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[Abbandon]

This is probably the hardest and most complex part of shadowrun...I dont know what order to ask these in or what so i will just toss them all out there...

#1. A decker/techno is trying to find a node or system of nodes from a coffee shop to do a job(not on site or within signal range). How does he find it? Does he automatically find it ? Does he make a matrix perception test of computer+analyze against a threshold?

If it was within signal range he would do electronic warfare + scan(variable, 1 turn) extended test? Unless it was hidden

#2. Again you have an offsite decker/techno who is trying to turn off the security camera's for his team of runners. Does he make a matrix perception test for that specific node or does he just find the "door" into that system of nodes. Will he get to go right to that node or will he start in one node and have to go through x amount of nodes to get to the security camera node?

Does it make a difference if he is onsite?

I dont see all the different things in a building being wireless. I only see one(or a couple) node that functions as the gateway between the wireless matrix and that system of nodes.

Whats the difference between trying to percieve a node and trying to detect it??

#3. Arent you given two ways to find stuff connected to the matrix. One you can try to detect a node, or you can detect a signal?? Then you could track the signal back to the node??

A rigger has an attack drone in hidden mode waiting to attack anything that triggers it. A decker would either have to find a hidden node with an extended ew+scan test w/ a 15+ threshold or couldnt he just find the signal and find out exactly where the hidden drone is which should be alot easier . A decription test against the signal and if your successfull a ew+sniffer test with threshold of 3.

3 lone stars chase a runner into an alley and lose him. He is extremely dangerous so they let the hacker guy scan for nearby nodes, he finds none(cuz the runner is ghosting). Then he scans for singlas and he finds one and follows it back to a hidden node, he then hacks it and uploads a mp3 file to it and hits play. All of a sudden the 2 other lonestar guys hear the cops theme coming from behind a dumpster, "bad boys bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when we come for you". A guy jumps out and trys to get away but they tazer his ass and drag him off to jail????

#4 why in the hell would somebody EVER subscribe their cyberlimbs or anything combat related to their commlink??

Uhh thats all i got for now.