Q: What do autopilot drones roll for defense tests? Is it Pilot + Evasion autosoft, or is Evasion limited only to Sensor Defense Tests? Could it be Pilot + Maneuver autosoft? (I am partial to using Pilot x 2 so it remains an attribute + attribute defense test without a limit, but the rules hint otherwise)
Q: p269 says "The Device Rating of a drone is the same as its Pilot Rating, meaning all of its Matrix attributes are equal to the Pilot Rating." p234 says drones have a device rating of 2. Which is it? It's important to know because drones can only run up to DR / 2 (round up) autosofts.
Q: Does it cost money to repair a drone? Repairing Matrix damage seems to be free, except critical glitches permanently brick the device. Build/repair tests for Physical damage are looser and more open to GM interpretation, but I imagine they'd be similar to repairing Matrix damage. The only time the text mentions cost is when the drone is bricked and destroyed.
Q: Recoil stuff
A. Does firing a Single-Shot (SS) weapon eliminate progressive recoil penalties or merely allow you to ignore them? For example, I am holding an SMG in my left hand and a revolver in the right. Pass 1, I fire full-auto with the SMG and rack up a -9 penalty, which would normally carry over to the next pass. Pass 2, I fire the revolver and suffer no recoil. Pass 3, I fire the SMG. Do I add the -9 from earlier, or do I start at 0 again?
B. If I fire my SS five times in a row, then quick-draw an SMG, am I starting at 0 or -4 for the accumulated recoil?
C. Does Suppressive Fire work the same way? Are accumulated recoil penalties eliminated or simply ignored?
D. Even though I ignore recoil during Suppressive Fire, does my next attack in the next pass start from 0 or do I include the 20 bullets fired from the previous attack as a -19 recoil penalty?
(I'm writing an app to help track recoil across combat, and these questions came up)
Thanks.