QUOTE (Chibu @ May 15 2009, 10:28 AM)
Wow an SR2 question, sweet!
Threat/Professional Rating, by mechanic, Add that many dice to EVERY roll that the NPC makes. It's supposed to be a way to show that the NPC is really good. But when you start to get above a rating of... 2 or 3 it starts to get a little bit crazy. So, if you're making characters that way, make sure to pay attention to the level of the group and keep the rating a bit low. These ratings, i think, were supposed to be the NPC equivalent of Combat Pool.
Yes, they functioned as the NPC's the combat pool as I recall.