Talk:Refit Kit

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Inaccurate description

Oh boy, does this need a rewrite. Looks like this article's false representation of the definition of "Field Refit Kits" in the BattleTech universe led to intense discussions on the CGL and HBS BattleTech forums.

"Field refit kit" is a very generic term that describes, well, field refit kits. It does not exclusively refer to those upgrade kits that were distributed in the wake of the Clan invasion - these were just one specific kind of field refit kits. I'll see if I can take some time out of my other projects to fix this issue here today... Frabby (talk) 00:41, 15 September 2016 (PDT)

I think some of the confusion may stem from the fact that the time in and around the Clan Invasion and its immediate aftermath was probably the first time period in which field refit kits were mass-produced and widely distributed in huge quantities, as everyone tried to get access to upgraded technology. I doubt there was ever another period where so many kits were manufactured, sold and fitted, across such a wide range of equipment, in so short a time.BrokenMnemonic (talk) 04:44, 15 September 2016 (PDT)

Retrofit Kits

For a long time there has been no mention of "retrofit kits" on BTW, but I am unsure if this should be simply another name or term for a "refit kit". There are a few mentions of retrofit kits in older FASA publications, and I was able to find one in Technical Readout: 3055. Here is the 5th paragraph from page 92:

"Eight of these 'Mechs are Clan versions of Inner Sphere designs. These so-called Inner Sphere refits are new designs that utilize Clan technology and should not be confused with the retrofit kits used by some of the Clans to upgrade captured Inner Sphere 'Mechs in the field."

The passage refers to the difference between misnamed "Inner Sphere refits", for instance the 80-ton Warhammer IIC, and the retrofitted 70-ton Warhammer C.
My initial interpretation is there is little difference between a "refit kit" and a "retrofit kit". If there is a difference between a refit and a retrofit kit, it may be in the rules level of the package. As of the publication of TRO: 3055 (in 1992), the Warhammer IIC is a tournament-legal, second-line Clan BattleMech, while the Warhammer C from The Battle for Twycross is an experimental, under-mass, mixed-technology Inner Sphere BattleMech, and replacing some of its intro level Inner Sphere weapons with smaller, less massive Clan weapons, without added components.
This leads me to three possibilities for writing this.
1. New article (I do not favor this).
2. Subsection of "refit kit", and mention the mixed technology rules.
3. Add "retrofit kit" to the list of alternate names, and add mention of mixed-technology to the article (I favor this).
Are there any other options? How does the community feel about this?--S.gage (talk) 14:32, 27 December 2022 (EST)