This is a page for DLC in RWBY: Grimm Eclipse. At the moment, there is only the JNPR DLC available, along with outfit packs for both teams. JNPR play far differently than RWBY, aside from the obvious character differences. They have different styles of combat and play: for example, Jaune can boost his team mates damage, and Nora's damage output is absolutely ridiculous, at the cost of speed. Graphics: 5 Sound: 4 Feel: 2 (How satisfying it feels to play) Replayability: 3 (Is it worth playing through again once beaten, very important for a short game such as this) Lasting: 1 (Is the game good enough to still be considered a decent or good game as years go by) Story: 3 (There isn't really much story in the GAME.
It has been two hundred years since the time of the Master Cheif. The races of the Covenant have come together once again, but now for security and survival in the wake of a new galactic threat.
The Grimm.
Little is known of the origins and history of these monsters, but they behave like the Flood, are as tough as Prometheans, and exhibit traits of both.
Humanity have been the only ones to stem the tide of a Grimm invasion for even a limited time, but for now they have been forced back to a small handful of worlds, and their once great fleet has been quartered in order to protect their most important remaining strongholds.
For while the Grimm can be destroyed with the common weapons of war, it is only by combining Promethean technology with a rare element only found on four worlds in the reduced Human domain.
Arkanium.
When used to construct Promethean-tech weapons, the reaction with Grimm leads to their remains transforming into a type of crystal that can be used to enhance the power systems of our combat armor and weaponry.
We simply call it Dust.
But with the new threat, came the need for a higher grade of soldier. The Spartans, our Ultimate Fighters, are no longer enough. The ferocity and infectiousness of the Grimm is such that we need more...we need Hunters.
And these are their storys.
'Commander, I think you should see this recruit,' Fleet Commander Ozpin hears as the AI that equips the new HUNTER candidates with AI fragment programs activates holo-screens around him.
'Really Monty? A single recruit out of how many?' Ozpin asks rhetorically as he turns his attention to one of the screens.
'Yes sir. This one is special, as you will see,' the tiny holo of a Asiatic man with flamboyant hairstyle and clothing tells him as he appears in a swirl of computer generated particles.
'Is this real time?' Ozpin suddenly asks, all his attention focused on the screen.
'No sir, this was recorded yesterday, and forwarded to us this morning. I brought it to your attention as soon as I finished reviewing the rest of the files to insure that there were no others of this caliber,' Monty returns.
'Did that trooper really just use a sniper rifle as a club against a Brute, before shooting it with it, point blank?' Ozpin asks, unable to believe what he's just witnessed.
'Sir, that's just the start,' Monty gives him a knowing smirk. 'The highlights of that film include her taking down a Warden, without backup, and outrunning a Spartan XIV.'
'You mean to tell me that she's not a Spartan yet?' Ozpin demands incredulously.
'Exactly. According to her med records, she is just coming off her final growth cycle,' Monty explains.
'Meaning she is just now becoming eligible for the process,' Ozpin nods his understanding.
'I want her as a Huntress, Sir,' Monty tells him. 'She's going to be one of the best ever.'
'How do you know that?' Ozpin asks, crossing from the viewport he had been looking out of and back to his desk, where he takes a seat.
'Partly a hunch, and partly knowing her bloodlines,' the AI responds, calling up other personnel files.
'Xiao Long is her father? Couldn't prove it by her style, although there is something familiar about the way she moves,' Ozpin remarks, glancing back at another screen still displaying the holo sim run.
'No, her half-sister follows after him more than this one does,' Monty agrees, throwing up another profile.
'...This one is going to be a handful,' he remarks drily after skimming Yang Xiao Long's file.
'Probably,' Monty smirks.
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'So who is her mother?' Ozpin finally asks.
His answer appears in the form of another profile, one that shocks him.
'Summer Rose...' he trails off, thinking back to her accomplishments...and the mission she never returned from.
'Yes. Her psych profile would ordinarily be of concern, but the context helps mitigate its downside,' Monty adds as another file appears.
'I hate trying to sort out the double talk in these things, break it down for me,' Ozpin orders.
'She wants to be a hero,' Monty explains with a shrug. 'But not in the 'I want to be worshiped' kind of way. Her entire goal in life, is to be the best she can possibly be, to live up to the legacy of her mother. She doesn't want to get all the credit, she just wants to save lives. She wants to be the one that they give the impossible missions to, because her inclusion will make them that much less impossible.'
'Green light her for Spartan Augmentation,' Ozpin orders. 'And fast track her to the Hunters.
'The medics could be wrong about her Growth Cycle,' Monty cautions.
'Doesn't matter if we use the new procedure,' Ozpin counters.
'True, so you deem her worth jumping the gun,' Monty asks for confirmation.
Ozpin watches the end of her sim run, where she literally kicks a Watcher Eternal in the face before the safety cutouts end the sim on her.
'Worth it? If some stupid accident happened to her before we got her processed it would be a true tragedy,' Ozpin answers. 'Anyone with the bravery to do that, let alone the skills to do it un-augmented...we can't let her slip through our fingers.'
'Confirmed. Ruby Rose will be the first of the Spartan XV's,' Monty nods. 'I'll begin designing her interface at once...she needs something special.'
'Allow her to use the Warmaster design if she wishes it,' Ozpin adds. 'She seems predisposed to speed, and while that configuration will support those, it offers better defense than the pure speed designs.'
'Logged,' Monty acknowledges, before spiraling out.
'And now Miss Rose, I look forward to seeing what you are truly capable of with the proper tools,' Ozpin muses to himself.
'Ruby Rose, Report to Medbay,' rings through the ships com.
'Huh? Why the hell do they need me in Medbay?' she mutters under her breath as she turns around to head in the proper direction.
Upon her arrival, she is presented with a datapad, and told to read it and sign where indicated.
'What's this all about?' she demands, pulling off her ODST style helmet and hanging it from her belt as she waves the Datapad at the med techs.
'You signed up for Spartan augmentation, didn't you?' the tech that had handed her the pad asks.
'Well, yeah, doesn't everyone?' she returns, still not getting it.
'Read the paperwork and sign it so we can get started making you one then,' he returns with a smirk, enjoying watching as her expression changes through confusion to understanding to excitement as she nearly buries her nose in the datapads display.
'Hey, what's this 'optional genetic manipulation for enhanced performance' part mean?' she demands after a few moments of reading.
'Means if you opt for it, we can splice some Animal DNA into you to make you even better at what you're already good at, or beef up something that you suck at,' the tech answers her. 'Hardly any of them actually read the paperwork close enough to find that, but there have been a few.'
'What are the options?' she asks.
'Depends on what you want to work on,' he shrugs.
'Reflexes, with a secondary on foot speed, but no cats,' she returns after considering it for a moment. 'I don't like spots,' she adds, figuring they'd automatically try to make her take a Cheetah.
'Hmm... then let's try...this,' the tech says after a moment having taken the pad back from her and opening another file for her to look over.
'Twenty percent increase in reflex speed, and a thirty percent boost to top speed,' she reads. 'What's the down side?' she demands, knowing that there is ALWAYS a down side.
'With this one? Not that much,' he answers. 'The possibility, not certain, but odds are high, of growing a tail, and your ears changing to look more like the animals. The fur...as I recall with this one the listed generally follows your own pigmentation rather than overwriting you.'
'...do it,' she decides, signing off on her selection, and the rest of the papers officiating her agreement to undergo the process of augmentation to become a Spartan.
'Will do. This will add a few extra days to your conversion,' he nods, accepting the pad back, and making certain that all the needed signatures are in place.
'So when do we start?' she asks.
'As soon as you can strip that armor and suit and get your ass into the chamber,' he answers, pulling back a curtain to reveal what at first glance resembles a twentieth century tanning bed.
'Right,' she nods, already popping armor locks. 'Where do I put my gear?' she asks.
'Storage container is over there,' the tech points. 'Anything that isn't issue, put in the smaller personal effect box inside, and we'll make sure you get it back after.'
'That stuff stays in my rack,' she snorts, using the common slang for her quarters.
Quickly stripping down, she clambers into the medichamber, and pulls the lid down upon herself, sighing as she hears the seals hiss as they lock, and allowing her head to rest in the indentation provided.
'Hello,' Monty's voice echoes slightly in the chamber. 'I'll be overseeing your conversion process. Do you have any questions before we begin?'
'Yeah, how long is this going to take?' she asks.
'Normal Spartan Augmentation Procedures take roughly a week and a half from beginning to final suit up,' he answers. 'Your choice to add genetic alteration to the process will extend that to roughly two weeks, depending upon how quickly you acclimate to the changes afterward.'
'How much of this am i going to remember?' she asks.
'Very little I'm afraid,' he returns. 'We will be knocking you out so we can upgrade your implant. Once that is complete, we will introduce the genetic alterations, and then accelerate them to completion. This part would likely be incredibly painful, so we will imply keep you under until after. Once the growth cycle finishes, we begin the physical augmentation. You will be issued a semblance when you awaken, and begin learning how your altered body works. having looked over your files, i feel the need to warn you now, while I'm sure you will remember it. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RUN WHEN YOU AWAKEN. The adjustments you will need to make will be numerous, and will take at best a day or two, possibly longer.'
'That is going to suck in a big way,' she grumbles, already fidgeting in the confined space.
'Probably more so for you than most,' Monty agrees. 'Now I want you to start counting backward from fifty.'
As Ruby follows the order, she starts to notice that she's feeling oddly heavy, and passes out before making it to twenty.
'And now to make the magic happen,' Monty says within the pod, hoping that it will stick in her sleeping mind.
'UP AND AT 'EM, Spartan Rose!' she hears before a bugle sounds practically in her ear, causing her to nearly jump out of the bed.
'Uh, who dropped the ordinance pod on my head?' she groans as she leans forward. Then she opens her eyes again and actually gets a good look at herself.
'GAH! What the hell happened! I'm as big as Yang now!' she blurts out.
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'Not even close little sis,' she chuckles back, causing Ruby to whip her head around to see the older sister she hasn't seen in more than a year. 'As you can see, you are still the Little Sister here,' she jokes as she gestures to her own expansive chest, barely held in check by the Spartan armored bodysuit.
'Yang! Whoa...you got spliced too, didn't you?' Ruby smirks as she notices the golden horns peeking through the hair atop her sister's head, and the long muscular tail trailing on the floor next to and around her chair.
'Yup. Etoran Dragon Snake. I'm strong enough now that i can arm wrestle other Spartans in their armor, when I'm not,' she grins deviously. 'It's fun being able to throw tanks at people.'
'Not that I'm complaining, but why are you here?' Ruby asks her.
'It's normal for a New Spartan to have a more experienced one help them through acclimatization,' Yang answers. 'Since i was in for an upgrade to my interface, i was assigned to get you back on your feet.'
'Okay, that makes sense,' the younger sister nods. 'Now explain to me why our tits blew up like balloons,' she demands.
'It's part of the drawbacks to the splicing,' Yang explains. 'Seems the human body, females in particular, react this way most of the time. i hear the guys gain a inch or two below the belt, with a nice little bit of added girth.'
'You always were a perv,' Ruby smirks at her sister.
'Sis, you have NO idea anymore,' Yang laughs. 'But you'll find out soon enough.'
'So what do I wear while I'm getting back on my feet,' Ruby asks, looking around.
'Same as me,' Yang answers, as she gets up and grabs another bodysuit off the footlocker at the end of the bed. 'Your first test is to get yourself dressed.'
'Alright,' Ruby grins, throwing the blankets off, and accidentally shredding them. 'Oops.'
'No biggy, most of the newbies rip them when they wake up, till they can get a handle on the enhancements,' Yang tells her. 'I actually broke the bed and ended up on the floor.'
'Big surprise, all that tail, reinforced as a Spartan, you can probably hold yourself up in midair for a half hour at least,' Ruby snorts, as she carefully maneuvers her feet into the feet of the suit.
'Longer than that,' Yang grins as she suddenly lifts her legs up and crosses them so it looks like she's sitting in midair, her tail coiled beneath her holding her up.
'Showoff,' Ruby sticks her tongue out at her.
'You know it,' Yang laughs, enjoying being around her sister after so long apart.
'So what have you been up to?' Ruby asks as she finally gets her feet properly set, and begins pulling the suit up her legs.
'I was assigned to an escort frigate, and have been pulling security assignments,' Yang answers.
'You need to hurry this along, she needs to be in recovery within the next fifteen minutes,' a third voice chimes in as a miniature version of Yang appears in a small explosion of golden flames.
'Okay Zhue, no more questions 'till we are in motion,' Yang nods.
'You got a Semblance!?' Ruby demands in excitement. 'That means you made it to Hunter!'
'I'm not the only one,' Yang smirks back.
'Rosewind, why haven't you introduced yourself yet?' Zhue demands.
'Because she was concentrating on getting dressed, and I didn't want to distract her,' a miniature Ruby says as she appears out of a small tornado of rose petals.
'What?! I just made Spartan, I can't have been selected for Hunter yet!' Ruby squawks in shock.
'Regardless, you have been selected,' Rosewind tells her. 'I am your AI assistance Fragment, Also known as a Semblance. You may call me Rosewind.'
'Whoa, things are moving way too fast all of a sudden,' Ruby mutters as she plops back down on the bed...landing wrong and kinking her new tail.
'YAAAHHH!... Jeez that hurt!' she yelps as she launches herself off the bed, saved from further painful crash only thanks to Yang intercepting her.
As Yang sets her back down on her feet, Ruby is gingerly inspecting the base of her tail with her hands, trying to ascertain the damage.
'Thread it through your suit, and finish getting dressed,' Yang smirks at her.
'Indeed, you are about to be late,' Rosewind tells her. 'It would be bad if the youngest Spartan since the original Spartan II's was late showing up for her recovery session.'
'Still can't believe they jumped me past the mandatory time in grade to Hunter status,' she says to herself as she follows orders, pleased to discover the suit was made with her new measurements in mind.
'Slippers,' Yang tosses her the footwear, purposely making them separate in flight so Ruby will need to react to catch them. 'Since we will be getting new and improved armor later, we had to turn in our old kit, so no boots.'
'Jeez, I feel like a little kid again,' Ruby grumbles as she deftly balances on one foot, her tail maneuvering behind her without her realizing it to assist her balance. 'There. Now let's see if i can walk without falling on my face,' she smirks, taking her first steps.
And falling face first into her sisters' cleavage as her turn and step has her tripping over herself.
'Good thing for you I had that zipped down for ventilation,' Yang chuckles as she lifts Ruby up to untangle her feet before putting her back down. 'Now, want to try that again? At about a quarter speed, so your brain can start getting used to the new reaction times?' she snarks as she backs off a few steps.
'Right, one step at a time...baby steps at that,' Ruby mutters in embarrassment.
After a few slow shuffling steps, the pair are confident in Ruby's renewed ability to walk, so Yang leads the way, while Ruby asks questions that she and the Semblance AI attempt to answer for her.
'So I'm the new model?' Ruby asks, surprised.
'Yup,' Rosewind replies, her mannerisms becoming more and more like Ruby's as they converse. 'They kicked off the new line with you, because the process for reinforcement will still allow for a limited amount of growth, and they aren't a hundred percent sure you won't be getting any taller.'
'I'm nineteen, odds are pretty long I'm going to be getting any taller,' Ruby smirks back. Then she looks down and adds, 'Although I would have said my boobs wouldn't get any bigger either...And why didn't the Medtech warn me about that?' she suddenly demands.
'Rubes, have you ever known a guy to think bigger boobs was a bad thing?' Yang smirks over her shoulder.
Ruby facepalms at that one, knowing her sister is absolutely correct, a male Medtech likely wouldn't have considered that a drawback...but then again he didn't have to carry them around! 'Good thing I'm a Spartan now, or else I'd be heading for some major back pain in the future...although nothing like you would be,' she smirks back at Yang.
'Eh, I've always been tougher than you kiddo, so I wouldn't be as likely to 'suffer' with these monsters,' Yang shrugs negligently. 'But here's the therapy room where you get your old mojo back,' she tells her, palming the door controls and letting them in. 'Not that i figure you'll be here long. Rosewind is helping you recover WAY faster than i did.'
'What?' Ruby blurts out in surprise.
'I have been buffering your motor control responses since your first steps and the action of catching your slippers,' Rosewind tells her. 'I've been slowly dialing them back up to full strength as you walk, allowing you to become accustomed to your new capabilities gradually, rather than forcing you to do it yourself as your sister did.'
'Yeah, dad and I had to spend a LOT of time in here after I finally managed to stagger down the halls,' Yang agrees. 'Not particularly fun, but something that had to be done to get where I am now.'
'So I'm ready to run now?' Ruby asks, eager to begin testing herself for real.
'No. I currently have only restored you to seventy-five percent of your capabilities. You still need to put in the work required here, just not as much of it,' Rosewind answers her.
'Alright then, I'll treat it just like any other training,' she nods, her game face taking over as she enters the physical therapy room.
'Astounding. We've never had a Spartan recover this quickly,' the Medtech reviewing Ruby's data confides in Yang.
'I doubt there has ever been another Spartan as focused as she is since the early days of the program,' Yang returns with a proud grin.
'Oh?' the tech asks, wincing as Ruby kills a heavy bag with a punch kick combination that rips it off its mounting braces.
'Yeah,' Yang nods, her grin widening. 'So she cleared?'
'Oh yeah,' the tech nods, grinning back. 'You guys scored a winner with this one.'
'Tell me about it,' Yang chuckles as she walks over to Ruby.
'We have orders,' Rosewind and Zhue report.
'Talk to us,' Yang orders as Ruby wipes her face with a towel.
'06:00 tomorrow, all Hunter candidates are to report to the Launch deck for an assignment,' Rosewind tells them.
'You will be issued a standard kit, and armor onboard your transports,' Zhue continues.
'Anything else?' Yang asks.
'No...oddly light on details,' Zhue reports.
'Probably want to see how we handle the unknown,' Ruby shrugs.
'You're awfully unconcerned about things,' Yang remarks as the pair head to the ships Mess.
'Don't know enough to even have a clue about what's going on, so no point in getting bent out of shape over it,' Ruby retorts with a shrug. 'Besides, we'll find out in the morning.'
'True enough. Now let's get something to eat,' Yang agrees, as they head down the halls.
'Orders say Fight Line at 06:00,' Yang says as she and Ruby enter the hanger bay the next morning.
'Why is there such a large open area?' Ruby wonders as they join a group of others in little more than Spartan Body Suits.
'We'll find out soon,' a voice she can't identify answers her from the group. 'Nearly Showtime.'
'Are we ready?' the Invisible Spartan asks her AI.
'Whenever you give the word,' the AI answers.
'Consider it given,' the Spartan grins under her helm, leaping from her perch as the active cloak powers down, landing with a loud clang in front of the candidates, precisely as the chrono's tick over to 06:00.
'Ten-SHUN!' one of the candidates barks, causing the rest to immediately jump into orderly lines and snap to attention.
'You have all shown promise above and beyond other Spartans,' the black armored woman begins, the armored sleeves covering her tails lashing as she begins to pace up and down the lines, a modulator in her helmet making her voice sound harsh and grating. 'As such, you have been selected to undergo additional Training to bring you up to the ranks of the Hunters. You are already Elite by being Spartans, we will make you better. Or you will die.
'Well that's reassuring,' Ruby mutters under her breath.
'When i give the order, you will board the nearest Specter Infiltrator, and we will be on our way to the next stage of your development,' the black armored woman continues. 'In route, you will armor up, and prepare to drop upon arrival. Your Semblance's will have additional information for you as events unfold.' she then stops and turns to face the lot of them, her visor seeming to glow brighter as she asks, 'Any Questions?'
'Who are you?' Yang blurts out, with a belated, 'Sir,' tacked on afterward.
'I am Field Marshal Glynda Goodwitch,' she says as she removes her helmet, the small grey fox ears atop her blond hair twitching as they straighten back up. 'Commander of ALL Hunter operations aboard The Shining Beacon.'
'Sir! Understood, Sir!' Yang barks out at the information.
'Anything more?' Goodwitch asks, arching an eyebrow as she takes notice of Ruby standing next to Yang.
When no one answers, she nods and orders, 'Move out! I want this flight in the void within five minutes!' suiting action to words as she returns to board her own ship, with her handpicked group of evaluation Hunters.
They are in motion within four.
'Stupid trainee bullshit,' Yang grumbles as she finishes up in the Armorer Harness. 'Do they have any idea how hard it is to get the molding right for these horns? Why couldn't we just keep our old helmets?'
'Relax Blondie,' an unknown male tells her as he swaggers over, his blood red armor a striking contrast to her yellow and tan. 'If you want, I can help you once we finish up...I've been told I'm great at getting you splicers feeling like you're floating on air.'
'I would break you in half,' she snorts in return, casually flicking her tail at him and knocking his feet out from under him, to the laughter of the rest of the candidates aboard.
'Play nice Yang,' Ruby smirks as she finishes up, her red armor over black suit looking more impressive than the other guys' total red. 'We don't know what comes next, we might have to work with him.'
'Only if I get to use him as a club,' Yang retorts.
'Marshal, we've got a problem,' Greyfox reports, moments after they exit slipspace.
'Oh, fucking hell,' she groans at the images projected on the inside of her visor. 'Attention all ships and crew,' she says as she holds a hand to the side of her helmet. 'This just turned into the real thing,' she informs them. 'We've had a Covenant Frigate crash in the Emerald Forest sector, and we now have Grimm on the ground. Mountain Glenn, Forever Fall, and The Lodge are still secure, but we have no idea how long things will stay that way. Unfortunately, we can no longer access the training system, so the Hard Light holograms are still active, meaning you will have to deal with them, in addition to the Grimm. Drop protocols are being altered, you will now be targeted to land in close proximity of previously deployed ordinance pods. Gear up, and take the fight to them. Specters will head for the Lodge, to refuel and stock supplies, before returning to fly C.A.P. they will be available to drop additional weapons and gear, as well as provide fire support. All Units to your Drop Pods, we are going in hot, and i have no intention of losing this instillation to these bastards. Lock and Load, and we will see you on the ground,' she says by way of signing off. 'Now, get us into position, we've got us some monsters to kill.'
'Well, there goes the fun factor of this little field trip,' another male with neon blue over black mutters once Goodwitch cuts the message off.
'You think getting dropped wearing newbie armor with nothing but a standard issue sidearm is fun?' Yang counters, tipping her head to the side as if hoping a different angle will help make him make more logical sense. 'You been told lately that you ain't right in the head?'
'Regularly. Funny, I'm still here, and the ones that ignored what i had to say got themselves killed...go figure,' he shrugs, before pulling the hatch closed on his drop pod.
'I don't know if I should be happy someone like that is dropping with us, or terrified,' Yang mutters to Ruby as they approach their own pods, as the rest follow suit, or seal up ahead of them.
'Be happy, he will probably drive the monsters crazy,' Ruby giggles, slapping her sister on the shoulder before leaving her to enter her own pod.
'Ruby, we are getting our drop coordinates, and we are receiving data files on the Grimm for us to share with all of you,' Rosewind reports, with the telemetry appearing on the right side of her display, while the files begin popping up on the left.
'Fill me in on the way down, and prepare to remind me of pertinent details once we make contact,' Ruby tells her before she can begin the briefing in earnest. 'I get the feeling I'm going to be too busy to ask you to remind me about weak spots and stuff.'
'Understood,' Rosewind nods, before getting started.
The pods launch less than a minute later.