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- The Dragoons were a vigilante hate group of apes who persecuted humans living near a cliffside town along the Pacific Ocean. Hooded and torch-bearing, the Dragoons took matters into their own hands after a local chimp, Lucian, was supposedly slain by humans. When Perdix, the local police chief, failed to find those responsible, the Dragoons harassed and killed several humans - unaware their leader, Zon, had actually committed the murder. Once the truth was exposed by Lucian's brother, Sestus, Zon was arrested and the Dragoons turned their backs on him, ceasing all terrorist activities.
- Despite appearances, dragoons are not really cavalry but mounted line infantry, riding into a battle then fighting on foot. Horses give mobility, not shock value in combat. Dragoons do not charge home, but ride to critical spots on a battlefield where infantry firepower is needed. They carry smoothbore, muzzle-loading muskets with shortened barrels (to make reloading easier) originally called "dragons", or dragoons; over time, this name transferred to the men.
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- Despite appearances, dragoons are not really cavalry but mounted line infantry, riding into a battle then fighting on foot. Horses give mobility, not shock value in combat. Dragoons do not charge home, but ride to critical spots on a battlefield where infantry firepower is needed. They carry smoothbore, muzzle-loading muskets with shortened barrels (to make reloading easier) originally called "dragons", or dragoons; over time, this name transferred to the men. Dragoons are also useful for riot control and civil suppression ("dragooning" is to bully people into a course of action). Their usefulness as infantry and "cheap" cavalry means that they put down all kinds of trouble, as cutting down civilians is beneath the dignity of proper cavalry regiments. Historically, dragoons slowly became cavalry soldiers like any other, and stopped fighting as mounted infantry, although many regiments did retain the name. The cavalry had always regarded them as (lower paid) social inferiors, and the infantry had resented them as not being proper footsloggers, so the dragoons welcomed their new acceptability.
- The Dragoons were a vigilante hate group of apes who persecuted humans living near a cliffside town along the Pacific Ocean. Hooded and torch-bearing, the Dragoons took matters into their own hands after a local chimp, Lucian, was supposedly slain by humans. When Perdix, the local police chief, failed to find those responsible, the Dragoons harassed and killed several humans - unaware their leader, Zon, had actually committed the murder. Once the truth was exposed by Lucian's brother, Sestus, Zon was arrested and the Dragoons turned their backs on him, ceasing all terrorist activities.
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