I was initially up against a medium lance that was actually slightly lighter - I had a WVR-6R, a WVR-6K, a GRF-1S, and a Kintaro fitted out as a "long endurance" Trebuchet replacement - more ammo, more armor, just one laser. I forget all the participants but the enemy had a SHD-2D (for a round or two after serious fire started, anyway) and a Vindy, plus one or two others; I think one was another WVR-6R. It wasn't hugely disproportionate although the way the initiative order was playing out told me there were some reinforcements running around.
Then I started taking AC/5 fire from out of sight, followed rapidly by first an LRM 5 (and I'm thinking "no PPC, so it's a GRF-1S"), then a rain of LRMs from the enemy Trebuchet. That's kind of an "oh crap" moment. Then, after I finished off the first lance and got a good look at the reinforcements, I discovered, "No, that's not a Griffin, it's a damned Grasshopper with an elite pilot."
The funny part is I'd actually only dropped a 220 ton lance with my back benchers inside because I figured this was not that bad. Should've checked the fine print. :fine_print: I wanted to do a medium-on-medium fight with some 5/8 'Mechs to do some of that great maneuver action. And hey, only a 2.5 skull, so why not give the guys with scores of 5 and 6 a little trigger time in a live fire exercise? :crazy:
If I'd known what was waiting, I'd have dropped a heavier lance with at least the second string in the cockpit (the ones who are "only" skill 7 and 8 pilots). Instead, I got a seriously trashed lance (everyone lost at least one limb) back, one MechWarrior scraped out of the cockpit with a spatula after being beaten within an inch of his life between major injuries and the Wolverine he was driving getting cored, and two others in the medical bay for two and a half weeks. xp
But I have a Grasshopper in my lance now! :thumbsup: Got more than enough cash/'Mechs to sell to cover repairs (including that SHD-2D the part completed), too, and I like to think Yang took a certain evil glee in using parts of the Wolverine(s) I trashed to repair mine.