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==History==
  
==History==
 
 
=== Formation ===
 
=== Formation ===
The origins of the '''Fifth Dragonlords''' - nicknamed "The Godzilla Stalkers" - lay in the formation of the [[Star League]] and the establishment of the [[Star League Defense Force]]. With the significant drawdown of military forces in the wake of the formation of the SLDF, large quantities of military personnel - including some of the best and brightest - found themselves unemployed. Many carried on with the only skills they had, engaging in piracy and brigandage; as a result, the Star League initiated the [[United Triumph Military Exercises]] (UTEs) in [[2572]] as an attempt to deal with some of the problems.<ref name="FR:FS2765p15">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 15: "Dragonlords"</ref>
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The origins of the '''Fifth Dragonlords''' - nicknamed "The Godzilla Stalkers" - lay in the formation of the [[Star League]] and the establishment of the [[Star League Defense Force]]. With the significant drawdown of military forces in the wake of the formation of the SLDF, large quantities of military personnel - including some of the best and brightest - found themselves unemployed. Many carried on with the only skills they had, engaging in piracy and brigandage; as a result, the Star League initiated the [[United Triumph Military Exercises]] (UTEs) in [[2572]] as an attempt to deal with some of the problems.<ref name="FR:FS2765p15">''Field Report: Federated Suns 2765'', p. 15, "Dragonlords"</ref>
  
 
The [[Davion Brigade of Guards]] were due to be dispatched to take part in the UTEs; as the Guards were responsible for protecting the five core Golden Worlds of the [[Federated Suns]] - [[New Avalon]], [[Argyle]], [[Belladonna]], [[El Dorado]] and [[Torrence]] - the [[House Davion|Davion clans]] on those five worlds funded the creation of five temporary garrison units, supplying them with the best and heaviest equipment and recruiting the finest of the recently-discharged veterans from the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] as manpower. These five temporary units - of which the Fifth was one - were never disbanded, as the outbreak of the [[Reunification War]] saw the AFFS in need of trained combat formations.<ref name="FR:FS2765p15"/>
 
The [[Davion Brigade of Guards]] were due to be dispatched to take part in the UTEs; as the Guards were responsible for protecting the five core Golden Worlds of the [[Federated Suns]] - [[New Avalon]], [[Argyle]], [[Belladonna]], [[El Dorado]] and [[Torrence]] - the [[House Davion|Davion clans]] on those five worlds funded the creation of five temporary garrison units, supplying them with the best and heaviest equipment and recruiting the finest of the recently-discharged veterans from the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] as manpower. These five temporary units - of which the Fifth was one - were never disbanded, as the outbreak of the [[Reunification War]] saw the AFFS in need of trained combat formations.<ref name="FR:FS2765p15"/>
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When the [[Star League]] Council issued the [[Council Edict of 2650]] limiting the size of the military each [[Great House]] was allowed to maintain, the AFFS was required to draw down in strength sharply, as were the other militaries of the [[Inner Sphere]]. The Fifth was one of three regiments within the Dragonlords to draw down to just a single [[battalion]] as a result of the manpower and unit reductions mandated by the Council Edict.<ref name="FR:FS2765p15"/>
 
When the [[Star League]] Council issued the [[Council Edict of 2650]] limiting the size of the military each [[Great House]] was allowed to maintain, the AFFS was required to draw down in strength sharply, as were the other militaries of the [[Inner Sphere]]. The Fifth was one of three regiments within the Dragonlords to draw down to just a single [[battalion]] as a result of the manpower and unit reductions mandated by the Council Edict.<ref name="FR:FS2765p15"/>
  
When the Star League Council repealed the Edict of 2650 in [[2752]]<ref name="FR:FS2765p3">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 3: "Strategic Update"</ref> the Dragonlords quickly returned to full strength as a brigade. The Dragonlords' quick return to full strength was made possible by the [[Preparedness Act|rearmament program]] put in place by [[Richard Davion]], which had seen each active [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] within the Dragonlords issued two [[BattleMech]]s, and the strong and active training program for reserves on each of the Golden Worlds, which generated a pool of trained manpower to draw upon.<ref name="FR:FS2765p15"/>
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When the Star League Council repealed the Edict of 2650 in [[2752]]<ref name="FR:FS2765p3">''Field Report: Federated Suns 2765'', p. 3, "Strategic Update"</ref> the Dragonlords quickly returned to full strength as a brigade. The Dragonlords' quick return to full strength was made possible by the [[Preparedness Act|rearmament program]] put in place by [[Richard Davion]], which had seen each active [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] within the Dragonlords issued two [[BattleMech]]s, and the strong and active training program for reserves on each of the Golden Worlds, which generated a pool of trained manpower to draw upon.<ref name="FR:FS2765p15"/>
  
As tensions in the [[Periphery]] rose almost the entirety of the Dragonlords were deployed to worlds along the border between the Federated Suns and the [[Taurian Concordat]]. The only regiment within the brigade not to have been deployed to the border by [[2765]] was the Fifth, who remained in place on the relatively quiet world of [[Talcott]]. The Commanding Officer of the Fifth had responded to the lack of action by launching a series of training exercises against the planetary militia as well as the security forces at the local [[General Motors]] plant.<ref name="FR:FS2765p15"/><ref name="TPTp10">''Turning Points: Tyrfing'', p. 10: "Fifth Dragonlords"</ref>
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As tensions in the [[Periphery]] rose almost the entirety of the Dragonlords were deployed to worlds along the border between the Federated Suns and the [[Taurian Concordat]]. The only regiment within the brigade not to have been deployed to the border by [[2765]] was the Fifth, who remained in place on the relatively quiet world of [[Talcott]]. The Commanding Officer of the Fifth had responded to the lack of action by launching a series of training exercises against the planetary militia as well as the security forces at the local [[General Motors]] plant.<ref name="FR:FS2765p15"/><ref name="TPTp10">''Turning Points: Tyrfing'', p. 10, "Fifth Dragonlords"</ref>
  
 
=== First Succession War ===
 
=== First Succession War ===
 
In [[2788]] the [[Twenty-third Marik Militia]] and two other [[Free Worlds League Military]] regiments, the [[3rd Oriente Hussars|Third]] and [[Seventh Oriente Hussars]] were stationed on the former Hegemony district capital of [[Tyrfing]] when a brutal five-way battle for control of the world began. The [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] and [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] were the first to arrive, with raiders from the [[Seventh Donegal Guards]], [[Stealths]], [[Prefectorate Guard]] and [[Ariana Grenadiers]] attacking the League troops and each other; these were soon joined by the [[Fourth Davion Guards]] and Fifth Dragonlords - dispatched by the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns - and the [[Eighth Sword of Light]] and [[Black Sharks]], dispatched by the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]].
 
In [[2788]] the [[Twenty-third Marik Militia]] and two other [[Free Worlds League Military]] regiments, the [[3rd Oriente Hussars|Third]] and [[Seventh Oriente Hussars]] were stationed on the former Hegemony district capital of [[Tyrfing]] when a brutal five-way battle for control of the world began. The [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] and [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] were the first to arrive, with raiders from the [[Seventh Donegal Guards]], [[Stealths]], [[Prefectorate Guard]] and [[Ariana Grenadiers]] attacking the League troops and each other; these were soon joined by the [[Fourth Davion Guards]] and Fifth Dragonlords - dispatched by the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns - and the [[Eighth Sword of Light]] and [[Black Sharks]], dispatched by the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]].
  
Tyrfing was already badly damaged, with much of its ecology poisoned by the aftereffects of the nuclear and chemical weapons used during the [[Amaris Civil War]], and the five-way battle for control of Tyrfing - or for access to loot any remaining [[Star League]] technology - effectively ended any prospect of Tyrfing continuing to be a viable world. Between the rampant use of nuclear and chemical weapons and the lingering poisons left from the previous war, almost ninety percent of the infantry forces on Tyrfing were dead when the battle ended in February [[2789]], and only a fifth of the Twenty-third's conventional forces were still combat ready - more than that of any other regiment to have participated in the battle. Tyrfing's pre-Coup civilian population of more than three billion had been reduced to just eight million and was falling steadily, with every major city destroyed during the conflict; by the end of the [[First Succession War]] that population had dropped to five million and was still falling, with the League government placing Tyrfing under quarantine in [[2824]].<ref name="FSWp110">''First Succession War'', p. 110: "The Tyrfing Conflict"</ref>
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Tyrfing was already badly damaged, with much of its ecology poisoned by the aftereffects of the nuclear and chemical weapons used during the [[Amaris Civil War]], and the five-way battle for control of Tyrfing - or for access to loot any remaining [[Star League]] technology - effectively ended any prospect of Tyrfing continuing to be a viable world. Between the rampant use of nuclear and chemical weapons and the lingering poisons left from the previous war, almost ninety percent of the infantry forces on Tyrfing were dead when the battle ended in February [[2789]], and only a fifth of the Twenty-third's conventional forces were still combat ready - more than that of any other regiment to have participated in the battle. Tyrfing's pre-Coup civilian population of more than three billion had been reduced to just eight million and was falling steadily, with every major city destroyed during the conflict; by the end of the [[First Succession War]] that population had dropped to five million and was still falling, with the League government placing Tyrfing under quarantine in [[2824]].<ref name="FSWp110">''First Succession War'', p. 110, "The Tyrfing Conflict"</ref>
  
 
=== Second Succession War ===
 
=== Second Succession War ===
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==Composition History==
 
==Composition History==
 
=== 2765 ===
 
=== 2765 ===
'''Fifth Dragonlords''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FR:FS2765p15A">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 15: "Regimental Status"</ref>
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'''Fifth Dragonlords''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FR:FS2765p15A">''Field Report: Federated Suns 2765'', p. 15, "Regimental Status"</ref>
 
:- The Fifth were stationed on [[Talcott]] at this point in time.<ref name="FR:FS2765p15A"/>
 
:- The Fifth were stationed on [[Talcott]] at this point in time.<ref name="FR:FS2765p15A"/>
  
=== 2786–2821 ===
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=== 2786 - 2821 ===
'''Fifth Dragonlords''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FSWp134">''First Succession War'', p. 134: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref>
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'''Fifth Dragonlords''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="FSWp134">''First Succession War'', p. 134, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref>
:- At this point in time the Fifth was a medium-weight unit operating at full regimental strength, and was based on [[Talcott]].<ref name="FSWp134"/> In 2821 the unit was just two-fifths full strength, and was based on [[Muskegon]].<ref name="FSWp134"/>
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:- At this point in time the Fifth was a medium-weight unit operating at full regimental strength, and was based on [[Talcott]].<ref name="FSWp134"/>In 2821 the unit was just two-fifths full strength, and was based on [[Muskegon]].<ref name="FSWp134"/>
  
 
=== 2830 ===
 
=== 2830 ===
'''Fifth Dragonlords''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="SSWp94">''Second Succession War'', p. 94: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref>
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'''Fifth Dragonlords''' (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical)<ref name="SSWp94">''Second Succession War'', p. 94, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)"</ref>
 
:- At this point in time the Fifth was a medium-weight unit operating at full strength, and was based on [[Valexa]].<ref name="SSWp94"/> The unit was destroyed during the war.<ref name="SSWp94"/>
 
:- At this point in time the Fifth was a medium-weight unit operating at full strength, and was based on [[Valexa]].<ref name="SSWp94"/> The unit was destroyed during the war.<ref name="SSWp94"/>
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
* ''Field Report 2765: AFFS'' attributes the Preparedness Act of 2735 to both [[Richard Davion]]<ref name="FR:FS2765p3"/> and [[Roger Davion (27th c.)|Roger Davion]].<ref name="FR:FS2765p15"/> Because other sources indicate that Richard Davion was First Prince in 2735, and that Roger Davion died in 2703, the latter attribution is probably an error.
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* ''Field Report 2765: Federated Suns'' attributes the Preparedness Act of 2735 to both [[Richard Davion]]<ref name="FR:FS2765p3"/> and [[Roger Davion (27th c.)|Roger Davion]]<ref name="FR:FS2765p15"/>. Because other sources indicate that Richard Davion was First Prince in 2735, and that Roger Davion died in 2703, the latter attribution is probably an error.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: Federated Suns 2765]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (Sourcebook)]]''
 
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Turning Points: Tyrfing]]''
 
* ''[[Turning Points: Tyrfing]]''
 
  
 
[[Category:Federated Suns Commands|Dragonlords, 05th]]
 
[[Category:Federated Suns Commands|Dragonlords, 05th]]

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