... action in the combat chapter is a general rule...
How can you say that the Eject Smartgun Clip Free Action in the combat chapter is a "general rule"?
It is pretty darn
specific for ejecting a smartgun clip if you ask me....
Equipment description in the gear section at p.433 state that you need to use the Change Linked Device Mode Free Action and the Eject Smartgun Clip Free Action if you want to make use of the
Wireless bonus.
Change Linked Device Mode Free Action on p.163 state that in order to use this Free Action your Smartgun need to be "...linked to by a direct neural interface through either a wired or wireless link". The description even give plenty of examples, including but not limited to action economy benefits such as specifically "changing a smartgun’s firing mode".
Eject Smartgun Clip Free Action on p.164 state that in order to use this action economy benefit Free Action a "character" need to be "linked to a ready smartgun".
The Free Action state that:
1: You need a direct link to your DNI
The Wireless Bonus state that:
2: Benefits only apply when the item’s wireless mode is on
3: Device need to be “meshed” into your wireless personal area network and the Matrix as a whole
4: Device has access to the Matrix (which is most of the time)
The Wireless Bonus rule is generic for
all devices and does not go into detail which devices that might or might not also need to be linked to your DNI or might or might not need to be linked to your AR (that is something you can or cannot read in descriptions for individual devices). The Wireless Bonus rule simply give a general statement that all devices need to be wireless ON, meshed into your wireless personal area network and have access to the Matrix as a whole (which, most of the time, is the same thing).
The Wireless Bonus rule (or set of rules) does not prevent the device to require a DNI or AR connection in order to get the action economy bonus.
