IGC: A quick note on squads. When you are in a squad, you move at the speed of the squad's fastest mech. Because units join a squad for the purpose of moving as a single unit and must break formation to fight, the weapons are not active. That power is redirected to the engines and coolant systems to increase top speed. Defensive NPCs form squads with a unit they are directed to defend, and Offensive NPCs form squads with each other. Support units can be part of a squad if ordered to be, but not its leader.