17th Motor Cavalry

The 17th Motor Cavalry is a military company of motorcycle riders serving a variety of functions in the Red Ground Forces. They notably serve as despatch riders, forward scouts, and communications equipment engineers. 
==History==
The 17th Motor Cavalry was first instituted under the Old Regime, with 20 riders replacing costly horse cavalry in parts of the souther Red continent. Because of their success in this first deployment, the company was expanded to 40 riders, then 60, and deployed across a wider region of the DSRR. 
==Notable Deployments==
The 17th Motor Cavalry was notably deployed to the Southern Currant Isle (known as Kalua) in search of the 2nd Arcanists, who were MIA. The Old Regime claimed that they had been sent because of their experience with coastal environments, but it was later revealed that they had been selected as it was believed that riders would be able to outrun vampires and report back. The original copy of Supply Efreitor Mankio's Field Report, the only first-hand record of the incident, is preserved in the Crimsongorod Museum of Military History. 
Category:Red Ground Forces