I am currently DMing a Shadowrun campaign for the first time. Dmed for years with DnD, Pathfinder, Feng Shui. I am using the 2050 setting as a base for story but with most of the guns, items, augmentations of 4th edition. This is because I have the books and I wanted the cool stuff inside of them, but I wanted to run the players through the setting they have seen in the modern games (plus I love cyberdecks).
However, I am having trouble concerning both Rigging and Drones in 2050 + wireless / wired
- Wired / Wireless: in 2070, everything is done with wireless Matrix, so I have no issues there. But in 2050 setting (mid-decade), how are drones controlled? Via a form of radio transmissions as today’s drones? If so, how far could the signal go, and what might prevent it from working? Wouldn’t standard Corp defenses include scrambling whatever signal that could be to prevent non-corp drones?
- Controlling drones in Full VR. If the drones is on autopilot it gets 3 initiative passes. When using the Remote Control action which is a complex action for the player, I am assuming the drone only gets that action and no bonus initiative passes either for the player or the drone? How about in VR cold Sim – Still one initiative pass? And finally in VR hot sim, does the Rigger get 3 initiative passes same as a Decker or a drone on autopilot?