Rules Question? Mech Cover

I think there's a typo in the rules. Mechs do block line of sight, yes. Mechs from your own squadron will move out of your way, but mechs from other squadrons won't. Now in the rules for cover on page 17, it says that "mecha of a different squadron than the target" offer hard cover. I think it means mecha of a different squadron than the shooter.

Going with the typo assumption, then to get hard cover you need to make the Battle Pod screen tight enough that it obscures at least 25% of the Glaug. They can still shoot at him, but he'd get the +2 for hard cover, effectively making him Defense 9!

The way I read split fire, it wouldn't matter if they kill the mech in front first. It's effectively one "shot", so the Glaug still gets hard cover because that's what he had when you declared the attack. Partially obscured mechs would also get cover from missiles, I believe. Now, with a rapid fire attack, since you're spending a command point and effectively attacking with a seperate "burst" or "shot" or whatever you want to call it, I believe that you could kill the mech providing cover, and then shoot at the Glaug with no penalty with the next shot.