Hello,
In every incarnation of the computer and video games based on BattleTech, the correlation between the electronic games and the print game and storyline is loose at best. Because the computer game designers are rarely at all privy to the major story lines, print products, (and in some cases, even the basic rules of the universe), they can never be considered canonical.
Thank you,
- Herbert Beas
BattleTech
Catalyst Game Labs