Aerial Corps

Run by the Aerial Command, the Corps is the branch of the British military which engaged in combat and other duties with dragons.

The Aerial Corps uniform is bottle-green, with bars instead of epaulettes.

The French equivalent is the Armée de l’Air.

Aerial Corps Ranks

• Admiral
• Captain
• Lieutenant
• Midwingman
• Ensign
• Cadet

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.

On the other hand, precedence among captains is determined by the native hierarchies among their dragons, which depends on factors such as size, special abilities and experience. On the battlefield, dragons will instinctively recognize the authority of a Regal Copper with a 20-year-old captain much more readily than that of a Winchester handled by a veteran officer. There is no point arguing with the dragons, so it is the humans who must adapt.