[Whiskeyjack]

Make it personal. Like, you were a semi-successful professional rigger whose relative's medical bills started piling up, so you sold off a lot of gear and got in debt, and maybe even embezzled, leading you to get fired and blacklisted, and just as you were starting to do ok again, Crash 2.0 wiped everything out. So now you run the shadows just to make ends meet.

[Lorebane24]

It sounds to me like Analytical Mind might be a good fit for your character.  If you wanted to you could run wild with it and play him like a high functioning autistic.  Gearhead is one that I find hard to pass up any time I'm making a rigger - in my opinion, it's one of the things that makes a rigger a rigger.

Which drones did you buy, by the way, and how are they kitted out?  Riggers can be vastly different based on their drone and vehicle choices.  If you have even a little cash left, a few of the minidrones and microdrones are some of the best recon options available - they're relatively cheap and run fine out-of-the-box.

The negative qualities are also way more than a way to get some extra karma to spend.  I could easily see this guy having a Corporate Limited SIN, with someone else walking over him and taking credit for a new drone design or something, then firing him or evening trying (and failing) to liquidate him after getting promoted.  MCT might be especially appropriate, and if you're guy isn't Japanese, it makes him getting screwed over even more fitting.  Plenty of shadowrunners had their start in the corporate world.

[CrimsonY]

@Lorebane24.
Because we were limited in time, or patience I guess xD, the GM quickly picked and loaded a couple small drones, like the ball helicopter and a medium land one I think, everyone also recommended the insect sized spy drone for obvious recon utility. Other than that, we got an armored van with large carrying capacity, since the group seemed to only care for 1 place vehicle or not at all. Joke's on them, now they get to ride with the smelly looser xD
Part of this limited resources is what got me thinking of a "recently robbed" or lost everything background.
I have read about SIN negative qualities and can say I am not ready to roleplay the implications as my first character, being new to the world of shadowrun, although it could actually be more appropriate, given it's a bad thing to have a SIN and end up running. xD

[Lorebane24]

In that case, moving forward I would make building up your drone arsenal a high priority, though which ones you want will really depend on your group composition.  Rotodrones can be excellent cavalry for your team, though they are a little large for stealth and recon (and if your GM wants to get really gritty, I imagine their means of propulsion is not exactly quiet).  A Steel Lynx might be your best bet for big guns.  Sensors on some smaller drones really open up the possibilities for espionage.  Laser mics are personal favorite of mine because you can park a drone on the other side of the street and point that mic at a window to eavesdrop on conversations.

Also, don't knock the utility of more vehicles.  They let you get creative.  One of my old groups ran an extraction where our rigger was instrumental.  We grabbed the guy when he was en route to work.  The rigger took remote control of his two cars and used one to block the guy's security detail while he used the second to literally push the guy's limo off a bridge, which we were waiting beneath with a speedboat.  Our samurai dove into the water and cut the door open and hauled the guy out, then the rigger drove us around and did his best to lose any eyes on us while our combat medic performed impromptu surgery to remove the guy's tracking device before we made a getaway.

[CrimsonY]

I've noted your suggestions and to be honest going into the work and world as a rigger, I feel will make for a lot of fun, starting small and growing an army as runs go, our DM picked me ( or even made up I think) a nice junkshop contact with whom I can eventually trade all kinds of part and make custom drones.

I can see our group finding or making a safe-house where we can pool resources as we become more experienced runners, to be honest I didn't think about getting multiples vehicles because I didn't realize driving multiple cars was a thing, now I feel silly xD.
I also didn't want to start off with tons of drones because I didn't see how it would be possible to start with an armada without getting arrested or something, I imagine walking the street with 4  rotodrones would likely not pass as being a lawn mowing service.

I picked the mechanic group and even AI writing, not sure what the name for the skill is, so I wanted to put that in the background and hope the GM has the High end AI operated drones I sold to eat come back not so happy about my life decisions or something.

"real game" start next Sunday, I'll be sure to post here about it, although if the thread die down or if it's inappropriate for this section of the forum maybe, I'll just stop.

I'm happy with the community's help so far and don't want to push it. ^^

[Lorebane24]

By all means, take keep going with your posts!  I just started GMing a new game with mostly new players, so I'm very eager to see how other new players approach the system and how their games go.