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Glacier Wing

Dynamics

Glacier is what it is: a boys' club. They make no apologies for being a "hard" group of men and women to like. There are women flying in the Wing, obviously, but they fit the group pretty well-- either not boat-rockers or the kinds of strong, hard women that would be able to stand their own. Thread's dead and gone, so threadfall-fighting prowess is not really a trait that's bothered with.

While Glacier may seem hard and cruel to those not in the loop, it's also extremely tight-knit. They have each others' backs without question. While they may harass someone for winning a greenflight with another guy as the rider, they're also the first people to throw a beating if someone else dares to ridicule one of their own. They may snicker at the man that can't hold his own in a poker game, but they're the first people to offer a loan when a person's really down on his luck.

In Glacier, you /do not question orders./ F'rint tells you to take a flying leap, you take a flying effing leap. Usually, being that he's a level-headed and reasonable guy, F'rint's orders make sense: "Take sweeps over such-and-such hold." "Keep an eye on so-and-so hold, they're acting shady." On the off-chance that a person is being singled out), they're expected to suck it up. The first line of discipline are the crappy sweeps over the crappy holds at the crappy times. Favored riders get sweeps over places like Tillek (with its bars and the barmaids that come with it). Those on the outs wind up at back-of-nowhere holds at midnight.

When bad sweeps fail, F'rint will ground his riders to the Weyr. When that fails... that's when you get to have a "talk." Historically, N'thei delivered these talks, and there's no denying that there was a certain amount of talking-with-fists. It was pretty effective, and complaints certainly don't leave the Wing. Anyone who would go over F'rint's head would probably find himself pretty well battered--just never happened so far. Thankfully.

The personal lives of all Glacier's riders are just that-- personal. This isn't the kind of Wing where you go cry on someone's shoulder because you got dumped. F'rint doesn't talk about his woman, N'thei never chatted about his "relationship" with the Weyrwoman, Leova never nattered on about Anvori. It's just not part of the culture of Glacier. Ogle a pretty little caverns girl? Sure. Talk about the babe you bagged last night? Go for it. But don't put your personal life "out there."

A) No one cares.

B) It will annoy someone.

C) They will probably punch you for it.

Leadership

F'rint became Glacier's Wingleader essentially at the time of Teonath's suicide. He had no "official" Wingsecond ("No thread, what do we need a Wingsecond for?"), but different veteran riders were able to fill in. Kh'met and blue Easrith tended fill in for F'rint for drills when necessary and can do coaching for riders who might want help with maneuvers.

F'rint stepped down soon after Taikrin become Acting Weyrleader; the female brownrider elected to step up herself, and took over. Under her leadership, Glacier has become drilling more regularly, with a militaristic emphasis.

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