History Fanfic / XComRWBYWithin

* DeployableCover: Thanks to the engineering expertise of both Ruby and Shen, the Titan Armor is eventually upgrafed with a collapsible blast shield that can (barely) withstand the full volley from a mechtoid. MECs get a similar upgrade in the form of Juggernaut plating, which can also shield other operatives.

** [[spoiler: Torchwick isn't eaten by a Grimm, and survives his fall off the Atlesian cruiser, only to be captured by Taiyang]].
* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Subverted. Despite first impressions, Vahlen simply interviews the Huntresses and performs a couple of non-invasive medical tests. Even after discovering Blake is a Faunus, she only implores Blake to give permission to use her genetics.

There's also ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11820682/1/Tales-From-The-Anthill Tales from the Anthill]]'', a collection of tales which take place in-between various chapters of ''RWBY Within''. It also has ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12990105/1/Tales-From-The-Avenger Tales from the Avenger]]'' which presents various stories set between the chapters of ''Remnant Unknown''. However, these stories aren't written by DrAmishMD but by other authors from his Discord server.

* AlternateUniverse: WordOfGod has stated that the backstory of Remnant will be significantly different from canon in this story

* {{Retcon}}: ''RWBY Within'' established that Blake was an orphan who grew up on the streets. ''Remnant Unknown'', and WordOfGod, has established that this is no longer true, with Ghira and Kali both being alive, and Blake not growing up on the streets.

*** "You expected a gift from RWBY's resident pyro, [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure BUT IT]] [[MemeticMutation WAS ME, NORA]].

*** "You expected a gift from RWBY's resident pyro, [[JoJosBizarreAdventure BUT IT]] [[MemeticMutation WAS ME, NORA]].

** [[spoiler: After Coco made a joke to [=XCOM's=] therapist about how "if she died, at least she wouldn't be gunning down anymore stadiums full of people", he makes a note to Bradford recommending that she be put on suicide watch, since even a joke can hint at something worse]]

** [[spoiler: Not necessarily ''token'', but the Aliens on Remnant are not only not hostile, but end up becoming allies with XCOM soon after they meet, and were already not hostile to humans (so long as they were left alone)]].

* WalkingDisasterArea: Captain Beagle, who's an expy of famous ''VideoGame/XCOMLong War'' Let's Player and Creator/ShackTactical alumnus Beaglerush, whose real-life insistence on cranking the difficulty level up to the point where the developers thought it was logically impossible to win [[BeyondTheImpossible and then doing it anyway]] is famous throughout the playerbase. The author turns this into an in-universe reputation for Beagle as the Strike Team leader who ''always'' has seemingly routine missions go spectacularly awry through no fault of his own, yet somehow manages to come through with no worse casualties than average for [=XCOM=].
* WaxingLyrical: ...and despite that, he ends his speech quoting [[{{Disney/Mulan}} "I'll Make A Man Out Of You"]].

* {{Retcon}}: ''RWBY Within'' established that Blake was an orphan who grew up on the streets. ''Remnant Unknown'', and WordOfGod, has established that this is no longer true, with at least Ghira still being alive in the story.

* AbnormalAmmo: After given an opportunity to study Dust, Doctor Vahlen manages to invent a new type of Dust that uses Elerium as an essence. The result is a weapon that's capable of reducing both aliens [[spoiler:and grimm]] into LudicrousGibs.

* Doorstopper: With RWBY Within finishing at nearly 237k words and Remnant Unknown nowhere close to being finished at 300k words, be prepared to be reading for a while.

* GagPenis: When an XCOM squad separated from the main force in the sequel try to regain contact with the organization, they notice an oddity in the radio patterns. To quote a squad member explaining it to his officer: "It looks like a cock and balls, sir. Centered on the 69 MHz bandwidth". Turned out, another squad has gone dark and tried to pass a secret message that people familiar with a squad member's dick jokes will notice and has even further encrypted the transmission. Upon learning that, the officer asks if the comm specialist can "look for another Johnson".
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In ''VideoGame/LongWar'', psychic soldiers cannot be promoted to officers, but here, Annette reached the rank of captain prior to the start of the story, and later reaches the rank of major.

* GoodShepard: While he doesn't actually appear, Vahlen talks to Pyrrha about [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope Francis]], and makes it clear that she views him as this. [[spoiler: His actions are part of why Vahlen not only doesn't mind helping wash, feed, and exercise the paralysed Pyrrha, but actually looks forward to it, since she feels better knowing she's helping others]].

** Ruby and Weiss excel at Terror missions where [[GlassCannon speed is essential]] which contrasts Jaune and Pyrrha's [[StoneWall slow and methodical pushes]] during Landed UFO missions.
** Blake and Yang due to being [[spoilers: turned into MECs and their own auras and semblances enhancing their new mechanical bodies]] excel at facing off against the stronger mechanical enemies of XCOM. This is contrasted by [[spoiler: Nora and Lie Ren]] being very adept at facing off against the psionic enemies of XCOM.

* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler: Junior in the sequel. He may just be interested in expanding his operations, but he agrees to help Bradford and Vale, realising that, if Vale doesn't recover, there'll be nobody with enough money to go to his club or buy his goods]].

There's also ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11820682/1/Tales-From-The-Anthill Tales from the Anthill]]'', a collection of tales which take place in-between various chapters of ''RWBY Within''. It also has ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12990105/1/Tales-From-The-Avenger Tales from the Avenger]]'' which presents various stories set between the chapters of ''Remnant Unknown''. However, these stories aren't written by ''DrAmishMD'' but by other authors from his Discord server.

There's also ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11820682/1/Tales-From-The-Anthill Tales from the Anthill]]'', a collection of tales which take place in-between various chapters of ''RWBY Within''.

** Annette Durand gives their team lead another speech for sulking about the first one: [[spoiler: Feeling humiliated after your team gets a thrashing has ''nothing'' on seeing your friends and comrades KilledOffForReal]].

** In Chapter 31, [[spoiler: the Alien Rulers and the Reapers from the ''Alien Hunters'' and ''War of the Chosen'' [=DLCs=] appear. In a twist, the Alien Rulers are actually ''[[DefectorFromDecadence good guys]]'']].