Cougar Cavalry



The Cougar Cavalry, or C.C, was the designation of the mounted force of the Thunderian Army from the early days of Thundera. The Cougar Cavalry is considered to be the greatest wild terrestrial force in the Western Hemisphere. Their three main roles consisted of reconnaissance, security, and assault. They roam the forests, prairies, deserts, and swamps of New Thundera, these cats from the mountains sure know how to get over the roughest terrain. They range from western New Thundera to southern New Thundera. They ride on winged-creatures called Zorses. These creatures are very fast runners and are capable of carrying two or three people at a time on its back. Zorses are extremely reckless and do not adapt well to strange surroundings, but once they do, they are a trooper's friend for life.

Enlistment
A young cub who is recruited by the mounted force has to go through a series of trials to determine whether he has what it take to become a mounted trooper. Once a recruit becomes a member he serves twenty years. The unit is usually numbered fifty. During training, they undergo diving combat, these mountain lions are good swimmers, they'd rather not go in the water because they don't like getting wet. They will battle to the death in the water just to rescue one of their own. Krugar has instructed not to make that "wildcat scream" very often. He has educated his mounted troopers, to use more frequent vocalizations like whistles, squeaks, growls, purrs, hisses, and yowls. In order to trap their enemy. Although they never hunt humanoids, there are some that rebel and attack small humanoid villages. These frontier era hellcats have never officially joined the ThunderCats.