2006-06-15 15:28:05 · 12 answers · asked by pepper 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
During the 17th and early 18th centuries a dragoon was traditionally a soldier trained to fight on foot, but transport himself on horseback. In other words, he moved as cavalry but fought as infantry. The name derives from the dragoon's primary weapon, a carbine or short musket called the dragon. Sometimes, dragon carbines are said to have been so-called because they "breathed fire" — a reference to the smoke they emitted when fired.
2006-06-15 15:32:19 · answer #1 · answered by KWCHAMBER 4 · 5⤊ 3⤋
A Dragoon is a mechanized assault and support Protos unit in the real-time strategy game StarCraft.
It is a ranged attack quadrapedal mecha that deals medium (20 points) explosive damage. Dragoons can attack both ground and air unit with equal efficiency. The Dragoon can be upgraded for longer range, higher damage and stronger armor and shields. The Protoss Dragoon possesses 100 hit points and 80 points of plasma shielding. It has a base armor of 1 and is considered a large unit. One Dragoon takes up four "slots" in a Protoss Shuttle, which has eight available slots in total. Creating a Dragoon requires you to have a Gateway and a Cybernetics Core. Each Dragoon costs 125 minerals, 50 gas, and requires 2 points of Psi in game. -wiki
2006-06-15 22:50:53 · answer #2 · answered by doc_cliff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Online gallery of original sci-fi art. Illustrations of dragons, knights, heroes and heroines by Adrian Shaw.
www.dragoon.com
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During the 17th and early 18th centuries a dragoon was traditionally a soldier trained to fight on foot, but transport himself on horseback. In other words, he moved as cavalry but fought as infantry. The name derives from the dragoon's primary weapon, a carbine or short musket called the dragon. Sometimes, dragon carbines are said to have been so-called because they "breathed fire" — a reference to the smoke they emitted when fired.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragoon
2006-06-15 23:05:12 · answer #3 · answered by Felix Q 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dragoon is a foot soldier in the old days.
2006-06-15 22:42:44 · answer #4 · answered by peanutz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are two different things for your word.
A member of a European military unit trained and armed to fight mounted or on foot.
A sega game called panzer dragoon.
2006-06-15 22:42:40 · answer #5 · answered by g3010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the 17th and early 18th centuries a dragoon was traditionally a soldier trained to fight on foot, but transport himself on horseback.
2006-06-15 22:37:35 · answer #6 · answered by ABC 1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dragoon is a soldier trained to fight on foot, but transport himself on horseback. In other words, they move as cavalry but fight as infantry. The name derives from their primary weapon, a carbine or short musket called the dragon. Sometimes dragon carbines are said to be called as such because they "breathed fire" — a reference to the smoke they emitted when fired.
2006-06-15 22:33:04 · answer #7 · answered by -+-|oNe|-+- 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well in the game Legend of Dragoon...they are warriors with...I guess powers from a dragon....That's the best I can do...
2006-06-15 22:31:55 · answer #8 · answered by Carolina Kitten 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A soldier trained to ride on horseback, but fight on foot. A cross between cavalry and infantry.
These days, the horse has been replaced by armored transport.
2006-06-15 22:37:08 · answer #9 · answered by stork5100 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a member of a European military unit trained and armed to fight mounted or on foot. It is also a verb meaning to subjugate or persecute by the imposition of troops.
2006-06-15 22:34:46 · answer #10 · answered by funny_girl_70 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋