Autosofts/Activesofts? Options

[Sheffield]

Hey everybody. Here's a question.

In R3, the rules are very specific about Autosoft interpreters not reading activesoft chips {only knowsofts and autosofts}. But in SSG, the Mr. Fix-It has a [b/r] chip included with its autosoft system.

How does that make sense?

More to the point, if autosoft systems can't read activesofts, what's the point of getting a robotic-pilot? You get the adaptation pool, but no skills to apply the adaptation pool to. Or is it assumed that the robotic-pilot rating is the skill rating for all skills the robot would reasonably have (in a manner similar to how drones' pilot rating is their skill for gunnery or piloting tests)?

EDIT: In addition, what determines what skills a robot pilot would have? For drones, the rules are specific as to gunnery and piloting. But what if, as an example, you put a handblade on an anthroform's mechanical arm? Would its robot pilot govern its use? Because there's no autosoft that would and activesofts are supposedly off limits.

Say a rigger has to take his guard dog to the vet, but doesn't want to leave his junkyard unguarded. Could he slot a "Sharpshooter" autosoft in his Mr. Fix-It and put a shotgun in its mechanical hands? Could he slot a specialized "Remington 990" activesoft in the Mr. Fix-It (so long as it rating was below Mr. Fix-It's pilot rating)? Or could he do neither, and rely on Mr. Fix-It's pilot rating?

On the one hand, "Sharpshooter" affects gunnery, and the shotgun isn't mounted.

On the other hand, the appropriate chip isn't compatible (even though the Fix-It comes with an activesoft).

On the other, other hand, the pilot rating is naturally equal to the best skill the bot could have (autosofts max at pilot rating), but it doesn't cost anything extra (so it gets the best skill it could have for free, even though firing a shotgun isn't really in the Fix-It's job description).

I just dunno what to do with this mess. Maybe if we'd gotten more than a single page of robot rules.