3 Barrages of Newbie Questions!, A few(!) questions about the game... Options

[savantt]

Hello, I'm a new player to ShadowRun, but an expeiranced PnPer generally. Having finnaly finished the rule book, there are one or two rule clarifications I'm struggeling with...Mainly to do with the Matrix and Technomancy....I think I've got the basics but if any of my assumptions are off, please let me know ;) ?

1)Technomancers...What can Technomancers do in the way of mimicing tech? Obviously they can project their Living Persona onto the matrix, Ala Commlink/VR, but can they send and recive messages too, like a commlink? If so, so they need a message service or is it assumed that they 'feel' the way to their friends Comm? Also can they run Sims/Hot Sims/BTL chips/Matrix Games internally, or do they need a player or even a player+Trodes combo(I'm assuming they need the player, but presumably they could connect mentally)? Ditto rigging, do they need the equipment or is it dealt with internally? Finally what do they do for storage? The book specificaly states that they do not have organic storage memory, but can they simply store data online (In which case how do you pay for this/obtain Serverspace?)? Or can they just 'connect' to a Datastick and use that?

2)Sprites...Can sprites manifest themselves in the real, physical world? I'm unsure as to wheather a sprite 'manifestation' is in the real world, in just VR, or both? If they can physicaly manifest, can they physically attack, ala spirits?

3)The Matrix...Right, last barrage. First do PCs still exist? In offices, how do people do work, is it an approximation of a PC, do they all go full VR, or is it a form of AR using the company WiFi (I remember Commlinks come with a keyboard, do they use that)? I assume companies still have a mainframe, which is how Runners hack in? Next, If I'm reading it right, a node is kinda like a router/server/online enviroment combined, if so what do they look like in RL? Can you hardline yourself to a node and log on that way? Finally, how do you connect devices (the datastick springs to mind) that presumably dont have a wifi rating? This also applies to sensors, which have a signal rating, but presumably need somwhere to store the recorded data?


Okay, I realise this is a hell of a lotta questions, but most of 'em are along simmelar topics... Any and all answers will be massively appreciated!

Thankoyu in advance for any answers, and for reading your way through the whole thing...