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New to Shadowrun - Drone Rigger

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« on: <02-12-11/2110:33> »
Itzhak "Beck" Beck
Human Male - 24

B - 3
A - 4
R - 4
S - 3
C - 2
I - 4
L - 5
W - 3
E - 2

Initiative - 8
Edge - 2
Essence - 4.4

Skills BP=124
Aeronautics Mechanic 3
Automatics 2
Automotive Mechanic 3
Electronic Warfare 2
Gunnery 3
Locksmithing 2
Perception 3
Pilot Aircraft 6
Pilot Anthroform 3
Pilot Ground Craft 4
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Knowledge/Language
Economics 4
Engineering 6
Business 3
Military 2

English N
German 5
Hebrew 5
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Qualities: 25 Positive -10 Negative
Ambidextrous
Photographic Memory
Analytical Mind
Reduced Hearing (Partial) // partially deaf in left ear
Poor Self Control (Vindictive)
Bilingual
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Resources and spending
200,000 (40BP)

Cyberwear
Commlink
Control Rig
Datajack
Sim Module
Thermographic Vision
Toxin Extractor
Smartlink

Cyperparts
Cyber Eyes 2 (Flare Compensation/Low-Light Vision/Thermographic Vision)

Gear
Middle Lifestyle (One month)
Armor Jacket
Fake SIN 4
Autopicker 4
Maglock Passkey 4
Tool Kit
Transys Avalon
Linguasofts
Micro-Transceiver 1

Vehicles/Drones
Ares Dragon (Smuggling Compartment Shielded/Pilot Program 3/Additional Fuel Tank/Armor Normal 1/ Autosoft Defense 5/ Autosoft Electronic Warfare 6/ Drone Rack mini, small, and large/ Electromagnetic Shielding/Missile Defense System/Nanomaintenance System 1)
Lockheed Optic-X
GM-Nissan Doberman x 2
MCT-Nissan Roto-drone x 2
Shiawase Kanmushi
Lone Star iBall

Weapons
FN HAR
Colt American L36
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Contacts
Mr. Johnson 3L 2C
Ephraim Zischler 5L 3C (Former military partner and childhood friend)
Sigrid von Hess 2L 6C (Former girlfriend and upper management with Ares Macrotechnology)
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I'm very new to Shadowrun and I'm well aware what I've created here could be an absolute mess. If it is I am more than happy to hear it. I honestly feel in over my head right now so any advice would be fantastic. Thank you.

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« Reply #1 on: <02-13-11/0149:35> »
NIce.
You should look what programs would you need for riggers operations (Command, ECCM, Analyze, Encrypt etc...),

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« Reply #2 on: <02-13-11/0934:06> »
if you are going to take Aeronautics and Auto Mechanic 3 you may as well find the 6 BP needed to make that into Mechanic Skillgroup 3, or even drop it to 2 for 20 total, saves 4 BP, and use that 4 BP on gear to get PuShED from Augmentation (+1 to all logic skills).  Probably want a Hardware skill at least equal to your Locksmith skill, if not greater.  No one uses actual locks nowadays.  Computer and Data Search are handy so you may want to go with Electronics Group 1 or 2 (or more).

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« Reply #3 on: <02-21-11/1902:53> »
Tell me, just using the Core book?  I only ask because all the drones and vehicles are from SR4(A) and none from Arsenal.  If you're going to be a rigger I suggest giving Arsenal at the very least a look, and Augmentation a strong glance too.

Arsenal will have a lot more drones and upgrades and modifications for them.  Also, all the ones you've listed have standard upgrades on them, Arsenal p106.  Freebies that come wit it.

I suspect you'd like to be able to fight with a few of those drones.  Well, right now they can't do much in a fight besides be a distraction or ram into things, or be an expensive target.  You need to buy them some weapon mounts if they don't have them standard and you need to get them some weapons.  Drones are very nice with some of the larger weapons since they either 1) negate recoil entirely  or 2) optional rule that a drone reduces recoil by it's Body (this one is the fair one IMOP)  depending on how your GM rules.

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« Reply #4 on: <02-25-11/1909:39> »
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Ares Dragon (Cargo Helicopter) –1 10/40 260 3 22 8 — 12 495,000Ą
Anniversary, p.351

Am I missing how you afforded this?

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« Reply #5 on: <02-27-11/0635:28> »
Never played a rigger or even seen that much action with one, but it seems to me like those drones, except for the Ares Dragon, seem very underprotected.
Couldn't they easily be manipulated by hackers and/or enemy riggers?

 

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