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[Omar]

Thanks to everyone that encouraged me to give 4th a try.. I picked up the rulebook this weekend and spent some time looking it over. Had a few questions as a result. I hope I am not just taking up space, but I didnt see anything in the way of a FAQ for 4th ed (but if there is, please hook me up wiht a link).

- The Matrix is wireless, I get that. Everyone has their own personal cellphone/computer/secretary/ID/whatever which is constantly broadcasting info and recieving info, unless you turn it off. While this seems like a logical progression of modern tech into the 6th world... I am at a loss to figure out how one can manage as a Shadowrunner. They seem to imply that corps require their employees to have them on all the time (which makes sense).. so how does one break in? How does one who either lacks a SIN, or wants to hide it, even manage to walk down to the store and buy something to eat? It seems (to me) that the old world is gone in that regard.. it looks next to impossible to 'slip through the cracks' and to become a non-person.

- Deckers (I refuse to call them hackers... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ) can hack into anything, from cyberware to kitchen appliances. How exactly does this work, and how do you protect against it? This makes NO sense to me at all, how this is possible. I mean, in previous editions cyberware was totally contained in your body, which works with the overall feel of the setting. Now, suddenly, your cyberware is on a remote control? Is there any way to turn that off, and where do I find that info? It said that doing that reduces how functional some pieces of cyberware are.. but again, that makes no sense. Take cybereyes, for example. They stick them in, plug them into the optic nerves, and you control it with mental controls (I imagine you would think to switch vision types.. or there is some sort of activation mechanism). How in the world does that need wireless controls?


These two issues are making me less than comfortable with the feel of the new setting. I can only imagine I am missing something, else how would one even function as a shadowrunner?