Idiot's Guide to the Matrix 2.0 Options

[Dashifen]

Way back when, a number of us (I know Synner was involved and, if I remember correctly, Kagetenshi) worked on a thread called the Idiot's Guide to the Matrix. It was an SR3 themed thread aimed at a step by step explanation of a decking run. I got involved as the "player" while Synner was acting as a GM for the run. We didn't worry about any real-world stuff, just Matrix actions.

I'm judging from the amount of confusion about the Matrix 2.0 stuff in SR4, that such a thread would be of benefit to the forum members at large. Thus, I humbly throw my hat into the ring as a "GM" for this thread if someone else wants to act as a player. I suggest using either the Hacker or the Technomancer sample characters because that way we all have a common starting point. If we want to involve Rigging we can either start a new thread, or use the Drone Rigger, though I would add a few programs to that character myself.

I think the Technomancer provides us perhaps the best opportunity for exploration since the majority of actions performed by Technomancers are the same as those for Hackers (disregarding, for the moment, the semantic difference between programs and complex forms) but the Technomancer provides us all of the Resonance skills, Threading, and Sprites to examine.

As I see it there are a number of different scenarios that we could look at:

1. Hacking a security node and performing a data steal.
2. Hacking a commlink and searching for data on it.
3. Hacking a security node and performing overwatch.
4. Hacking someone's wireless equipment.

If we wanted to, we could also include the following:

1. Operating a rigged security system.
2. Intercepting and spoofing commands to a drone.

If you all have any others that we might want to examine, post away. And, if anyone wants to act as the "player" for this thread, volunteer away. For those that haven't seem the original Idiot's Guide to the Matrix thread, it was somewhat similar in structure to the DSF online games in Welcome to the Shadows in that included both descriptive text about the nature of the action taking place (in normal type face) and a description of the dice rolling and mechanical details (in orange). That trend seemed to be successful and helped to make the thread more interesting to read.

Any takers?