I did check out the FAQ and of course the "Population" section for DFW, but I couldn't find this so I'm sorry if it is covered somewhere and I missed it. I was wondering roughly how many people are in the Weyr? How many Wings total? Give or take, how many people are in a Wing? I'm not looking for exact numbers, but trying to get a general feel.
I went to search our canon books, but find that much of my library is still packed. I know that we are supposed to be very cautious about use of DLG but I did find some references so maybe you can let me know how these compare to Triad Southern Weyrs.
1) Fighting strength of a Weyr the high is around 330 fighting not counting Queens, injured, or weyrlings
2) Lucky to have 9 good fighting Wings
3) Wing size 12-30
4) Around 1200 support staff/lower caverns
QuoteAverage Weyr size: 1000-1500 residents.
This # is more likely for the old Weyrholds (River Bluff, Dolphin Cove, Dragonsfall, Vista Point, and Far Island) than the reopened Weyrs (such as Dream's End). DE probably is lower, 800-1000 residents.
Dragonrider #s probably 360 (average late Pass size) to 500 (early Pass #s increase to cover higher casualties during Fall).
Which can be found here (http://triadweyrs.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=621).
Well, we don't actually say how many wings there are because perhaps in the future if a location is really hopping we'd want to add to that. But you can bet there wouldn't be 9. This is the begining of a Pass, so they're not at full fighting strength yet. And it would depend on which Weyr you were talking about since Dragonsfall didn't have a Hatching for a turn and Dolphin Cove had a major Threadfall accident that desimated a wing. So it would be safe to say that at this point River Bluff was the bigger Weyr in terms of numbers of riders in the sky.
Although, I have to say, those numbers sound low to me considering a Clutch during a Pass can be 40 Eggs and a Queen rises every turn...
Is this for a post?
Thanks! I knew that the numbers had to be somewhere and that they would have to vary considerably per Weyr. As for whether or not it is for a post, not precisely but as I considered different SLs for my new dragonrider, I kept coming up with questions related to this information. It helps me with the feasibility of certain ideas and which direction to go with those.