So the book describes the GM-Nissan Doberman as being a medium sized drone. So im guesing that is would be the same size as a big dog, like Huskey size? How big can they get? My questions pertain to wanting to convert one for use as a mount for my dwarf rigger. If I give up the gun mount it should have room to carry 1 dwarf, right?
Most players and GMs constantly argue about this.
It ALWAYS degrades to "No because I say so." because Drones aren't "designed" for passengers. Even though they're big and strong enough.
(I wanted to put a rigger cocoon on a steel lynx)
Medium Drones (Body 3): Medium drones range from
large dog to human or motorcycle-sized. Th ey are unable to carry
an adult metahuman, though they could potentially carry a child
or small dwarf.
But then you find the EVO Orderly and the LEDB-1, both of which are medium drones. Now you could say that the design of the orderly gives it the exception as it's just a walking stretcher with arms. But the LEDB is a helicopter, and it includes this little bit in the description:
When the assistance of a crime scene specialist
is required, he can jump into the drone to gives an on the spot
appraisal of the situation, along with evidence recovery.
And, of course, the peculiar way the modification rules are written mean the 1 slot cocoon can be put on the 3-body/4-slot drone. Of course if you wanted to stretch it, you could put that cocoon on any small or mini-drone, too.
RAW it's legal. As a GM I'd say the doberman is the size of a large dog and if the rigger insists I'm going to add some negatives to handling and speed.
