A bit of a thought exercise with the establishment of the Wolf Empire . . .
Khan Alaric Ward has selected you, ristar, to be the Star Colonel of a collection of freebirths from the League or Lyrans (pick) to form a new garrison cluster. You and your officers will be initiating them to what it means to be a Clan warrior and foremost a Wolf. You equipment for the freebirths will be leftovers from the Inner Sphere isorla that was taken in the campaigns against the League & Lyrans, and brushes with the Remnant & Galatea- it will contain very little Clan tech gear and no OmniMechs. The Khan has decided that you can select some equipment for your use and the use of your officers- pick your 4-6 officers (Mostly Star Captains, maybe a Star Commander) which will be promoted from their current slots (meaning you cannot tap, without very good reason, a serving frontline Star Captain. Since we do not have much actual knowledge of warriors, I basically mean types/qualifications.) who will serve under you. You maybe have other transfers assigned to the Cluster, but these are likely to be nearly solhama or viewed as dezgra. You will have at months to turn this collection of warriors into a functioning cluster that will take up assignment along our borders.
So as a example, for my garrison cluster . . .
CO- for my ride I would take either a Night Wolf or Tundra Wolf, which is a pocket heavy. Most of the IS equipment I get would probably not go faster than 4/6 so it works
Officer #1- I want a well regarded freebirth mechwarrior who was born in the OZ from IS lines, someone who did not come from the Homeworlds enclaves. This person would be the living example I would encourage the new warriors to strive to be like. Probably give this Star Captain something like a Fox-built Black Hawk battlemech or a Jade Hawk to lead a faster trinary.
Officer #2- Elemental Star Captain, someone to train the freebirths infantry in BA operations, assist in training MW how to operate with BA, and teach the MW how to effectively fight BA. Their point would probably be Clan Med BA, so Rabids or such.
Officer #3- Dipping for someone capable of logistics work, this would be a mechwarrior, BA trooper or vehicle crewman who was noted as being gifted with logistics. They would get a promotion to Star Commander and be the Star Colonel's aide. They would be in the cluster command star, and equipped with- Blood Reaper/Elemental/Joust dependent on type.
Officer #4- A defense specialist since this is a garrison unit, either a MW or armor trooper preferably. They will command a supernova of slower mechs & vehicles that will be the anvil in any deployments. I would also accept someone who gets more out of their artillery. This Star Colonel would use something like a Warhammer IIC 4 or Carnivore/Morrigu.
Officer #5- Solid pilot who can work with ground support, not looking for a pilot who can lead DS defense or raid insertion as much as interdiction.