If you want to patrol, use ASF, if you want to fight, then yes the ability to be launched from a dropper to maneuver on their own to attack a hull or surface of an airless rock. Most mechs don't have the reaction mass, other than jumpjets, that can't turn around fast enough to slow down. There IS no turning or sidejumps in space... S-Teams do have that niche, but they aren't slowed down by a cable if the " fall "off a non-gravity.
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