Rigging / Drones, A how to... ? Options

[DgrenJ]

I am fairly new to Rigging in general, and definitely new to SR4.

I am trying to find some quick and dirty answers as to the basics of using drones.

Some Questions I have...

1.) I know the amount of drones a Rigger can have going at once, is based on his commlink, but with proper programming (autosofts) could the drones that are subscribed to be doing their own thing?

For example... Could I have a doberman patrolling, a Linx walking with my group with orders to engage anything my party engages, and perhaps a Roto Drone flying above with orders to warn me of incoming people?

I really do not know how far one can go with Drones, and if multiple drones can essentially take care of themselves, and have several go at once.

2.) I read that Drones get 3 initiative passes, is this true?

3.) If a drone fires a Full Auto weapon, does it have to account for recoil like a metatype would?


Those are my basic questions, but any other suggestions/tips would be much appreciated, im not looking at figuring out complex stuff at the moment, mostly just the simple "how to" of drones and rigging.

Thanks in advance.

- DgrenJ