[Onion Man]

Is decompiling really so useless as to not have it even at 1?  The last thing I want to do is arrive at the table and be completely unable to do something that is expected from my trope, the second last thing I want to do is be defaulting on skills that I have already low dice pools for (my rigger was injured jumping out of a van, twice, which could have likely been avoided by having a rank or tow to work with instead of defaulting and having only 1 die to work with, the TM would have 0).

Athletics I'll drop, I had thought that it would be all around useful to not be defaulting on those and to break out gymnastics for dodge purposes, but with Agility down at one it makes more sense to get Dodge and forget athletics now that I look again.

About the drone racks, I had pictured them as essentially locking the drones in rather than just leaving them loose in the back of a pickup truck.  This image left me thinking that if it takes a complex action to release them by command it would take some sort of extended test to remove them manually, like by a gang of Lagos' street kids looking for some quick naira.  Maybe not anything that would stop a mechanic or a hacker from getting at them, but something that would stop your average dishonest youth from just helping themselves to the parts in the entirely too likely case that I end up in some attenuation heavy cell and unable to remote control the drones or truck (most likely because of our gnome... gnomes always get me in trouble and this one's a real doozer).

If I've got the drone racks pictured wrong I'll drop them like a deuce, I'm already going to be juggling around some nuyen to add a modded Ares Air Supply to facilitate getting the truck out of Africa  (I'll pick up the contacts while I'm doing that juggling too).  I went straight to the racks remembering that Lifeseeker (I think it was Lifeseeker) had a drone rack with the ECM shielding compartment mod applied to it.

Smartlink I picked up without putting any real thought into it.  I didn't want to invest in any of the cybercombat oriented complex forms or the complex forms that are super common use ordeals.  I'll have to look through the programs list again tonight after I've returned my neice to my borther and can stare at books for a while.

Thanks again for all the advice.

[squee_nabob]

It’s not that Decompiling is absolutely terrible, it is Decompiling + Resonance vs. Rating with net hits removing tasks. The problem is sprites come up so infrequently that you may as well just have your larger sprites beat them up. Also in missions they don’t usually define how many tasks a sprite has. You can have it if you want, but expect to seldom use it.

Athletics is ok, but with a low STR score you will never be that good at it, that’s the real answer.

For drone racks, all I know is what is in Arsenal. They allow for quick disembarking and embarking of drones. I have no idea what the regular action is to release drones, as that is never specified. I just travel around in a van with my drones in the back, spring open the doors, and order them to march. Quick and simple. Talk this one over with your GM. Also I’m not sure if you can apply mods to a mod.

You have all of the quality CFs that I saw, I’m not sure there are any you are missing.

[Onion Man]

One last stab at it.  made a few more tweaks based on squee's advice, added an antique Air-Supply drone for just in case and juggled around my contacts (it's become clear the only good way to get that GAZ out of Africa in the end will be to have a well connected smuggler friend).

Let me know if there's anything more botched in it, otherwise I'm on to fine tuning the personality of a high-rolling Azanian TM and drone pirate. 

[Onion Man]

Can't believe I didn't actually post this in the last post.  Changed some languages around to make more sense coming out of Cape Town, I've got a feeling that Su is going to have an attitude regarding savages and peasant drek...  Should make for some good interaction with Solomon, our battle-gnome, and his highly disruptive, "it's not like there's consequences to our actions, we're in Africa" mindset.

Name: Sully Whaler
Tag: "Su"
Metatype: Dwarf                        25
Attributes: Physical/Mental:175, Special: 60, Total: 235               235
   BOD 4                           20
   AGI 1                           0
   REA 1                           0
   STR 3                           0
   CHA 4                           30
   INT 6                           65
   LOG 4                           20
   WIL 6                           40
   EDGE 3                           20
   RES 5                           40
Qualities: 35 positive, 35 negative                     235
   Technomancer                        5
   Linguist                           5
   Restricted Gear x2                     10
   Paragon: Flow                        5
   Synthetic Sympathy                     10
   Media Junkie (Moderate)                  -10
   Reality Impaired                     -5
   Sensitive System                     -15
   Lost Loved One (Daughter)                  -5
Active Skills: 72                            307
   Compiling 2                        8
   Registering 2                        8
   Hacking 2                        8
   Electronics Group 4                     40
   Artisan 2                        8
   
Knowledge skills and languages: 30 free                  307
   English                           N
   Sperethiel 2                        4
   Or'zet 2                           4
   Chinese 3                        6
   German 2                        4
   Pacific Rim Data Havens 4                  8
   Matrix Security Design 2                  4
Connections: 13 pts                           322
   Fixer (Hippo) (C1 L1)                     2
   Arms Smuggler (Squidz) (C4 L5)                  9
   Anti-corporate Blogger (CCC {Three-C}) (C2 L2)            4
Complex Forms: 35 pts                           357
   Analyze 5                        5
   Spoof 5                           5
   Command 5                        5
   Shield 5                           5
   Exploit 5                        5
   Disarm 5                        5
   Stealth 5                        5
Gear:  213,800 (43 pts)                           400
   Bike Racing Armor [4/7, cap 6]                  500
      Softweave [4/4]               50
         Commlink (specs later) [2]
         Nonconductivity 3 [2]            600
         Chemical Protection 6 [2]         1500
      Helmet [+1/+2, Cap 6]                  200
         Wireless, Image Link, Flare Compensation
         Laser Range Finder [1]            100
         Cyberware Scanner 4 [1]         300
         Olfactory Sensor 4 [1]            2000
         Low Light [1]               100
         Camera 1 [1]               100
         Directional Microphone [1]         50
      PPP System: Forearm, Helmet, Leg and Arm, Shin,   1000
         & Vitals [+2/+5]
   FFBA, Full Suit [6/2, 3/1 enc.]                  900
      Softweave [3/2, 1/1 enc.]            90
      Fire Resistance 3               300
   Ingram Supermach 100                     975
      Gas Vent 3 Modification [2]            400
      Gecko Grip Modification [1]            100
      Smartgun System [1]               975
      Melee Hardening [1]               300
      3 Extended Clips               75
      60 Normal Rounds               120
      120 Gel Rounds                  360
   Horizon Doble Revolution                  8000
      Motorcycle Gyro Stabilization
      Smart Tires
      Sidecar                     1500
         Weapon Mount
            Normal Size         1500
            Concealed Visibility      4000
            Turret Flexibility      5000
            Remote Control      500
         SA Nemesis LMG            3500
            High Velocity Mod      7000
            Smartgun System      3500
            Gyro Stabilization      3000
      Rigger Adaptation               2500
   Commlink (Installed in armor)
      Novatech Airwave (Response 3, Signal 3)         5000
      Iris Orb OS (Firewall 3, System 3)            1000
      FTL Matrixware Power Suite               1240
         Analyze 3
         Browse 4
         Command 2
         Edit 4
         Purge 4
         Scan 2
      2 VR Games (SimCiv, Horizon Flight Simulator 2072)      100
      Mapsoft 5 (Lagos)                  50
   Satellite Link                        500
   Disposable Commlink                     300
   High Lifestyle (1 month)                  10000
   Fake ID (Simon Whaler) 4                  4000
   Fake ID (Sully Wheeler) 4                  4000
   2 sets of Fake Licenses (Weapon, Armor, Drones, Truck)      3200
   Gecko Tape Gloves                     250
   Respirator 6                        150
   Gas Mask                        200
   Survival Kit                        100
   Biomonitor                        300
   Medkit 6                        600
   2 extra Medical Supplies                  100
   5 Antidote Patch 6                     1500
   10 Stimpatch 6                        1500
   10 Tranq Patch 6                     1200
   Dress Clothes                        500
   250 Gel Rounds for LMGs                  7500
   100 Explosive Rounds for LMGs                  500
   Extra "Layabout"/Work Clothes                  15
   Hardware Kit                        500
   Automotive Mechanic Kit                  500
   Aeronautic Mechanic Kit                  500
   2 Flash Paks                        400
   Simrig                           1000
   Tag Eraser                        150
   White Noise Generator 6                  300
   Contacts 3                        150
      Smartlink                  500
      Vision Magnification               100
                              Gear(99000)
   GAZ P-179 (14 Body)                     12000
      Rigger Adaptation               2500
      Multi-fuel Engine
      Multilaunch Drone Rack [5]            10000
      2 Small Drone Racks [4]               2000
      Metahuman Adjustment (2 Dwarf sized seats)      1000
      Off Road Suspension [1]            3000
      Winch [1]                  600
      Satellite Communication [1]            500
      Searchlight [1]                  1200
   2 Cyberspace Designs Dragonflies, Standard Model         5000
   2 Cyberspace Designs Dragonflies, Anti-vehicle Model         5000
   4 Cyberspace Designs Dragonflies, c-12 Model            10000
   2 MCT Fly-Spies                     2000
   Ford LEBD-1 Aerial Law Enforcement Backup Drone (3 Body)      4500
      Mechanical Arm
      Weapon Mount (external, fixed, remote control)
         SA Nemesis LMG            3500
            High Velocity Mod      7000
            Smartgun System      3500
            Gyro Stabilization      3000
      Improved Takeoff/Landing 2
      Special Machinery (2 Handcuffs)
   MCT-Nissan Roto-drone (3 Body)               2000
      Improved Takeoff/Landing 2
      Weapon Mount (external, fixed, remote control)   2000
         SA Nemesis LMG            3500
            High Velocity Mod      7000
            Smartgun System      3500
            Gyro Stabilization      3000
   Ares Air-Supply (6 Body)                  8500
      Obscolescent
      Improved Take Off and Landing 2
      Special Storage
      Chameleon Coating [2]               6000
      Suncell [1]                  3000
                        Vehicles/Drones(114800)
   1200 Unspent for bonus to random wealth