[ZeConster]

Followup question: if I decide to turn off a wirelessly connected device by 'bricking' it (by which I mean throwing it against a brick wall with a Throw Weapon Simple Action), does that count as my sole attack action for that Initiative Phase?

[Aaron]

Followup question: if I decide to turn off a wirelessly connected device by 'bricking' it (by which I mean throwing it against a brick wall with a Throw Weapon Simple Action), does that count as my sole attack action for that Initiative Phase?

Did the brick wall get a defense test? =i)

[Michael Chandra]

You merely hurt its feelings.

[HiddenBoss]

if i say have  have a basic bioware that cost 0.6 ESS. but i later get the Delta version of the same bioware to replace it  do i lose extra ESS or do i get some back?
and if i get cyber arm but it get cut off, and i get a clone arm,would i get it back i becoming as more human/

[Sendaz]

if i say have  have a basic bioware that cost 0.6 ESS. but i later get the Delta version of the same bioware to replace it  do i lose extra ESS or do i get some back?
and if i get cyber arm but it get cut off, and i get a clone arm,would i get it back i becoming as more human/

You still have the 0.6 Essence 'hole', it's just that the delta version will use less of of that hole, 0.3 Ess worth.  So you could still use another 0.3 Ess before you actually use any more Ess as that 0.3 will fill in the hole so to speak first.

[Chrona]

if i say have  have a basic bioware that cost 0.6 ESS. but i later get the Delta version of the same bioware to replace it  do i lose extra ESS or do i get some back?
and if i get cyber arm but it get cut off, and i get a clone arm,would i get it back i becoming as more human/

If you lose a cyberarm and get a clone arm you still have the essance hole caused by the arm, there was a very long and expensive medical procedure in SR4 to regain essence, but it is not in 5th yet. It was so expensive though it was unlikely to ever see use. (It was 75,000 up front, then 20,000 a month, restoring 0.1 essence a month)

[Xenon]

I can't find anything about an essence "hole" in the SR5 rulebook and I can't find anything about regaining essence (not even when you have been exposed to the essence drain critter power).

So in SR5 RAW is that you permanently lose the essence when you get the cyberware and that you pay the full amount of essence if you later choose to remove the augmentation and install a new augmentation. RAI is probably still that you get an essence hole; they just did a very poor job explaining it in the rules.

[JackVII]

Well, the Critter's Essence Drain ability does say:

This power allows a critter to permanently take away another being’s Essence and add it to its own.

I think that version of permanent is intended as the dictionary definition of permanent.

Incidentally, permadeath to all vampires.

[Crunch]

Check the Missions FAQ for Essence holes (and remember that no version of the base book has covered them, in SR4 they were in Augmentation)

[Lanaya]

How are mental stats for matrix entities determined? I want to Hack on the Fly to put a mark on a host, which is opposed by its Intuition + Firewall, but I can't see how its Intuition is determined.

[JackVII]

Attributes (not Matrix Attributes) = Device or Host Rating (I can find a page number if you need it)
Edit: With the qualification that "monitored" devices can use their Owner's or Master's (assuming the example is correct) mental attributes to defend.

[deek]

Quick Question:

Do drones and vehicles pay double for uncompensated heavy weapon recoil like metahumans?  I know drones and vehicles get their Body value in recoil compensation, but I wasn't clear if the followed the same heavy weapon rules.

Thanks!

[Razhul]

The previous page in this very thread has your answer:

Another quickie: Do drones/vehicles suffer from the double recoil penalty for any uncompensated recoil or is that just for metahumans using heavy weapons?

Yep.

[Xenon]

Will Overwatch Score get removed/erased (not increase on its own over time) if you you reduce it to null with Cleaner?

[deek]

The previous page in this very thread has your answer:

Another quickie: Do drones/vehicles suffer from the double recoil penalty for any uncompensated recoil or is that just for metahumans using heavy weapons?

Yep.

Der...I missed that (obviously).