Homecoming Part 1

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Planet Remnant - Beacon Control Center.

The sound of humming electronics and the combined rhythm of steady footsteps and the tapping of a cane on the metal floor is all that filled the empty halls of the forerunner installation. The owner of both is a tall middle aged man dressed in a brown uniform. His hair glistens an unnatural shade of grew, almost silver. His eyes peek over a pair of dark slanted glasses. In his hand opposite the cane he grasps a large mug filled with what appears to be freshly brewed coffee and every few steps he takes a subtle sip of its steamy contents. Despite his calm appearance he marches with purpose in his stride. When he finally comes to a stop a set of smooth metal doors are before him. He quickly tocks his cane under his arm and then places his now free hand onto a scanner beside the doors. The scanner flashes and the doors slide away to reveal a large room full of alien like interfaces and similarly uniformed personnel at each station.

Several of the personnel at the different stationed turned to face the silver haired man and a look of surprise quickly came over their features. "Ozpin sir, what brings you here today?!" One of the men asks.

The man smiles as he passes over the threshold into the room. "What, the man in charge of this installations security can't pay a visit everyone once in awhile?" He says jokingly.

"No, of course not sir! It's just that you usually send Miss Goodwitch for the daily inspection."

"True but she has many other responsibilities and I can't always rely on her to do everything. Besides there is something I wanted to check on myself." He says before taking another sip of his steamy brew.

"Oh what would that be sir?" The man asks curiosity clear on his face. Many of the other personnel bared a similar expression. It was very rare for Ozpin to make the trek from his office to the command center. And when he did it normally meant something was going on.

"Well firstly care to give me a status report on our savaging team's progress?" Ozpin inquired.

"Yes sir, right away!" The man said before turning towards his station and hitting a few holographic keys to bring up a spread sheet of filled with requested information. "As you can see most of our teams are currently off world. We currently only have team CFVY, JNPR, and SONN planet side right now but. We do have word that team CRDL is in transit and should arrive by the end of the day. They said they got quite the haul again this time."

"Oh did they now? They have been performing quite well as of late. If they keep this up they might even team CFVY." Ozpin then takes a moment to look over the list and something peaks his interest. "Hmm how about team RWBY it says here they were last heard from six days ago when they left to investigate a UNSC distress beacon. Any update on their status?"

"No sorry sir, we have heard nothing from them as of yet." He responded.

"I see." Ozpin says as he takes a moment to take another sip of his coffee. He then glances over towards a uniformed women working at another station. He then makes his way over to her station.

The woman notices her superior approaching and snaps to attention. "Ozpin, sir! Is there anything I can do for you?!"

"Yes I would like you to check our long range senor's for any slipspace activity."

"Yes sir right way!" She says as she goes to work. "There are a few blips here and there but nothing usual. Is there anything in particular your looking for sir?"

"Hmm no but keep scanning for the time being. Let me know if there are any new developments." Ozpin said as he turned towards the first man. "I want you scramble all of our planet-side teams." He then steps into the middle of the room and addresses everyone. "Attention I want everyone to their battle stations and prepare to fire the Beacon!" Everyone snapped to attention and began to rush through the room.

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