Viper would of been better if it had a different name

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Right, but that wouldn't hold up at all to even half the scrutiny being leveled at Viper presently.

The Dragoons were a British carabiner cavalry force. Our dragoons are not mounted, do not use anything like rifles, aren't dressed in red coats, aren't meant primarily to herd, harass, and point-stop enemy forces or quell civil unrest, and their connection to dragons isn't from their firearms.

It's been the name since ff2 where they were mounted and not associated with spears - not that estinien doesn't take every opportunity to ride dragons. You're also throwing some incredibly superficial differences in using a lot more words than necessary as a very transparent attempt to make your argument seem stronger. In addition the 1st royal dragoons are not the only dragoons in history, nor did britain have a monopoly on them.

Discarding everything but the most basic interpretation, dragoon is still a word associated with a combat role, whereas viper has no such connection.