Dawn Patrol

Faction: Earth Coalition

Nationality: New United Kingdom
First Figure in Colorway: Armstrong
Figures in Colorway: Armstrong (1/12)

Dawn Patrol is a group that has no written lore in WWR. What we have to go off of is just the decals and some very broad assumptions. This breakdown will give a behind the scenes look at how I go about piecing things together from historical context to symbols.

Dawn Patrol is salmon pink with the majority of decals being black and white.

Decals

Note the roundel on the left side of the body and arm (our right).

First let's start with deducing the faction and nationality of the robot. For Dawn Patrol that big roundel (the circle looking thing) is a dead giveaway of the nationality of the colorway.

RAF Type B Roundel

This roundel in particular is the RAF's Type B. The Royal Air Force being a British institution points to Dawn Patrol being a British colorway. In WWR the United Kingdom is now known as the New United Kingdom (NUK) and is apart of the Earth Coalition.

So from that simple roundel we already know the nationality and the faction of the colorway.

Hard to see but note the G12 on the left shoulder (our right).

After the roundel we have a marking that says G12. My head jumps to two ideas with this decal.

First it might stand for the Group of 12 (which does contain the United Kingdom). The Group of 12 is a group of industrial advanced countries and use their central banks to regulate international finance.

Next we have another G12 group but this one is a Christian religious movement known as the G12 vision. This would make all kinds of sense with the Earth Coalition being primarily Christian. What is the G12 vision? Well, it's cell like structure based on the idea "government of 12" (Israel had 12 tribes, Christ had 12 disciples, etc.).

With the G12 vision a pastor trains 12 followers to become cell leaders. These 12 leaders then go into the community and spread the gospel to 12 people in the community. Then those new 12 followers will eventually become cell leaders themselves. Today, the G12 vision teaching's and methods are considered controversial.

Sayings

Note Dawn Patrol G12 under Bovington.

The namesake of the colorway can be found on the main body of the Armstrong and on the jump pack. Dawn patrol is accompanied with G12 which we already discussed above. So we'll just focusing on dawn patrol here.

What is a dawn patrol? Well, it could refer to its more literal meaning: "a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions". This is most likely the name behind the colorway especially paired with its pinkish dawn colors. 

With all the info in front of me the Dawn Patrol unit not all that different from the Photo Recon Unit (PRU). It seems to be another recon unit that is apart of the New United Kingdom. Like other EC units/groups they have a marking announcing their Christianity.

Names

Bovington: Bovington Camp