From:	"Fikouras Jani (U. of Bremen)" <jfiko@********.PHYSICS.AUTH.GR>
Subject:	Rigger questions
Date:	Fri, 8 Sep 1995 21:20:25 +0300

I haven't played Shadowrun for quite some time (a group playing Shadowrun
is hard to find in these places) and I was very happy when I found these kids
near my place that played shadowrun. Yesterday was our first session of
the Harlequin's return and I was very surprised when my GM told me that my
rigger was all wrong and I had to change everything according to his
interpretation of the rules. Anyway I haven't got anything against GMasters
understanding the rules their own way, but I am tired of having to adjust
my rigger characters everytime I come across a GM with a different way of
understanding what's in the Riggers Black Book.
So, I' ve decided to post this list of the most frequent problems/questions
I have encountered.

I would appreciate any answers to my posting ....

--Nick


1) What is the initiative of drones that are being driven by their
auto pilot?

2) How do twin weapons (i.e. weapons mounted on twin firmpoints) fire ?
Does the rigger need to fire both ? Does the target resist two separate
attacks or just one bolstered one? Does the second weapon +2 modifier apply
when targeting optically ?

3) The RBB p122 "Remote Turrets" sez that "A remote turret may be operated
by a separate gunner or by the rigger. In the latter case, however, each counts as
one drone against his control limit."
What is this control limit ? Does this mean that the rigger has to spend
one action per turn for the turret in order to keep it operable ? If yes
then what is the logic behind this, after all gunners using the turret
only have to spend one action to target and shoot.

4) Are fixed arc weapons mounted on firmpoints/hardpoints conlealable/
supposed to be concealed anyway ? If yes what is their concealability
rating ?

5) What is the result of recoil on the handling of the vehicle ? Take
a bike for example that mounts a Panther Cannon, what does firing the
cannon do to its handling ?

6) What are the penalties for going without tires ? When you blow the
tires of another vehicle away with a called shot, the other vehicle is
automatically subject to a handling test (maybe even a crash test), but
what happens next ?

7) Do riggers use full cybernetic control when rigging (As most
of the novels suggest) ? If yes how do rigged bikes work ?

8) Which vehicles have VCR equipment installed and which dont. We
assume that none have, but what about drones ? Drones cant only be
driven remotely and most of them dont have enough space (CF) to install
the VCR gear. Does that mean that drones are not operable, or does
it mean that all vehicles have the nececery equipment (thus making it
not worthy to mention)?

9) The RBB makes it clear that an autopilot with a rating less than 3
is incapable of driving a vehicle. So does that mean that all drones
(as drones have autopilots of 1 or 2) canot operate on their own despite
the fact that the RBB and SRII expressly say that a rigger can order them
around ?

10) Can a rigger that utilises full cybernetic control fire his weapons
optically ? Or is opticall targeting just restricted to non-cybernetic
drivers.

11) How does swapping engines work ? I mean the table tells you
how much an engines that manages a particular speed for a particular
kind of fuel/type of car/body rating cost, but it doesnt tell you
how much it would improve your speed if you were to install a bigger
engine in a smaller car.

--

"Tonight, hell sends an Angel bearing gifts"
the Crow.