Episode 6 "Protect and Survive" suffers from the above mentioned Battlemech limitations, changing Prince Victor's 'Mech from the Victor-class he was named after to a Mauler, and Galen Cox's Crusader to a Centurion. The latter is understandable. When the Battletech boardgame was created in 1984, FASA had licensed (although the licenses may have been of dubious authority) designs from a number of anime shows including "Dougram", "Crusher Joe" and "Macross" as the basis for the earliest "BattleMechs". By 1990, FASA was embroiled in a bitter legal battle with Harmony Gold over the use of the designs, and by 1995, FASA had settled with HG by pulling the 11 offending designs from use. One of them was the Crusader, originally the Armored Valkyrie from "Macross".
The Enhanced Imaging concept was used to provide a bit of glitz via CGI work. However, an actual in-game mechanic was developed based on it.
The Mauler, frequently seen in the series, is used erroneously. The original source states that the Mauler was an experimental Battlemech built in the Draconis Combine, and seen far too frequently in the possession of the Combine's long time rivals in the Federated Suns. This is presumably due to budget limitations. The series uses only a few designs throughout the entire series. (Mauler, Wolfhound, Centurion, Awesome and Bushwacker for the Inner Sphere, and the Timber Wolf (Mad Cat), Mad Dog (Vulture), Hunchback IIC and Summoner (Thor) for the Clans). See Below
Episode 6: "Protect and Survive" crosses over with the novel "Lethal Heritage", book one of the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy, when Archon-Prince Victor Steiner-Davion was forcibly rescued from Twycross.
Episode 11: "Shadow Heir" states that Franklin Sakamoto is allegedly a child of Coordinator Takashi Kurita that has been concealed by a group of insurgents. These insurgents are commonly believed to be the Black Dragons, a group of terrorists who have long confronted Takashi's policies.