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King Island, Tanzania, Australia.

September 8th, 2030.

"The end of a species."

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Dragons squaring off against modern military forces. Honestly speaking, the fight itself is not fair in the slightest. What you're truly fighting here is the patience of the taxpayer. The average Joe won't be too fond of you flinging million dollar missile systems at some oversized lizards, and the media will be there to shame you for it. This is truly an exercise in cost effectiveness. You're here to learn what systems to use and how to use them without breaking the bank. Fuel, ammo, maintenance, they all cost, and they cost alot. Stay off the afterburner, use cheaper ordnance, and don't overstress your equipment. Dragon riders or dragons have their own intros too. If you want to win this, you'll have to learn how to do a lot with very little. Camouflage, ambushes, psyops. These words will be key in having a chance against modern tech. PLEASE GIVE ME FEEDBACK IN THE COMMENT, I WILL EDIT THIS ACCORDINGLY!

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Dragons used to be unwavering forces of nature since the dawn of time. They could not be harmed by whatever mankind wielded, their intelligence was spoken to be exceptional, they torched villages and reclaimed land back into nature as they pleased, and to tame or ride a dragon would be an achievement worthy of legends. Even back then, dragons preferred the quality of their offspring rather than quantity, resulting in the global population of dragons never exceeding 200,000. But to humans, it only added to the species' image of novelty and regality.

The first cracks begun to appear as rifled weapons got perfected enough to actually hit air targets. Then, the invention of the aeroplane took the novelty out of dragon riding. By 1918, dragons were mere vermin, annoyances to be slaughtered by the newly invented anti-air guns and fighter aircraft. Their last rodeo would be at the dawn of WW2, where they were killed off by both sides en masse to avoid them disturbing military operations.

By 1948, all that remained of the dragon population would be a small colony of 500 or so dragons in Tasmania and the surrounding islands. Only then would