lol, it's the different direction for me in my AU, Warships are the rule, and the troops we use are more like Marine Unit's than armys, sure we have Garrison units on the world, but it's not practical; to think of Mechs as the only means to achieve stuff, heck we depend more on armor and BA units with close fighter support than mech, but that's the style we choose. Yes still love to play a straight robot game, but please do not try to force other people into a set mold of playing, a game is there to be played and altered as a home group of players wish to play, as for the holders of the IP and what they do I mostly just say never mind and pick and choose what I wish to use, even said it in the rule books its just a guide people can do what they want for in house games lol