Nice idea. After all there's this often overlooked layer of space strategy in the Battletech universe.
Maaaaaybe they're able to tie that into community warfare (which was, when I tested with some friends, a thing of "too many battles, too little players to launch one of them").
Having infantry "along for the ride" would be awesome. Mechs walk to a capture point, an APC crests the hill and closes in, the infantry takes up shop in the structure and ta-daa: Point taken!
That'd be much more visual than a bar slowly creeping from side to side...