QUOTE (Udoshi @ May 26 2010, 10:14 PM) 
Yeah, that's BS, and if you bothered to actually READ the mod, instead of spouting the party line and complaining about being unable to find pricing/availability, you'd know better. The first paragraph does indeed tell you that its basically a Rigger Adaptation Plus - and the second tells you what the CCU does, when you pay for it, at the cost listed. Yeah. The second paragraph - what the CCU does - doesn't magically dissappear, just because you insist that all the mod does is what you say it does
I did read the Mod... word for word... and it DOES NOT COME WITH THE VEHICLE (See your Steps to consider below, even you agree with that)... it is a cyber modification that is applied to a person (Vehicles can't have Essence afterall)... BOTH are required to have a functional Jarhead Drone... However, the CCU will still function, even If you do not have a Drone Body... and a CYBORG ADAPTED DRONE can function without the CCU... THE CCU has a function within the vcehicle, and that is what the second sentence tells you... BUT, you still need to reference the Augmentation Book to determine exactly all of the abilities... ARSENAL DOES NOT MODIFY AUGMENTATION in any way, they are both completely different rules for different aspects of Shadowrun...
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You will also note the order of printing. Augmentation came first(July 07), then Arsenal(Jan 08). Therefore, the arsenal rules are newer, and take precedence - but they also tell you to look at the other book for what you can do with your CCU. And, you know, the devs going 'whoopsie. We made all these great rules for cyborgs, but forgot to tell them how to get one. Oh! I know! Lets shoehorn it into arsenal!'
Order of Printing is Irrelevant, as they are about different sections of the game... Your spouting otherwise does not change that... and I did not need to be told how to create a Jarhead (I had the rules for a CCU already afterall).. I was using them prior to Arsenal... not all that hard to do actually... have a drone, put a CCU in it... the only thing missing is the cost difference between a Rigger Adaptation and a Cyborg Adaptation... who cared... all you need is a Drone and a CCU (and post Arsenal, a Cyborg Adaptation)...
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Now think about the steps involved.
1)You configure a drone to operate with a cyborg interface with the Modificat. You may acquire a CCU at the same time, because it has a price listed right there.
1a) If you already have a CCU, and just want to set up another body to use it with, you just apply the basic mod, without the CCU. If you do not want another CCU, you are not forced to pay for it.
Once you actually have a CCU, then you move onto Augmentation to deal with putting a brain inside it.(delta clinic, essense loss, sanity checks, et cetera).
2)Once you have all of those steps complete - a configured body, a ccu to plug in, a brain inside it - then you have a functional jarhead. Easy-peasy, rules are compatable, no harm done.
1)You configure a drone to operate with a cyborg interface with the Modificat. You may acquire a CCU at the same time, because it has a price listed right there.
1a) If you already have a CCU, and just want to set up another body to use it with, you just apply the basic mod, without the CCU. If you do not want another CCU, you are not forced to pay for it.
Once you actually have a CCU, then you move onto Augmentation to deal with putting a brain inside it.(delta clinic, essense loss, sanity checks, et cetera).
2)Once you have all of those steps complete - a configured body, a ccu to plug in, a brain inside it - then you have a functional jarhead. Easy-peasy, rules are compatable, no harm done.
Indeed...
A CCU is constructed using the rules in Augmentation... and the rules are there... Note that there is nothing in the rules for having a CCU come with a Vehicle... also note in Arsenal, that you NEED a CCU to have a Cyborg adapted drone. Arsenal tells you that it is necessary, and is NOT part of the vehicle... but it is still a "Person" who has had their brain stripped and placed into a CCU... which is seperate... and is a Delta Grade Oeration...
Therefore, A CCU is very obviously independant of the Vehicle it is used in, AS SUCH... you have no availability for the Device, but know that it requires a Delta Clinic, and a willing (or not so willing) individual, to create... at that point... you now have an availability... Delta Clinic = Availability 24... As such, not available at character for 2 reasons...
1. Availability is too high, even for restricted gear
2. Delta Grade Mods are not available at character creation...
At that point, you fail to acquire them until after Character creation has completed and the game has begun... Unless, of course, the GM says otherwise...
You really should look into the rules a bit more before you start heavily offensive posts...
Though in the end, It looks like we are talking the same language, as you appear to agree that the CCU is seperate from the Drone...
Keep the Faith
No one's saying you get something for nothing… and you still need 267,500¥ *plus* all hospital fees, *plus* mechanical/biological/psychological maintenance (= significant lifestyle cost). So, much more than 267,500¥, and that's just for the most basic body.