7th Atrean Dragoons

Brigade Insignia of the Atrean Dragoons
Seventh Atrean Dragoons
Nickname Eagle's Flight[1]
Affiliation Free Worlds League
Parent Command Atrean Dragoons

History

Early Years

The Seventh Atrean Dragoons were originally a part of the armed forces of the Marik Commonwealth, with the brigade being founded during the early days of the Free Worlds League. The Atrean Dragoons would continue to serve as the provincial forces of the Marik Commonwealth until the League had expanded to the point that the forces of the Free Worlds Guards were insufficient to garrison the League's borders; when that point was reached, the League Parliament applied pressure to the Marik Commonwealth to loan a portion of the Dragoons to the League to for the purposes of federal defense.[2]

Age of War

The relationship between the Atrean Dragoons and the Free Worlds League Military was formalized in 2528, when Captain-General Albert Marik made the loan permanent in response to the eruption of the Second Andurien War between the Free Worlds League and the Capellan Confederation. Albert Marik attached a single stipulation to the formal transfer; the Seventh and the other regiments of the Dragoons were required to honor their roots in the Marik Commonwealth by continuing the tradition of recruiting graduates from the military academies on Atreus.[2]

The Star League

While the Seventh remained federal troops the entire brigade was loyal to the office of the Captain-General, allowing whichever member of House Marik was holding the office at the time to employ the Dragoons for his or her own purposes. These purposes - officially all undertaken in the interest of federal security, but often either of a federal or personal nature - included those that might have caused other federal units to hesitate, and with the increased tension between the Free Worlds League and the Star League following the Marik Civil War Captain-General Ewan Marik wasn't above using the Dragoons as a martial extension of his belligerent and antagonistic policies towards the Lyran Commonwealth. Ewan Marik's son, Captain-General Kenyon Marik, continued to use the Atrean Dragoons to make life difficult for Star League Defense Force garrisons in the Free Worlds League.[2]

Officers

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 7th Atrean Dragoons

Tactics

Unknown.

Composition History

2765

Seventh Atrean Dragoons (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)[3]

- At this point in time the Seventh was stationed on Savannah.[2]

2786 - 2821

7th Atrean Dragoons (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical) [4]

Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on Savannah. In 2821 the command was reduced to 48 of its strength and was deployed at Acubens. [4]

2830

7th Atrean Dragoons (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical) [5]

Note: At this point in time the light-weight unit was stationed on Acubens with an operational readiness of 93 percent. [5] The unit was destroyed during the war. [5]

References

  1. Field Report 2765: FWLM, p. 9
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Field Report 2765: FWLM, p. 9, "Atrean Dragoons"
  3. Field Report 2765: FWLM, p. 9, "Regimental Status"
  4. 4.0 4.1 First Succession War, p. 138
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Second Succession War, p. 98

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