A Few SR4 Rules Clarifications... Options

[DragonMech]

Hi All,

I'm creating a back-up character for a game I'm playing in, and I need a few things clarified.

Recoil: Does it add together from shot-to-shot or burst-to-burst? For example, if I fire two short bursts in the same round, the first burst is at -2 dice and the second is at -3 or -5 dice total? I can see possible reasoning for both arguments, but I can't find where the rules explain about this (if they do).

Recoil Compensation: If I have the cyberarm gyromount implanted into both arms, do I get a benefit of 6 points of recoil compensation? Just to clarify, the different types of recoil compensation (gas-vent, shock-pads, gyro) do all stack together?

Two Weapon Shooting: I understand that if you want to fire two weapons at the same time that you split your dice pool, etc, but what if I wanted to fire the two weapons one after the other? Or if I had two different weapons (say a pistol and an SMG)? Or how about the same weapon with different ammo in each (say Gel rnds in one and APDS in the other)?

I'm asking this because it's primarily a style thing - you know, two weapons blazing, and all that jazz... :evil: but I don't want to run afoul of the rules saying that in order to do I'll never be able to hit the broad side of a barn (or a fat troll...)

In this case, if I have the cyberarm gyromount installed in each arm, do I get the benefit of the recoil compensation on both shots (thereby effectively gaining 6 points of compensation)?

If firing two weapons simultaneously, I know I cannot get the bonus for either a laser sight or a smartgun link to either shot, but if I fired the two weapons separately (only two shots/bursts in a single IP, much the same as firing the same weapon twice) do I get the bonus from the laser sight/smartgun link?

Of course, there is a possible rules breaker here in that there is the possibility to fire two long bursts or even two full bursts in the same action, one from each weapon, though I personally would probably allow something like this, I would also probably limit it to supressive or ven wild fire only.

I see it as being mechanically very similar to simply moving the weapon and shooting at the same or another target (with attendant penalties for the second target), but if I'm wrong, please let me know, and please explain why... :( :evil: