Chapter One: First Contact

Ironwood received a message from an unknown source a month before initiation started. He sat quietly in his office and whispered the message to himself again, "Greetings feudals, I am Dominus Malleus Rubrum of Forge World Metalica. There will be a landing party that I will be a part of with a patrol of skitarii, it will make landfall within the next 24 hours. We seek to integrate your weak world into the holy light of the Omnissiah." This Malles Rubrum and his 'Forge World Metalica' seek to remove the sovereignty of Atlas. The General quickly called Jacques Schnee with his scroll. "What is the matter General Ironwood?" questioned the owner of the SDC Company.

Ironwood explained the situation, "I was sent a message 9 hours ago stating that a person from another world call 'Metalica' is going to land on Remnant in around 15 hours. They plan to, and I quote, 'We seek to integrate your weak world into the holy light of the Omnissiah.' He seeks to harm the kingdom of Atlas. I am call to make sure you have my support to arrest them when they land, when I bring this dilemma to the council of Atlas." Jacques twiddled his thumbs as he thought. "How do you know this is not a prank?" questioned Mr. Schnee.

13 Hours later

A white Valkyrie with dark red highlights descended into the planet's atmosphere. Malleus Rubrum was early due to him ignoring to pack all of the toasters he loved and cared for like a mother to its child. He would have shed a tear if his eyes were still flesh, how weak of him. Pilot skitarii yelled towards the other crew members, -We are being fired upon with primitive missiles! What are your orders Dominus!- Malleus slowly walked towards the cockpit as the pilot started evasive actions. -Evade the missile, but act like it damaged us. Land near those ruins a click to the north from the city that fired upon us. We will blend into the snow!- ordered the Dominus

Rubrum turned toward his patrol detachment, only three squads of ten Ranger Skitarii, and bellowed thru his vox, -START THE INCANTATION OF THE IRON SOUL! I WANT THESE PRIMITIVE TO HEAR YOU FROM HERE! GLORY TO THE OMNISSIAH!- The skitarii started blasting the canticles at the max volume their voxs could withstand. The Dominus sent out a distress ping, to any Mechanicus forces within range, as the missile detonated behind the blessed ship. The pilot followed orders and started descending into a controlled crash.

General Ironwood peered thru his binoculars as the white airship started descending rapidly. "Good hit," he muttered to himself. A bullhead landed next to him with a squad of heavily armed soldiers. The sergeant yelled, "All we are waiting for is you General." Ironwood waved his hand dismissively, "Go on without me. I am no longer one for these heroics." The bullhead started up as it flew to the crash site. The General could swear he hear static coming from far in the distance.

Malleus watched from a distance as the Valkyrie was exploded with a quickly made melta bomb. They have stopped the incantation of the iron soul and fortified in an underground position in the ruins of a small village. A few skitarii died in the controlled crash, four in total, they forgot to fasten their harnesses. And another skitarii was left at the crash to detonate the melta bomb. Leaving him with 25 skitarii total, enough for two and a half squads. -Seal the exits and entrances. Quietly,- ordered the Dominus. The skitarii obeyed his commands and created their shelter their tomb, with only their lenses lighting up the room.

The squad of Atlesian soldiers reach the crash site of the unknown airship. Inside the crash they say five figures in white cloaks with dark red edges, they were armored and heavy armed. "You foolish primitives…" wheezed out one of the passengers as he crawled thru the wreckage. He continued, "You have declared war against the Adeptus Mechanicus for this action of violence, and for that you will pay…" The cloaked figure was finished his crawling as turned to face the squad of soldiers. He recited a manta quietly, luring a few of the soldiers to step closer, "There is no truth in flesh, only betrayal. There is no strength in flesh, only weakness. There is no constancy in flesh, only decay. There is no certainty in flesh but death."

General Ironwood watched the crash from a distance as best he could, there were numerous trees in the way but he could see the faint smoke plume. His scroll crackled to life as the squad leader stated, "Steel Tree, this is Alpha Squad Lead." He replied, "This is Steel Tree, send traffic." "Five times men, wearing with white robes covering plates of armor, found at the crash. Only one in conscious at the moment and his is heavily armed, but does not appear hostile. He is muttering something about us being primitives that we have declared war on a group called the Adeptus Mechanicus, and some mantra about flesh being weak. Break," reported the squad leader.

There was a pause is the transmission, Ironwood held his breath. A metallic yell could be heard thru the scroll, "YOU WILL ALL BE TRAMPLED BY OUR RELENTLESS MARCH! GLORY TO THE OMNISSIAH!" Everyone that was sleeping in Atlas was awoken by a ear pounding explosion from the north. The fading smoke plume was replaced with a new one from the same source, the crashed airship. The General quickly yelled into his scroll, "Alpha Squad do you copy?!" He was greeted with only static. He repeated his message, to receive the same answer. Whoever was this Adeptus Mechanicus group was going to pay.

Pugnus Rubrum stood at the bridge of his flag ship as he stared off into the endless encroachment of space. A yell broke his concentration, -Magos Dominus! We have received a distress beacon from the far fringes of Ultima Segmentum! It bears the codes of Dominus Malleus Rubrum, your biological brother.- Pugnus turned to face the skitarii giving the report. The Magos Dominus casually replied -You know I care not for my biological relationships, for the flesh is weak. What does the beacon report?- The skitarii took 6 seconds to process the information into a shorter

-Malleus Rubrum found a lost human colony, he was with the landing party when the locals shot the Valkyrie out of the sky. He is alive with 25 skitarii rangers in a bunker near a primitive hive city called Atlas, home to the humans that attacked him. He request support to conquer the world in the name of the Omnissiah,- paraphrased the skitarii. The Magos Dominus looked around the room before asking, -Well? What are you all waiting for?! The feudals believe that they can best the Adeptus Mechanicus! PROVE THEM WRONG!-

Note: I don't own RWBY or Warhammer 40k, otherwise I would have nerfed Mars and Ultramarines in the table top. I am more versed with the grim dark future than Remnant, any and all reviews are appreciated. I will edit if I make a mistake in the lore or names for Warhammer equipment, mostly referring to the Valkyrie here cause admech got no transports or flyers. Remember, Metalica with one 'L' is the forge world. Metallica with two 'L' is the band. Pugnus Rubrum leads a Brigade Detachment and a Super Heavy Detachment, I need names for the units instead of a series of numbers. Every single unit in the Admech Codex available for a Metalica Army is used, basically all except Belisarius Cawl.

Speech Syntaxes:

-Speech- Lingua-Technis

"Speech" Low Gothic/English

Translation:

Malleus Rubrum: Hammer Red (inspired from Metalica's icon)

Pugnus Rubrum: Fist Red (inspired from Metalica's icon)