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Run by the [[Aerial Command]], the Corps is the branch of the British military which engaged in combat and other duties with [[:category:dragons|dragons]]. Around the time the [[Dragon Plague]] was ravaging Britain, some two hundred dragons were a part of the corps, including dragons in breeding grounds. | Run by the [[Aerial Command]], the Corps is the branch of the British military which engaged in combat and other duties with [[:category:dragons|dragons]]. Around the time the [[Dragon Plague]] was ravaging Britain, some two hundred dragons were a part of the corps, including dragons in breeding grounds. | ||
− | The Aerial Corps uniform is | + | The Aerial Corps uniform is bottle-green, with bars instead of epaulettes. |
The French equivalent is the [[Armée de l’Air]]. | The French equivalent is the [[Armée de l’Air]]. | ||
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One of the unique features of the Aerial Corps is that rank is determined not only by the holder's ability, experience and record of service but also by whether or not they've harnessed a dragon and by that dragon's status among other dragons. A 14-year-old who's harnessed a [[Winchester]] or [[Greyling]] dragonet is a captain and as such outranks the first lieutenant of a heavyweight, even though the latter is almost certainly older and has more experience in the Corps. | One of the unique features of the Aerial Corps is that rank is determined not only by the holder's ability, experience and record of service but also by whether or not they've harnessed a dragon and by that dragon's status among other dragons. A 14-year-old who's harnessed a [[Winchester]] or [[Greyling]] dragonet is a captain and as such outranks the first lieutenant of a heavyweight, even though the latter is almost certainly older and has more experience in the Corps. |