3060's mech battlion help

[Lord greystroke]

So i was going to make my unit only 8 lances and say it was a short company then added support and so now it has become a short battalion so please see my mech assets and should i add 1 lance or go to the full 12 lances and round it out if so what would make sense as my unit was designed around a bigger force for an RPG campaign my unit if for defences and attacking fixed units i also have some infantry and tanks for base support but the mechs are were we all know were it matters

so do i just gone 1 lance if so what or an extra companies worth if so what do the community think would be good i am open to all ideas as this game is going to happen soon so i finalyn need to get my act in gear

            
Lance One:   Mech   Rating   Cost   Weight
officer and unit commander   
Black Knight-BL-12-KNT   Elite   £7,460,250   75
   Atlas-AS7-S2    veteran   £18,934,000   100
   Fafnir-FNR-5    veteran   £11,150,000   100
   Hauptmann- HA1-O    veteran   £12,592,735   95
            
         £597,863,015   
Lance Two:            
Officer   Devastator- DVS-2    veteran   £22,238,000   100
   Nightstar- NSR-9J    veteran    £19,886,978   95
   Nightstar- NSR-9FC    veteran   £25,618,840   95
   Thunder Hawk- TDK-7X    veteran   £21,922,000   100
            
         £508,197,197   
Lance Three:            
Officer   Highlander- HGN-732b    veteran   £9,205,880   90
   Zeus- ZEU-9T    veteran   £15,118,200   80
   Orion- ON1-M   elite   £15,314,250   75
   Falconer- FLC-8R    veteran   £18,821,250   75
            
         £449,737,617   
Lance Four:            
Officer   Crusader- CRD-5S    elite   £5,792,105   65
   Black Hawk-KU- BHKU-O    veteran   £14,595,000   60
   Wolverine- WVR-7D    veteran   £11,214,456   55
   Bushwacker- BSW-S2    veteran   £10,308,637   55
            
         £407,827,419   
Lance Five:            
Officer   Dervish-DV-8D    veteran   £10,782,317   55
   Dervish-DV-8D    veteran   £10,782,317   55
   Bushwacker- BSW-1L    veteran   £8,614,125   55
   Starslayer- STY-3D    veteran   £5,020,250   50
            
         £372,628,410   
Lance Six:            
Officer   Salamander- PPR-5S    veteran   £17,920,920   80
   Black Hawk-KU- BHKU-O    veteran   £14,595,000   60
   Lynx- LNX-9Q-    veteran   £10,105,742   55
   Hunckback- HBK-5S    elite   £6,448,875   50
            
         £323,557,873   
            
Lance Seven:   Mech   Rating   Cost   Tonnage
Officer   Ti Ts'ang TSG-9H   Veteran   £15,361,280   60
   Talon TLN-5W   Elite   £6,034,275   35
   Wraith TR1   Elite   £13,225,324   55
   Scarabus SCB-9T   Veteran   £6,033,820   30
            
         £282,903,174   
            
Lance Eight:   Mech   Rating   Cost   Tonnage
Officer   Sagittaire SGT-8R   Veteran   £20,274,540   95
   Thunder THR-1L   Veteran   £15,613,536   70
   Thunder THR-1L   Veteran   £15,613,536   70
   Salamander PPR-5T   Veteran   £20,772,419   80
            
         £210,629,143   
 

[worktroll]

A battalion is typically three companies of three lances each, possibly with a command lance (general hint, command units tend to be two steps down from the main force; a regiment might have a command company, it's uncommon for a company to have a command 'Mech, etc.)

So you need only look at adding one, or at most two, lances unless you want to have something bigger than usual. Which, if your budget can afford it, go for it! Lots of good minis available at good prices.

Looking at what you have, it's indeed high end, and well suited to knocking down walls. You're very light on recon capability, but may not be worried about that; what you are light on, and which could be useful, is fire support. Yes, you've got two Dervishes and two Salamanders, but they're not together, and sometimes it can be really fun to drop a whole bunch of LRMs on someone at the same time. So, if it were me,

- I'd pull the two Salamanders out into a new Lance 9. Put a fast heavy (5/8 or so) into Lance 6, and a brawling heavy into Lance 8.
- I'd also pull the two Dervishes out of Lance 5 into a new Lance 10.

Lance 9 then gets filled in with Longbows or Archers, depending on availability, or any other heavy/assault with at least 30 LRM tubes. This is your gun line, this drops the steel rain so the enemy fights in the dark.

Lance 10 gets Griffins and/or Shadow Hawks, if the versions with LRM-20s are available. You've then got a fast, jump-capable lance which can support your faster units, or can plug a gap before the enemy can properly exploit it.

And invest in cheap, fast scout vehicles. Savannah Masters are ideal for prowling your flanks on the lookout for unexpected visitors, or VTOLs, or cheap fast hovers.

Just my two M-bills :)

[thedancingjoker]

Worktroll has the rigth of it, what that force could use is some more recon and fire support.  I'm a big fan of The Axman as a fire Support mech, as the hatchet actually gives it some point-blank teeth if they try to close with your fire-support lance while still bringing 30 LRMs to the party.  Heck include a couple of units with TAG gear and those two new lances would work VERY well togeather.

[Lord greystroke]

so to make things make a bit more sense then remove the Starslayer and add  Salamander PPR-5T and move the Starslayer to the 8th lance keeps speeds better ,  so any ideas on for the 9th lance what the Fed Com used as indirect firepower most commonly or at least 3 of those an maybe on CC mech can fit ?

Dervish-DV-8D    veteran   
   Dervish-DV-8D    veteran   
   Bushwacker- BSW-1L    veteran   
   Starslayer- STY-3D    veteran   so swap Salamander PPR-5T