ahh right that explains it, i've never managed to get around to playing U5, i start playing various ones and then it seems immediatly after that i get bogged down with various work so several months later when i've got some time free it's better to start over again.

As for recruitable Dragons, in the Bob White plot they only aided against the guardian because the avatar saved some eggs... i don't really know alot about the AI settings for factions in RTW but perhaps if there is a way to get them so they don't start wars, put the Dragons in as their own faction, so that way if they arn't attacked or make a deal with another faction (attack a faction requests?) they just stay in destard, but if they are they can actually fight back unlike rebels?

don't know if thats possible with the AI or not though...if it isn't just ignore me