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Best starting vehicle for a street level rigger?

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« on: <04-14-14/1726:38> »
I want lots of room to expand, but i dont wanna blow my whole wad on something.
Advice?
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« Reply #1 on: <04-14-14/1855:38> »
Either the Growler for 5k, or the Scorpion for 12k. The Scorpion can handle a heavy weapon mount and rolls 7 more soak dice than the Growler, though its handling suffers off-road. The Growler has the best off-road handling of the bikes, so is best through alleys and such.
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« Reply #2 on: <04-14-14/1858:52> »
what about trucks?
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« Reply #3 on: <04-14-14/1904:25> »
You're Street Level, right? The best you could handle is a pickup with a tarp over any drones, or a boring sedan with drones in the trunk and backseats. If you want maneuverability, get a bike. If you want cargo space, a sedan or pickup.
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« Reply #4 on: <04-14-14/1909:19> »
was thinking about the toyota gopher, but i was curious if there were any glaring deficiencies i might not have noticed.
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« Reply #5 on: <04-14-14/1915:48> »
Gophers are awesome. See if you can manage to talk your GM into letting you put a camper on the back for cheap so you can hide drones better than with a tarp.
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« Reply #6 on: <04-14-14/1937:37> »
In the story about the tall blonde rigger woman in the book, she's got some sort of thing in the back of her truck. A multi-drone-storage-and-launching kinda thingee.
It sounds cool, but i can't any mention of it in the gear section.
Anyone know what that thing is?
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« Reply #7 on: <04-14-14/1953:43> »
It's a drone rack, which hasn't shown up in 5e yet.
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« Reply #8 on: <04-15-14/0413:46> »
I'd expect them in Rigger V, they sound like something that would make the cut. Basically it's a deployment storage rack for drones, that keeps them in there properly and lets them dismount the vehicle easily (rather than trying to cram through doors past benches and such).
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« Reply #9 on: <04-15-14/0949:00> »
I'd go with the pickup truck
Not a lot of room for passengers but the back has plenty of room for drones and even a tool kit or two

And you wouldn't even need a camper or tarp
A hard cab top is crazy cheap and even comes standard with some models
And you can legally tint or cover (armor) the windows and be perfectly inconspicuous

I own a small construction company
You'd be surprised the places you can drive and park with a company logo on the side of your truck and maybe the simplest of excuses