosseum, and their [=MJOLNIR=] armor [[DentedIron was still not fully fixed]] from their previous scraps on the planet]].

** [[spoiler:It's revealed after Haki Felt's death that due to her repeated exposure to Lightning Dust, she had gained severe enough brain damage that even if she hadn't gotten killed by Blue Team, she likely would've only lived for at most another decade, and only if she immediately stopped using Dust and got advanced medical treatments that she could only possibly receive from the UNSC]].