u/thewilldog

I've been doing a lot of opfor clan missions lately and 25-50% of their mechs have battle armor attached. Not a big deal, except for when they detach the battle armor outside of a swarm attack. Once the BA and Mech share the same hex, the game won't let me direct fire target either one. Example in the screen shot below.

https://preview.redd.it/j2ov79lzte0h1.png?width=1895&format=png&auto=webp&s=be0c73a581432182c8b97a3ae0d61100f2bba16a

I have line of sight to the Jade mech and BA, but can't target either one. It reverts to normal in the next turn, but seems like a cheesy way for the AI to avoid damage.

For some reason, indirect fire works, but only for the BA. I still can't target the mech.

I've gone through the thread history and it has conflicting info:

The wiki states a master unit is necessary:
https://www.bta3062.com/index.php?title=C3

This thread states only the slave units are needed:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Battletechgame/comments/14znu3n/bta_3062_explain_c3_to_me_like_im_stupid/

I also, I just encountered the first "master" c3 alpha unit in my playthru during against jade falcon. I selected it in the salvage, but it's not visible in my inventory. Is it called something else in storage?