Dragon Weyr

The Dragon Weyrs on the planet of Offworld are the homes of The Dragons of Offworld and act as their central operating bases for everything from missions and operations, to raising family or training Younglings. Each weyr has an area of operation and influence roughly five to six hundred miles in any direction from their home base, with exceptions to this rule, such as in the case of Reathrin which patrols an area nearly fifteen hundred miles across. Patrol areas between the weyrs generally overlap, at least a little in most cases, but not always, and can be jointly patrolled. Weyrs are typically built by taking large, extinct volcanoes or large mountains, and carving out their interiors to create a home. They are laid out, in many ways, like gigantic ant hills, with tunnels and chambers filling the entire interior of the mountain. Each weyr is led by one Weyr Master, who oversees and controls all day to day operations of the weyr, as well as the Dragon Orders under its care, and works alongside a cadre of elder dragons who are both oversee and advise to the Weyr Master. However, their primary role within the weyr is as an advisory council to assist him in his duties. Although, if needed, they can also act as control or a buffer to him should he ever get out of line and need reigning in. This would be done more to protect the weyr from their masters, the controllers, than from him.

Dragon Ranks

Typical dragon weyrs are broken down into ranks and orders as follows.

• Warrior - Typically a single dragon.
• Squadron - Includes 5 dragons and their commander.
• Wing - Made up of 5 squadrons + 1 commander = 26 dragons total.
• Group - Made up of 100 dragons or 4 wings, plus one commander = 101 dragons total.
• Order - Made up of 8 groups, plus a commander and vice commander. 802 dragons total.

In the dragon orders, there are typically no ranks like sergeant or lieutenant, etc. If you are in charge of a group of dragons, no matter the size, your rank is considered "commander". Only WHAT you command sets you apart from another commander, or makes you of superior rank. Each weyr is home to two dragon orders, equaling 1600 or so working dragons. The total population of a typical weyr is somewhere around 2000 dragons, give or take 20 at any given time. Aside from the 1600 fighting dragons, the remaining 400 dragons generally consist of upper leadership, such as the Weyr Master, the council of elders, medical, nursery, instructors, logistics, younglings in training, and so on. Once a weyr grows to at least 2200 dragons or more, sometimes as much as 2500 dragons, a group of them are spun off to form a new weyr somewhere else on Offworld in order to maintain the balance of numbers in the weyr.

If a weyr falls below 1600, it is considered under strength and, if there are extra dragons in other weyrs, those dragons are often reassigned to the under strength weyr with in order to balance out the numbers so that each weyr has as close to 2000 total dragons, and 1600 fighting dragons as possible. The reason behind this is because a weyr with over 2200 or more dragons is considered overstaffed, which puts an unwanted strain on both logistics and leadership. A weyr with less than 1600 has an insufficient number of dragons within its walls and thus needs to be reinforced in order to be properly effective in the duties and responsibilities required of it in its area of operation.

Known Weyrs

There are six active weyrs, and one abandoned weyr, on the planet of Offworld, only two of which are not yet known by name, but will be eventually.

Active Weyrs

• Trond
• Morten
• Kestrel
• Reathrin
• Not yet known
• Not yet known

Abandoned Weyrs

• Mongangro