ProtoMech

The expence of manufacturing BattleMechs - combined with the geneal disdain that the Clans hold for combat vehicles - led Clan Smoke Jaguar to develop a completely new piece of technology: the lightweight, agile half-Mechs called ProtoMechs.

Piloted by aerospace phenotype warriors - who though the use of the clans advanced Enhanced Imaging technology literally become 'one-with-the-machine' - the ProtoMechs work in Points of Five that allow them to bring their larger cousins down. The relatively cheap cost to produce them, along with their combined effectiveness against 'Mechs, has ensured that at least some of the more resource starved Clans will always have a home for this unigue BattleTech unit.