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post May 18 2006, 05:20 AM
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Our group keeps reading the sections on vehicles, drones, rigging, gear and technomancer, and we're still confused. This might have been covered, but I couldn't find it.

We're trying to figure out how a TM might be "present" with the team in the field, be able to participate in combat somehow, yet remain as safe as possible. His physical attributes are average or low, and he's concerned he'll be taken out with a single shot from people with bad aim.

The idea he came up with, was to keep his meat body elsewhere (perhaps in a car a few buildings away), while he "jumped in" to a non-combat micro bug drone. He would try to be sneaky, and hopefully never have that drone be a target, thus avoiding damage & dumpshock. Then, he could compile a machine sprite, and have it control a combat drone to do the fighting & take the damage. Would the sprite's pilot rating come into play here? Would the sprite be able to use its targeting autosoft complex form to fire a drone's mounted LMG?

Finally, a third non-combat drone (fly-spy, or perhaps a few of them) would be floating around at key points keeping an eye on things, and relaying it to the TM if necessary (spot an incoming ambush coming in the back door and such).

Is this even doable?

We're trying to figure out what skills the TM would need. If the TM is jumped-in to the micro bug drone most of the time, and wants to be stealthy, it seems he needs Infiltration (vehicle specialization) himself. And while he is jumped-in and sneaking around, he rolls his own Agil + Infil. Correct?

Does the TM also need Pilot Anthro to make sure he can navigate with the bug, or is it assumed that since he and the drone are "one" when he jumps in, that he can move around without tests? After all, one doesn't need a skill to simply walk. If he is truly meshed with the drone, it seems like movement would be natural.

For a moment when reading the rules, it seemed like the TM could get away without having any pilot skills, and just jump-in or let his sprites pilot.

And the biggest question of all... does the TM even need to do all this? It seems like he doesn't need to jump into anything at all, and his various drones (and data feeds from his teammate's contacts/cybereyes&ears) could let him interact with what they are doing. Then he could simply issue remote commands to his drones and/or sprites hoping in drones.

And what impact does his persona's signal have? If everything is wireless, and his brain is always connected, couldn't he be across the world doing all this? Or must he be within his persona's signal range to issue comands to drones & make spritis do things without it being a remote service?

He also wants to be able to use negotiation, leadership & other interactive skills with NPCs. He is concerned that it will be harder to do if his meat body is elsewhere, and he is doing it remotely. And how would he do that anyway? I figured this world was use to that kind of remote communcation, and it was not as "cold" as we view emails vs. in-person stuff today. Dunno.

Sorry for the rambling. We're just eager to understand. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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- mrcatman   Technomancer Rigger confusion   May 18 2006, 05:20 AM
- - FanGirl   Drones are pretty confusing to me as well, but I k...   May 18 2006, 05:23 AM
- - Serbitar   QUOTE The idea he came up with, was to keep his m...   May 18 2006, 09:08 AM
- - Serbitar   QUOTE (FanGirl @ May 18 2006, 12:23 AM) Drone...   May 18 2006, 09:14 AM
- - mdynna   Keep in mind that your TM cannot directly "ju...   May 18 2006, 02:59 PM
- - mrcatman   QUOTE (mdynna @ May 18 2006, 09:59 AM) Keep i...   May 18 2006, 03:56 PM
- - Serbitar   QUOTE (mdynna @ May 18 2006, 09:59 AM) Keep i...   May 18 2006, 03:57 PM
- - mrcatman   Serbitar - thank you SO much for taking all that t...   May 18 2006, 04:07 PM
- - mdynna   QUOTE (Serbitar) QUOTE (mdynna @ May 18 2006,...   May 18 2006, 06:01 PM
- - kigmatzomat   A smart TM-rigger will get a Comm with a high sign...   May 18 2006, 06:12 PM
- - Jaid   two words to solve all your signal-based problems:...   May 18 2006, 10:07 PM
- - Serbitar   QUOTE (mrcatman @ May 18 2006, 11:07 AM) Serb...   May 18 2006, 10:31 PM
- - Shrike30   My houserule was to allow players to choose betwee...   May 19 2006, 12:05 AM
- - CrimsonHawk   Ok heres a twist how would a normal drone rigger s...   May 19 2006, 03:11 AM
- - Jaid   when a TM drops a rating 10 sprite on you, there i...   May 19 2006, 03:26 AM
- - CrimsonHawk   some sprites do get autosofts I found out but he h...   May 19 2006, 03:49 AM
- - Aaron   QUOTE (CrimsonHawk) now we have a TM in our group ...   May 19 2006, 04:05 AM
- - Edward   We have seen a hacker do something similar, being ...   May 19 2006, 12:00 PM


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