What would be a good selection of mechs to make up a c3 company that averages out at medium weight?
The
Bishamon -4K is probably your best lance leader for a fast light lance. You want to pair it with 'mechs that can take advantage of having a lance that moves 7/11, i.e.,
Jenner (-C3 is better than -C, it's a lot like the JR7-F),
Spider,
Venom,
Raptor,
Owens. This is good if you need strategic mobility or a real recon unit (if you need a
real recon unit, include an
Owens in there).
The
Daimyo can lead a lance of slow lights -
Panthers or
Wights in particular. 3
Wights plus a
Daimyo is a pretty effective light-slugger lance with a uniform 5/8/0 movement bracket. The
Daimyo is your "cheap" C3M option - if you don't want to spend a lot in tons or c-bills on C3Ms, put the
Daimyo in. It actually wouldn't be ridiculous to use only
Daimyos as C3Ms - it's an ERPPC machine, pretty durable for a 40 tonner, and mobile enough not to be easily hunted.
The
Komodo is your jumping C3M option. It's 5/8/5 and a little risky (XLFE 45 tonner with close range weapons as a C3M?), but a
Komodo lance can scare the crap out of people.
The
Scorpion and
Dragon are your 6/9/0 C3M options. As such, they make reasonable leaders for actual medium lances. Both are SNPPC+MML machines, which means that they're something of pinch-hit supporters intended to float around medium range. They're really similar to each other.
If you want to "average" at medium weight, you could actually include a heavy-duty 4/6/0 lance using a heavy or assault C3M. The HTM-CM is not a bad pick at 4/6/0 if you can afford the weight.
If you don't want duplicate names and just wanted things to fight with, needing an average weight falling in the 40-55 ton range, I would go with something like, oh:
Skirmish (145 tons)
Bishamon -4K
Jenner -C3
Venom -9KC
Spider -7KC
Middleweight (165 tons)
Daimyo -5K
Wight -1LAW/C3
Phoenix Hawk -7K
Komodo -2C
Assault (280 tons)
Hatamoto-Hi -CM
BattleMaster -K3 (2nd C3M unit; configure as C3 lance master in company battles, configure as a slave in lance battles)
Grasshopper -6K
Blackjack -OD
Average weight is a hair under 50 tons, so the company is on average
medium even if only 5/12 'mechs are actually medium.