Does RCN stack with SPAs and Lance Formation?

[CungrVanck]

Okay, dumb question here, but does the RCN ability stack with SPAs and Lance Formations?

We had a situation arise in conversation where you have a lance of for Hermes HER-3S mechs (each with RCN) were put into a Light Recon Lance and received the Eagle Eyes skill for everyone.  So each mech essentially got RCN twice.

So does each mech count as RCN x 2 for a total of 16 Battlefield Intelligence points?  That seems broken, but I cannot find where it says we cannot stack said properties and skills.

If you can give me a page number that says "No it doesn't work that way", I would appreciate it.

[Tai Dai Cultist]

Okay, dumb question here, but does the RCN ability stack with SPAs and Lance Formations?

We had a situation arise in conversation where you have a lance of for Hermes HER-3S mechs (each with RCN) were put into a Light Recon Lance and received the Eagle Eyes skill for everyone.  So each mech essentially got RCN twice.

So does each mech count as RCN x 2 for a total of 16 Battlefield Intelligence points?  That seems broken, but I cannot find where it says we cannot stack said properties and skills.

If you can give me a page number that says "No it doesn't work that way", I would appreciate it.

Can you point to a page that says you can have two copies of the same SPA?

[nckestrel]

Special Abilities, like RCN, you either have or don't have.  A unit can't have it twice.  Values can be increased or decreased (SRM1/1 versus SRM2/2), but RCN doesn't have a value.  You either have RCN or you don't. 
Battefield Intelligence Rating Table says "each ground unit with the RCN special ability".  Even if you could give a ground unit RCN twice, for BI you still wouldn't have changed the number of ground units with the RCN special ability.
But BI is written that way because RCN is a toggle, yes or no, not a rating like SRM.  It is written that way because you can't have RCN twice on one unit.

[CungrVanck]

Special Abilities, like RCN, you either have or don't have.  A unit can't have it twice.  Values can be increased or decreased (SRM1/1 versus SRM2/2), but RCN doesn't have a value.  You either have RCN or you don't. 
Battefield Intelligence Rating Table says "each ground unit with the RCN special ability".  Even if you could give a ground unit RCN twice, for BI you still wouldn't have changed the number of ground units with the RCN special ability.
But BI is written that way because RCN is a toggle, yes or no, not a rating like SRM.  It is written that way because you can't have RCN twice on one unit.

And that is the angle I needed for my brain to work!  Thank you sir!  Page 150 of the Alpha Strike Companion also states abilities to not stack.  I will work on my reading comprehension.

[nckestrel]

And that is the angle I needed for my brain to work!  Thank you sir!  Page 150 of the Alpha Strike Companion also states abilities to not stack.  I will work on my reading comprehension.

No problem.  It's one of those that made sense to me, but I always have to go check what it actually says.  And this is one where it's more of seeing how it works in various sections, rather than something that flat out states it, so I definitely had to check. Especially when something comes along later to add to what was there before (Companion to Rulebook).  The rulebook couldn't anticipate what the Companion would do...