Hello everyone! First time post- just started getting into battletech after Gencon this year.
Anyway, I had a bit of a rules conundrum i need clarifying. It's in regards to transporting battle armor via Infantry Transport Bays on large vehicles such as Dropships.
According to the rules i've found, i quote:
(...)Each Bay/Compartment has a capacity of 28 troopers except for Mechanized Infantry (which carries 5 troopers) and Battle Armor (which carries 1). Foot Infantry Bays/Compartments weigh 5/3 tons; Jump Infantry Bays/Compartments weigh 6/4 tons; Motorized Infantry Bays/Compartments weigh 7/6 tons; Mechanized Infantry Bays/Compartments weigh 8/5 tons; Battle Armor Bays/Compartments weigh 2/1 tons. All Infantry Bays/Compartments can be combined into a single, unified infantry bay slot, regardless of tonnage or number of troopers, when used on combat or support vehicles
(TechManual, pp. 239-240)
Am I right in saying this could also be stated as
"An Infantry bay can carry 1 Platoon of Foot Infantry; A single
SQUAD of 5 of mechanized infantry (which if i understand is a single model); or A single
SUIT of Battle Armor (Requiring 4 bays to make a single squad, which is one model on the table)"
Perhaps i'm just... misunderstanding the rules regarding it? If I have it right great, if not- How many infantry bays do i need to move a unit of Inner Sphere Standard Battle Armor?
Sorry for the possibly newbalicious question guys!
