Combat Paralysis and riggers Options

[Phatpug]

I came across this making a character last night. I GM my games so instead of just going with my interpretation of this I decided to ask the community. Do you think a rigger would suffer the effects of the Combat Paralysis Negative Quality if he was rigging from a safe distance away from the combat? Say he's 5 or 6 blocks away in a van, running a swarm in VR. I see Combat Paralysis being in the center of the combat, gunshots zipping past your head and you freeze for a sec. It may effect him if he is jacked-in, because he would be in the center of the action, but using command or captains chair i think he would be free of the effects.