As much as I'd like to weaponize my van, I don't have the funds to do so. Mostly I'm just shuffling around starting funds. I could maybe spare enough to throw a light weapons mount on there and mount an assault rifle, but at that point I think I'm getting more bang for the buck by throwing on the gun ports and letting the occupants shoot from the relative safety of the vehicle. Also, Mercer's big on keeping forbidden gear to what he can stuff in the van's smuggling compartment for ease of travel/border crossing. Aside from guns and ammo, the only unlicensed item he has is the Area Jammer and his smart link, both of which are forbidden, but also easy to conceal once wireless off. To arm the van would require a concealed turret, which costs 10,500¥ and availability 18F availability - more than I can afford and outside of char-gen availability. That's just the mount, and only a standard sized mount. In short, it's definitely a post char-gen purchase, so I leave it to you.
I think that rnb had mentioned that he was going to provide a 'deck, so the main limit is that Spitfire has a middling Logic and only a 1 in Hacking/Cybercombat.
As for Spitfire's character sheet, a couple things need to be clarified. One, how does rnb feel about Noisequitos? Missions play has banned them, so it seems prudent to get a GM ruling before moving ahead. Personally, I think banning them was a bit much. I think something more along the lines of limiting the modifiers (maybe to -5 or -6) and perhaps providing some diminishing returns (full penalty for the first, but only an additional -1 for each extra up to the limit) makes good sense, but there are probably better suggestions. The second is that Rigger 5.0 limits the program rating a device can run to the device rating of the device running it (device rating = pilot rating). Mercer violated this as it was allowed under martinchean's rules, but would have to change things up if we are going all in on Rigger 5.0. I'd be fine with house-ruling that particular change out, but rnb is the only one that can make that call.
Okay, I've shirked enough of my real life responsibilities for a while. Might write more later.