[Jack_Spade]

With Rigger 5 I've found my favorite Anthro drone: The MCT Kenchik-kikai
Time to fill it with life:

Using Karma generation:

Street Name: John Henry
AI (E-Ghost)   
   
CHA   3
INT   6
LOG   5
WILL   5
EDGE   3
DEPT   3
Ess   6
E-ghost Racial:    
HELLO WORLD (Level 3),    
Lucky,    
Photographic Memory,    
Speed reading,    
Social Stress   
   
Qualities   
PILOT ORIGINS   
DESIGNER   
Restricted Gear (Drone Pilot 6)   
   
Persnickety Renter (Anthro-drones)   
SINner   
Did You Just Call Me Dumb?   
Distinctive Style   
Prejudiced (Common, Biased) Renraku   
Records on File (Renraku)   
   
   
Skill Groups   
Influence   4
   
Skills   
Con   4
Intimidate   1
Computer   4
Piloting Ground Craft   1
Tracking   1

180 karma for Money

His body:
A modified MCT KENCHIKU-KIKAI (ANTHRO DRONE) for 56.500¥

HANDL	SPEED	ACCEL	BODY	ARM	PILOT	SENS	AVAIL
5(6)	3G(4)	2	5	0	6(8 )	3(4)	8R

Modded Module: Multidimensional Coprocessor
Cyberarm gyromount — [8] 6,000¥   
Hydraulic jacks x2 (Rating 6) 15.000
Spurs (retractable) 0.3 [3] 5,000¥   
Shock hand 0.25 [4]  5,000¥   
Strength (Arm) (Rating 3) 19.500
Strength (Arm) (Rating 3) 19.500
Agility (Rating 3) (Arm) 19.500
Agility (Rating 3) (Arm) 19.500

81.000¥ worth of Autosofts and programms
(Stealth, Chemistry, Demolitions, Electronic Warfare, First Aid, Hardware, Navigation, Lockpicking, [Weapon] Targeting, Melee, Evasion, Maneuvering, Professional Knowledge (any knowledge), Academic Knowledge (any knowledge), Language, Mechanic)

10.000¥ for a one month high lifestlye to maintain the body

100.000 remain for weapons, armor and other stuff.

Now, what does that get me?

The Anthro drone has an effective pilot rating of 8 - meaning FW and DP are at 8, there are 4 slots for autosofts (one for the AI itself)+1 through virtual machine.
Ini is 14 (15 with Toolbox)+5d6
Attack DP is 11(8 Pilot Agility + 3 enhancement cyberarms)+6 Autosoft + 2 Smartsoft +1 Control Rig= 19
Also you can use the new Target Device Action to improve your aim.
Defense is 8(Pilot)+6(Maneuver soft)+1 Control Rig=15
- same for all other autosoft based skills
Melee damage with the spur is 14 P AP -2
The gyro stabilization + STR 11 gives base 10 recoil compensation

Armor is what ever you wear.

But best of all: Most of the time it's your drone that acts with its abnormal high pilot rating while you have your own set of actions - useful as soon as he learns to hack...

[Marcus]

I like that. It has nice dimension to it. With e-ghost it has some nice story potential.
100k will get you loads and loads of gear, a backup body might be a solid investment.
The issue that would interesting is how you deal with SIN. Your looking at something that will be a mindless robot in the eyes of many.

[firebug]

Dang, 8 Pilot.  An interesting concept right there, mechanically.  I like this character,

[Rooks]

I like that. It has nice dimension to it. With e-ghost it has some nice story potential.
100k will get you loads and loads of gear, a backup body might be a solid investment.
The issue that would interesting is how you deal with SIN. Your looking at something that will be a mindless robot in the eyes of many.

thats when you buy realistic looking 3

[firebug]

You'd also need to get WATLAM.  Despite being an E-Ghost, it's still necessary.

Which...  Can you pick Pilot Origins as an E-Ghost?  Seems contradictory.

[Jack_Spade]

You were a rigger and cut off from your body - done.

[fmako]

I can see that designer gives you +1 pilot. Also pilot 6 is 24F, so I'm a bit confused how you got 6 ( 8 ) pilot.

[Jack_Spade]

An AI inhabiting a drone can increase the pilot rating by 1
24F Availability is just within the range of the Restricted Gear quality. 

[adzling]

watlam?

[Jack_Spade]

What? 

[忍]

watlam?

Walk And Talk Like A Monkey.

It's an advanced program available to AIs. Basically it allows you to appear as if a meatbag rigger is jumped in the drone instead of coming off as some dog-brain pilot or Valley-divided AI.

[fseperent]

There's 2 things I feel I need to comment on.
1. The SIN of an E-Ghost is the reactivated SIN it had when it was alive.
2. As interesting as it is, the only AI character a player can have is a metasapient.
Sorry to burst your bubble.

[Novocrane]

1. That depends on whether or not it is legally recognised as the formerly living entity that held a legal SIN.

2. Not quite, imo.

The rules governing proto- and xenosapients are presented below to help gamemasters design and build NPC AIs.

In terms of rules, e-ghosts are handled like metasapient AIs

[deathwishjoe]

*sighs* why are there no negotiation autosofts.  or ettiquette and con for that matter. 

[fseperent]

*sighs* why are there no negotiation autosofts.  or ettiquette and con for that matter.

Easy, the powers that be don't want AIs to be able to blend in to society in meatspace.