Admittedly, a Union-class (Ie; the most common dropship, Ever) while it is well-armed and armoured, can be overpowered by a company of 'mechs with minimal losses, because, like the vast majority of dropships, its most powerful weapon is its engine plume when it lifts. (It literally incinerates everything within a 90-metre radius around the dropship; lifting 3500+ tons of metal into the sky does take a lot of energy, and the bigger the dropper, the more powerful the plume)<br/><br/>What a lot of people forget is that, while the average dropship may have as much firepower as a Company of 'mechs, said firepower is distributed rather evenly around the dropship's hull, so it can't concentrate all that firepower in one spot like most 'mechs can.<br/><br/>Now, if you want to tr to screw with an Overlord or a Fortress class, you're going to get chumped hard; the Overlord is literally three times the size of a Union, better-armed, better-armoured, and bristling with long-range weapons that make it a dicey target to approach. a Fortress is basically an Overlord with a Long Tom Artillery emplacement mounted on its nose for added shenanigans during missions, and have even more weapons and armour than the Overlord, at the cost of only carrying 2 companies, instead of a full battalion.