[Onion Man]

Okay, I've got a pretty good idea of what I'll be doing with a Technomancer to replace a comically incompetent rigger in my local game and we're presently in Lagos.  Presumably we're headed off to Calfree whenever we finish up 'Dawn of the Artifacts'.  My GM had asked me to not invest too much in a vehicle or anything at game start due to Jane zipping us off on a small plane, but at this point the crew already has a POS Van and the TM will be coming in with a truck and a motorcycle with sidecar (one for drones, one for him and his gun).

Where can I find rules/guidelines on flying/shipping large gear like that around, or am I going to have to track down some smugglers (and probably cause the GM to throw pirates or something at us)?

[Kontact]

Pretty much, yeah.  You've got to hire a smuggler, aka, a rigger with a serious plane.

How difficult that will be is up to your GM.

[Onion Man]

I might just squeeze a couple points out of somewhere and get him a smuggler as a contact then.  The TM sort of needs his drone racks full o drones.

[CanRay]

You know, if it's not illegal (Or the TM can forge a nice set of "Security Services" licenses), legal methods are possible. 

[Kontact]

If you haven't spent all your cash, get a supply drone like an Federated-Boeing Kull for 10,000¥ + mods or the vastly superior Ares Air-supply from This Old Drone for 8,500¥.  Equip the suckers with the suncell mod and an extra fuel tank, and they can be anywhere in a couple days.  You won't be able to move anything too big, like a steel lynx, but the Ares Air-supply has a body of 6, so it's pretty hefty.

[KarmaInferno]

If you haven't spent all your cash, getting a supply drone like an Federated-Boeing Kull for 10,000¥ + mods or the vastly superior Ares Air-supply from This Old Drone for 8,500¥.  Equip the suckers with the suncell mod and an extra fuel tank, and they can be anywhere in a couple days.  You won't be able to move anything too big, like a steel lynx, but the Ares Air-supply has a body of 6, so it's pretty hefty.

The Air-supply even has space for chameleon cloaking and signature masking.

I got one for my Missions character purely so she can get her gear to CMP locations.

Pity they didn't specify exactly how much it carries, but "gear for an entire team" should be pretty decent amounts of cargo.





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[Onion Man]

Getting my hands on a copy of This Old Drone ASAP then.  This TM is already 10 times the rigger that the rigger he'll be replacing ever was, and a "plane" would just put it over the top.

[CanRay]

They don't build 'em like they used to.  Of course, it's used, so maintenance is probably expensive and the firewall needs extensive upgrading, otherwise anyone that catches sight of it can get a bunch of free stuff.

And an Air Supply!

I highly suggest TOD, BTW.

[Charybdis]

They don't build 'em like they used to.  Of course, it's used, so maintenance is probably expensive and the firewall needs extensive upgrading, otherwise anyone that catches sight of it can get a bunch of free stuff.

And an Air Supply!

I highly suggest TOD, BTW.

A) ToD is a great resource
B) There are some simple hardwire ways to protect an old Firewall... just code the drone (via hardline connection)  to travel point to point and rip out the Wi-Fi rigging controls. This leaves the AR tags in place so it looks like any other drone, but it can't get hijacked in the meantime.
- Note: Of course you also can't regain control of it mid-flight either, but for point-to-point pickups it really is perfect.
C) Nothing annoys TM's more than a hardwired ARES-Sentinel installation.....
- What do you MEAN I can't hack them?! *Brakka*Brakka* Goddammit!

[CanRay]

Wireless has a lot of advantages.  Wired has a lot more in a lot of ways.

[Kontact]

Getting my hands on a copy of This Old Drone ASAP then.  This TM is already 10 times the rigger that the rigger he'll be replacing ever was, and a "plane" would just put it over the top.

With 6 body, the Air Supply can take either a reinforced weapon mount or two regular mounts.  Not to mention 18 hardened armor.

Did I mention it's also VTOL?

Yeah, it's so much better than the Kull or Dalmation that it's retarded.

[Charybdis]

Getting my hands on a copy of This Old Drone ASAP then.  This TM is already 10 times the rigger that the rigger he'll be replacing ever was, and a "plane" would just put it over the top.

With 6 body, the Air Supply can take either a reinforced weapon mount or two regular mounts.  Not to mention 18 hardened armor.

Did I mention it's also VTOL?

Yeah, it's so much better than the Kull or Dalmation that it's retarded.

I do love that drone...

And for that special job of massive bombardment, you can afford a fleet of the buggers, load them up with a hard-coded suicide run location (dumping missiles on the way to soften everything up first) and then kiss good-bye to pretty much anything less than a military-grade army base.

[Ethan]

Completely unnecessary, but I'll add my own endorsement of the Air Supply.

If you have 18k nuyen to spare: Chameleon Coating, Firewall 5, Satellite Comms, and an Additional Fuel Tank should see you through most missions. You can get Signature Masking later on as it's 14F.

Greatly aided my Mage's "unguided tour" of some pristine NAN land by carrying back some... souvenirs. It wasn't even mine, and that alone made me buy This Old Drone.

[Onion Man]

The biggest question is, can this Ares Air Supply hold, or at least suspend from below, a GAZ P-179?  I'm not opposed to needing to get a cargo parachute for it, but if I'm going to have the truck anyway I'd rather not just ditch it...

Then again i suppose I could move the drone racks to the Air Supply and then be pretty confident that the motorcycle fits in as normal cargo...

[Kontact]

The GAZ is a full-sized pickup with a body rating over twice that of the Air Supply.  I'll let you draw your own conclusions there..