Patrick had already decided to send troops to take part in the Battle of Ahn'Qiraj. Alleria knew something of the War of the Shifting Sands a thousand years ago, and personally, she did not want Patrick to lead the troops into battle himself. After all, as the leader of a realm, how could he be allowed to fight in person when the armies went to war?
Patterson, Old Phil, and the others shared that view on his going into battle. However, there were indeed many problems following the rebuilding of Silvermoon City, and Patrick had ordered the combat squads within each corps to be mixed together. Although this forcibly eliminated the barriers and divisions within the original corps, the prejudices and conflicts between them had found their way into the newly formed corps.
To eliminate those mutual prejudices and conflicts, Patrick had no choice but to oversee the troops himself and suppress the struggles between the various factions within the army.
"Raise the new corps' military pay?" Alleria picked up a report containing Patrick's tentative ideas. As the new Carrier Battle Groups were established, portions of all four main forces-the Farstriders, Archmages, Priests, and Blood Knights-would be assigned to the aircraft carriers. The Priests would provide medical care, the Farstriders ranged attacks, and the Archmages magical supplies, spell maintenance, and combat support, while the Blood Knights would provide close-combat protection for the aircraft carriers. Members of other professions would also serve aboard the motherships.
The aircraft carriers' main fighting strength lay in the Dragonhawk Rider Corps stationed aboard them. The Dragonhawk Riders could fight at range and drop explosives to carpet-bomb enemy positions. Moreover, all the Dragonhawk Riders fielded by Quel'Thalas were trained mages, each skilled in the use of magic. In the future, once Patrick's Carrier Battle Group plan