Yup, one could think it as a "lost" Terran Hegemony/Star League design....found by or mirrored development by House Steiner....and one can use battle armor weapons on these as well, and why not, also consider this, if the SLDF developed the combat version of the Nighthawk, had APCs able to transport/support them along with these units, 1 lance per company, and the tech was able to be maintained during the Succession Wars or re-developed post 3050 to fight the clans....who knows....we could of kicked the Clans collective back sides outta the Sphere.... >:D