Ok, I understand how you use the Alpha Strike stats to build your SBF & ACS Units, & from their build your standard SBF Formations, ACS Combat Teams, ACS Combat Units, & ACS Formations. And they make sense for the majority of units out there...you know, the ones where 1 Regiment = 3 Battalions = 9 Companies = 27 Lances = 108 BattleMechs, etc.
But what about units that don't conform to those rules?
For example, the CCAF (Field Manual: CCAF, p. 32) is specifically stated as having Regiments comprised of 3 "standard" Battalions, plus a separate Command Company. Now, the Regiment is obviously meant to be an ACS Formation, & each of those Battalions is obviously an ACS Combat Unit (3 Companies/ACS Combat Teams, each comprised of 12 BattleMechs/Elements)...but what about the separate Command Company? Would you attach the company to one of the Battalions/ACS Combat Units, so that your ACS Formation still has only 3 Combat Units in it? Or do you convert the Command Company/Combat Team into a separate Combat Unit, so that your Regiment/Combat Unit now has 4 Combat Units, so that the Command Company would be able to operate independently?
A similar example is found with your 'typical' mercenary force (Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 30). In this case, Battalions add a Command Lance to their 3 Companies, & their Regiments add another Command Lance to their 3 Battalions. Again, would you simply tack those lances onto one of the line Companies/Battalions, or would you convert them up the chain from ACS Unit --> ACS Combat Team --> ACS Combat Unit (although even an Assault-class Command Lance is going to look mighty wimpy)?
Or am I making a mountain out of a molehill here?