Southern Weyr Wings

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CLARIFICATION: The differentiation of the three flights indicate physical altitude, not superiority hierarchy.

Upper flight: Typically the bruisers and the "cannon fodder"; these are the first line of defense, very similar to the front line of a battle. They often have larger dragons that last a full Fall.

Mid flight: The flexible jack-of-all-trades wings, often stacked to the outside of the formations to catch "wide" threadfall. Requires maneuverability as a whole wing as well as middling endurance.

Lower flight: The clean-up crew: this is Pern's last line of defense against Thread before it hits the ground. Lots of mid-fall exchanges due to the higher volumes of smaller colors necessary to remain fast enough. This is also where Puma (queens) and Catmint (weyrlings) fly.

"Weights" refer to the color distribution in the wing: 'heavy' flies a lot of bronzes and browns; 'midweight' flies a healthy mix of all colors; 'lightweight' refers to a chromatic-dense wing.

High Flight

Ocelot Wing
  • High Altitude - Heavyweight
  • A mix of all colors with a prevalence of larger dragons, Ocelot tends towards partying hard and working hard. Ocelot has a specialisation in Search and Rescue, and also works with Southern's Guards. Ocelot's Page.
Leo Wing
  • High Altitude - Heavyweight
  • The solid, unpretentious wing of the Weyr, Leo is similar to Ocelot in that it is brown-and-bronze heavy, tight-knit, and focused on business… except when it's time to relax, which they are excellent at. Leo is the most successful fighting Wing at Southern Weyr currently, boasting the fewest number of injuries and deaths.
Tigris Wing
  • High Altitude - Heavyweight
  • Heavy in larger colors, Tigris is the complement of Leo in Threadfall and weyrlife both. Erratic and brilliant, they go through Wingleaders like underpants, because where erratic genius (and great parties) live, so does strife. They are officially the frat boys. Even more officially, they're the Weyr's heavy lifters: their large dragons have special training in moving bulky objects. So if the Woodsmiths need a huge treetrunk or there's a new shipweyr to pick up from some beach, it's usually Tigris that's asked. Be very afraid! Tigris's Page.
Cheetah Wing
  • High Altitude - Lightweight
  • Many turns ago, under the leadership of the bronzerider L'andro, Cheetah had the highest casualty rate at Southern - as much as four times as many deaths as the other Wings. Some say it's because he couldn't keep up with the times, others think there may have been drinking and gambling to blame. Regardless, L'andro was replaced under K'lir as Weyrleader, and the Wing saw a definite turn-around with a female brownrider at the helm, though she eventually became rather set in her ways. When she eventually retired to Siberian, shortly before A'kehm became Weyrleader, bluerider Tulane took over.
Leopard Wing
  • High Altitude - Midweight
  • The good-ol' boy wing; they are infamous for the full-scale hunts that they throw, and the insane numbers of crazy exploratory bets. Leopard also runs S&R, due to the Wingleader's exploiting of his high-energy riders: those exploratory and hunting bets have honed individual pairs into high-performing units that work well under pressure. There's a reason that Leopard leads the third flight.

Mid-Flight

Jaguar Wing (Weyrleader's Wing)
  • Mid Altitude - Midweight
  • Once considered something of a Boys' Club where only the toughest would survive, Jaguar in recent turns has become a far more balanced and flexible Wing, often the public face of the Weyr, with an enviable reputation for classy flying. Their leadership varies from Weyrleader to Weyrleader, but their core membership remains a harder-edged group of men and women who can take whatever comes their way. Jaguar's page.
Liger Wing
  • Mid Altitude - Lightweight
  • High in lighter colors, Liger is a mishmash melting pot of personalities, drives, and motivations. Hot on Leo's heels, Liger flies the second tightest formation in the Weyr in terms of Threadfall casualties.
Atrox Wing
  • Mid Altitude - Midweight
  • Every Weyr needs a wing to dump the misfits, and Atrox is it. The only thing that holds them together is a harsh disciplinarian of a Wingsecond, who is often overruled by her air-headed Wingleader. They don't call them "Atroxious" for nothing… Atrox's Page.

Lower Flight

Puma Wing (Queens Wing)
  • Low Altitude - Heavyweight
  • Goldriders and occasionally pregnant or injured riders fly with Puma. Check out the Puma Page.
Lynx Wing
Serval Wing
  • Low Altitude - Lightweight
  • The only all-chromatic wing in Southern. They are severely competitive with Cheetah, their "sister" wing. Works closely with Puma; it is considered a mark of favor to be a rider asked or tapped into Serval. Many dragonhealers in their ranks. Serval's Page.
Tiglon Wing
  • Low Altitude - Lightweight
  • Tiglon boasts a great deal of under-eighteen graduated weyrlings, keeping them as a holding pattern until they graduate into other, more experienced wings. Tiglon mirrors Siberian in a lot of ways, except with age reversals — due to a great many sub-20 y/o riders, riders from Tiglon are often referred to as "Tiglets", in varying amounts of affection and derision. T'iro, bronze Nezoth's rider, has been Wingleader since he was promoted by Weyrleader M'kel, replacing brownrider Sara. Tiglon's Page.

Special Wings

Caracal Wing
  • Multi-level Wing - Midweight
  • Caracal is the newest of Southern's fighting wings, and can be deployed on any level, as the Weyrleader requires. Caracals can pride themselves on their flexibility and their knowledge of manoeuvres and formations to suit a wide range of situations. See Caracal's Wing page.
Siberian Wing
  • Support Wing
  • Formerly a fighting wing that specialised in getting injured riders back into action, Siberian is now Southern's Support Wing, handling firestone resupply, working with the Starcraft meteorologists, and taking part in pre- and post-Fall sweeps. Some young riders follow weyrling training by a spell in Siberian.
Catmint Wing (Weyrling Wing)
  • Weyrling Training
  • When there are Senior weyrlings ready to begin taking part in Threadfall, Catmint takes over resupply duty from Siberian, or later on may fly as a fighting Wing on the same level as the queens. In Fall, the Wing may be led by the Weyrlingmaster or one of the assistant weyrlingmasters. See Catmint's Wing page.