[X] My Assistant

[ornot]

well, built one into a Troll-Samurai, biggest and meanest Walker-Drone you'll ever have O.o

Given the essence cost of a stirrup interface, you'd better make him a cyberzombie, just to be on the safe side.

[Sir_Psycho]

We did have a discussion about how one could justify rigging a bike, without falling off through going limp. You could probably find the thread, if you were interested.

Of course, my player came up with the rather strange plan of having a Stirrup Interface implanted, and leaving his body in the hands of a pilot while he went off and did his rigging thang. Not an option at creation by RAW, due to the availability, but did you know that a Stirrup Interface does the same thing as Move By Wire, with the added benefit of being able to run a pilot, for 5k:nuyen: less...

No doubt one could concoct a fluff reason why they don't work in metahumans if one wanted to, but there's nothing in RAW that says you can't.

I've always been very happy (being an SR3 man) to let motorbikes be the last province of those without a vehicle control rig. I still allow the +1 datajack bonus, because I imagine it would help to DNI things like brakes, gears as well as getting information feedback. I also like motorbike adepts.

Because the SR3 rigger was such a god in any vehicle, the motorbike became a way for solo runners to have a chance at getting away in vehicle combat chase sequences. They could use the size and godly handling of a motorbike to outmaneuver and get places the rigger in a car couldn't.

[Adarael]

I was gonna post a buncha stuff but CanRay and HullBreach basically said what I was gonna say anyway.

That said, let me note something about drifting: "Fomula D" as they call it is more of an artform than a style of racing. It is not how you should be racing your vehicles for maximum performance. It can look awesome, but you'll want your rubber on the pavement sans slippage if you're gonna really push the vehicle.

Also: HullBreach, I envy your 350Z's ability to take a supercharger. I almost got one, but went for a BMW instead. Putting a charger in a BMW is just an immensely expensive pain in the ass. (But I have four seats, and it still drives awesome. I don't really NEED the supercharger, but it'd be cool.)

[sunnyside]

Actually if your GM has an old copy of Rigger 3 it's pretty good for letting you play with the toys you want to play with.

Somewhere around here there is a thread for how to make a Tachicoma. That could be a bit of a stretch but you could get something in the vein.




Oh on the note of driving cars and such. One thing I really like about the SR4 rigger is that the rigging gear doesn't suck up all that much in the way of BP and the wireless matrix and viable AIish pilot gives you the option of being more of a "Batman" type character.

i.e. you the bulk of your BP into generally kicking tail, taking names, and chewing bubblegum, but then you add in a cool ride (or autogyro) that you can control remotely and order to show up where you need it.