What if the Wolf Dragoons arrived as Galaxies/Clusters

[Col Toda]

IT WOULD GIVE A CLIENT A REASON TO PAY LESS FOR THERE SERVICES AS IT WOULD BE HARDER TO USE IN AN INTERGRATED COMAND.. , AND CADRE CONTRACT MIGHT NEVER HAPPEN  AS LACK OF BE ABLE TO PRACTICE IN EXISTING ORGANIZATION EVEN LOSE OUT CADRE CONTRACTS SO NEVER WORKING FOR THE DRACONIS COMBINE . THE GENOSHA NEVER FORMED AND DEATH TO MERCENARY POLICY NEVER ENACTED.

[Iron Grenadier]

6) the Dragoons did establish a number of smaller (technically unaffiliated) merc units as they rounded the Inner Sphere clock,

Is there a list of these units? Size? Did they report back to the Dragoons in some way?

[Ogra_Chief]

As I understand it a good portion were part of the Allied Mercenary Command (AMC) which were wiped during the Jihad. Sarna has a listing, presumably the larger formations. As many were lance to company sized when founded. AMC being destroyed was likely some house cleaning. However, I know of no official listings prior to the Jihad.

As too their missions, no elaboration, but likely a way for players to have their own Dragoon adventures. Also, a plausible explanation as to where the Dragoons got their replacements prior to their orphan and breeding programs (pre-invasion).

Edit: However, looking at Sarna some of the units listed would pre-date the Dragoon's arrival, so maybe not a good list. The most famous unit would be Miller's Marauders/Barber's Marauder IIs if the original lore still stands, and they are not even listed...

[Arkansas Warrior]

Is there a list of these units? Size? Did they report back to the Dragoons in some way?

Snord’s Irregulars is the only one that comes to mind.

[Failure16]

Yes, Snord's Irregulars are the only ones that are a direct off-shoot of the Dragoons (unless, perchance, you want to count the Ryuken?). They did make a point of taking in literal orphans to fill their ranks.

Others may be thinking of the "farm teams" the Kell Hounds set up (Bradley's Bravo after the fact, Zimmer's Zouves before their untimely demise at about the same time they were founded).

[Daryk]

The Marauder (IIs) don't count? ???

[Ogra_Chief]

Here are the origins of Snord's Irregulars both original (FASA 1614) and retconned (FASA 1643) for comparison. I still count the Miller's Marauders/Barber's Marauder IIs as Dragoon affiliates.

[Failure16]

There has never been any intimation that Miller's Marauders had anything to do with the Dragoons before Robinson late in the 4SW.  Indeed, the association apparently laid fallow until 3050ish where they were given the chance to reequip with MAD IIs. You know, two decades later.

They might be acquaintances, associates, comrades, or even friends, but there is no evidence of which I am aware of any affiliation, link, or common font between Wolf's Droons and Miller/Barber's Marauder [IIs].

[Hellraiser]

Right, I just took "deep space" to mean their caches, not all the way to the home worlds.

The 2nd one for sure met the Wolf Khan somewhere in deep space, it wasn't the homeworlds though IIRC, just somewhere 1/2 way along the path or so.

There has never been any intimation that Miller's Marauders had anything to do with the Dragoons before Robinson late in the 4SW.  Indeed, the association apparently laid fallow until 3050ish where they were given the chance to reequip with MAD IIs. You know, two decades later.

They might be acquaintances, associates, comrades, or even friends, but there is no evidence of which I am aware of any affiliation, link, or common font between Wolf's Droons and Miller/Barber's Marauder [IIs].

Agreed.
They were just in the Drac March at the same time & provided care to the civies & loaned them some DS.
The only spin off unit I've ever heard of was Snord.

[phoenixalpha]

 *Technically*..... technically speaking there was at least one Dragoon serving in another unit - the Ryuken during the 4th SW.

Fadre Singh.

I'm going to the bad fire for that one  ;D

[Iron Grenadier]

Yes, Snord's Irregulars are the only ones that are a direct off-shoot of the Dragoons (unless, perchance, you want to count the Ryuken?). They did make a point of taking in literal orphans to fill their ranks.

Others may be thinking of the "farm teams" the Kell Hounds set up (Bradley's Bravo after the fact, Zimmer's Zouves before their untimely demise at about the same time they were founded).

That's what I was thinking/remembering. I didn't think they set any other unit up outside of Snord