Hendell:
Is this just Mechwarrior, or do you intend to use Battletech as well? And if so is there an interest in supporting the use of the new Battletech computer game as well? Either as a way to depict combat or as a sort of in game representation of sport?
Just mechwarrior rpg rules. Using battletech rules would make the game too combat focused since we would be spending years to try and resolve one battle...
As to the pc game, no idea how it could be used for this, also it would probably impose on everyone a need to have it, so I'm now tempted to go that way.