Drakøns
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| Drakøns | |
| Formed | 3034 |
| Affiliation | Free Rasalhague Republic |
| Parent Command | KungsArmé |
The Drakøns were a brigade of KungsArmé heavy combined arms and BattleMech regiments, and thus form the "trooper" units of the Rasalhague military.
History[edit]
Established in 3034, the Drakøns regiments were populated by some of the most experienced troops available to the KungsArmé. Composed of mostly conventional forces, the Ronin forces ignored the combined arms threat, leading to losses that the Ronin were unable to recover from.[1] Given their experience and their unit weight, the Drakøns were assigned to protect the Republic's provincial capital worlds.[2]
Following the Great Refusal, the Drakøns consistently lobbied for the opportunity to raid the Clan Occupation Zones. That opportunity came in 3065, when the KungsArmé took advantage of Clan Wolf being under pressure from both Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Ghost Bear, but the Third Drakøns—the only surviving unit of the brigade—went off-mission after deployment, rampaging across Wolf territory in an attempt to gain revenge on Star Colonel Marcos Radick and the Thirty-seventh Striker Cluster for war crimes committed during the invasion of Memmingen. This cost the Third their Commanding Officer on Thun.[3]
After the Republic and the Ghost Bear Dominion merged, the KungsArme was reintegrated into the touman. This process was only partially complete in 3076 when the survivors of Clan Ice Hellion started raiding Republic worlds. Kavalleri, Freemen, and Drakøn Clusters eventually drove the Hellions off of Holmsbu.[4]
Officers[edit]
| Rank | Name | Command | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commanding Officers of the Drakøns | |||
Tactics[edit]
In general, the Drakøns used extensive combined arms tactics. This stems from their formation in the early 3030s when the FRR had more conventional forces than BattleMechs. The conventional forces are often used as anchoring deployments, and a besättning (company) of each arm are known to train together to become an effective combined-arms bataljon (battalion).[1]
Units of the Drakøns[edit]
At the onset of the Clan Invasion, each Drakøn command included a BattleMech regiment or regemente, an aerospace fighter wing, two combat vehicle regementen, and two infantry regementen, one of which was motorized Infantry with an artillery bataljon.[1]
- 1st Drakøns - (Destroyed during Clan Invasion)[citation needed]
- 2nd Drakøns - (Destroyed during Clan Invasion)[citation needed]
- 3rd Drakøns - In 3073, as part of merger with the Ghost Bear Dominion, the Third was converted into a Clan Cluster assigned to the Tundra Galaxy.[5]
- 4th Drakøns - (Destroyed during Task Force Serpent)[citation needed]
Color Scheme and Insignia[edit]
The Drakøns, like most of the KungsArmé forces, did not exist long enough to develop any particular color scheme. When deployed in the field, they used whatever camouflage was appropriate. For formal occasions, the standard KungsArmé scheme was a light blue with gray and red highlights.[6]
1st Drakøns
2nd Drakøns
3rd Drakøns
4th Drakøns
References[edit]
- ↑ a b c Combat Manual: Kurita, p. 67: "Drakøns"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 51
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, pp. 91–92: "Hunting the Wolf"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 70
- ↑ Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers, p. 113: Unit's rebirth as a BattleMech Cluster honoring old Free Rasalhague Republic's active and defunct Regiments by the same name including the Third
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 67