Vincent V., on 27 January 2015 - 01:37 PM, said:
Could I ask you to produce a source on this? I have not found this written anywhere and I am curious about it.
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Although superior to Inner Sphere technology, IIC 'Mechs and fighters do not make use of Omni technology and were thus already considered obsolete by the Clans by the time of the Clan Invasion. They were absent from frontline formations, but were used in second-line and garrison units.
In the novels and scenarios the IS didn't actually encounter any of them during the first waves of the invasions as the leading units were all front line units. It wasn't until the IS started to strike at world's past the front that were garrisoned by older or disgraced warriors that they started to encounter these designs.
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Clans
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Second-line units are a Clan's reserve and garrison force, used to hold ground taken by front-line units or to attack secondary objectives. These forces typically consist of trueborn warriors less skilled or who have aged past the point where they are still worthy of serving in front-line units, and while not given the latest equipment many still possess Omni technology and given good logistical support. A step down from second-line units, though in the same category, are provisional garrison units. These forces are held in the rear to clean up after front- and second-line units and hold less-important targets. Such units rarely use Omni technology or battle armored Elementals, instead making due with conventional BattleMechs and aerospace fighters, along with combat vehicles and unarmored infantry. Some Clans make no distinction between second-line Clusters and Provisional Garrison Clusters (PGCs), leading to a larger reserve force with admittedly greater inequality between units. Freeborns, regardless of skill, are assigned to second-line units if a Clan allows them to serve as warriors.[61][62][63]
Edited by Alexander Steel, 27 January 2015 - 02:39 PM.
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