One of the older mercenary units in Capellan pay, the 15th Dracon is the remnant of the old Star League 15th Dracon Regiment, which came over to the Confederation following the departure of Aleksandr Kerensky. The unit originally had three battalions, but Succession War attrition has reduced the regiment to two under-strength battalions.
The Dracon has been involved in many of the heaviest actions of the latter half of the Succession Wars. Among the unit’s most memorable actions have been fierce firefights with elements of the Marik Oriente Hussars on Talitha in 2901; the raid on nan in 2920; the capture of an entire battalion of Free Worlds Guards on Park Place in 2940; and the deep-space strike against the Marik world of Lancaster (the only time this planet has ever been attacked by Capellan forces) in 2950.
Like most mercenary units, the 15th Dracon suffer from a chronic lack of spare parts and replacements, a situation that has limited it in recent years to raids against Marik targets of opportunity. Despite this disadvantage, the Dracon continues to give a good account of itself.
In addition to their good war record, the Dracon is distinguished by a unique trait. It is the only mercenary unit that regularly contributes a percentage of captured stores and booty to local planetary officials for civil improvements. This is the personal policy of the regiment’s commander, “Sir Samuel ,“as he is known on a dozen different worlds. He wants to leave something behind so that he and his troopers will be remembered by succeeding generations on worlds he helped defend.
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