QUOTE (BlackJaw @ Mar 26 2014, 02:30 PM)

But if I'm using my RCC, all those limits, modified as they are by the Control Rig, are all still capped by the Data Processing on my RCC, right?
I think we might be talking past each other - so there is no misunderstanding, here is my understanding as to how rigging works:
1) Manual
2) Remote
3) Rigger
4) Auto
1) Manual Control - simple - you use your skills and stats, and it acts on your initiative pass
2) Remote - is the result of the Control Device action. If you look at the way that works (page 238), you are not telling the drone/vehicle to do something, you are actually doing it - hence you use your skills and stats, and it acts on your initiative pass. You can control multiple drones/vehicles to do the same exact thing i.e. fire at a target, and this action costs nothing extra. If it isn't exactly the same thing, then you have to split your dice pools among the different drones/vehicles. The way the rules are written, you would get the +2 dice bonus for Hot Sim VR, in that you gain +2 for all Matrix Actions, and Control Device is a Matrix Action.
3) Rigger - this is when you are "jumped into" the vehicle. You gain a bonus to the Sensor, Speed, Handling and Accuracy equal to the rating of the Control Rig. You gain a bonus to Vehicle tests equal to the rating of the Control Rig. Your threshold for Vehicle tests is reduced by the rating of the Control Rig (minimum 1), along with the +2 bonus for being in VR, and the drone you are jumped into acts on your init.
4) Auto - this is when the drone has been given a command - via a Send Message simple action. In this case, it acts on its own initiative, and uses its own Pilot + programs. Having an RCC allows you to command all the drones connected to it using a single simple action - and they do not have to be given the same command.
The control rig only comes into play with selections 1 and 3, not 2 and 4.