Hi All-
My group is gearing up for a Shadowrun campaign. We're looking over rules and options - I'm trying my hand at a build and I'm running into an issue - maybe you guys can give me some insight on how the gear all interacts. My concept - an Orc with a cyberarm who has a little fight in him (orc stat buffs and smartlink, some inititiave boosts) and can use drones & hack a little. Somewhere between a combat hacker & a B&E thug.
So, to be a hacker I need to be able to get AR & VR. A commlink with a simsense rig gets you AR, hack the rig and you can make it so you can do the hot VR side of hacking.
SO - if I understand this, I can use a cell phone with a simsense rig built into the phone and connect this to my brain with a datajack. When I run the phone into AR mode it superimposes images & sounds over my realworld view. Just like a display link? Just like a soundlink? When I run the phone in hot VR I get tactile information as well as visual & sound from my datajack?
Now I want to rig drones. I need a simrig. A simrig translates vehicle data into some kinesthetic data so when I go VR into my drones I feel it while I fly it. So, what does the simrig do that the simsense rig doesn't do? Better yet, what does the simsense rig do that the simrig doesn't do? Why do I need both?
Now I want to shoot my smartgun. Smartguns need you to have a display link in your eyes and a smartlink in your eyes. The smartlink is slaved to the gun and translates the smartgun info in some way, then sends it to your display link so you can see where the smartgun is firing.
What does the display link do that the the simrig doesn't do? If a simsense rig can insert AR data into my visual cortex, why do I need a display link to insert data into my eyeballs? If a simrig for rigging can insert VR & AR data into my body for rigging, why do I need a simsense rig for hacking?
Looking at my cyberarm - I can put a commlink in it. I can put a simsense rig in my arm as well. I can also put a simsense rig in my commlink - so if I do that, do I still pay the capacity for the simsense rig? Do I even need one with my simrig?
Final question - do wired reflexes increase your speed while hacking or rigging?
Thanks!