[Moonshine Fox]

A little something I've cooked up in the past that I'll share to you folk.

The wire master was once a spec force operative, adapting to the needs of each mission with a simple slot of a chip. He left government service for being 'to restrictive' and 'not paying enough' and took his skills to the shadows. He looks to improve himself more, and acquire more skills, adapting on the fly as needed for a mission.

A: Resources (450000)
B: Attributes (20)
C: Skills (28/2)
D: Human (3)
E: Magic (None)

Body	4	||	Will	3
Agility	4	||	Logic	4
Reaction	3	||	Intuition	4
Strength	3	||	Charisma	3
Edge	5	||	Essence	3.8

Ambidexterity
Blandness
Toughness

Addiction (BTL Dreamchips, Mild)
Code of honor (Will not break a contract, will not kill an innocent)

Pistol	6	||	English	--
Perception	6	||	German	3
Unarmed	5	||	BTL Dealers	3
Pilot Ground	4	||	Spec Force Tactics	4
Negotiation	4	||	Magic	3
Gymnastics	4	||	Simsence Movies	3
Running	4
Swimming	2

Low Light Implant	||	Smartlink
Skilljack 6	||	Skillwires 6
Implant Shock Hand (left)	||	Implant Shock Hand (right)
Implant Commlink	||	Transys Avalon 6
Armor Jacket	||	Browse/Encryption Programs
Combat Knife	||	Yamaha Pulsar
Ares Predator	||	Yamaha Raiden
Taser Darts x40	||	Pistol Rounds x120
Assault Rounds x360	||	Fake Sin 6
Middle Life (1 month)	||	Low Life (2 Month)
BTL Dreamchips x5	||	Linguasoft 6 (Pick 2)
Activesoft 6 (Sneaking, Automatics)	||	Knowsoft 6 (Pick 3)
Activesoft 6 (Locksmith, Electronic Warfare)	||	Suzuki Mirage
Binoculars 1 w/ low light	||	Contacts 2 w/ Flare Comp and Thermo
Electronics Kit	||

BTL Dealer (Connection 3/Loyalty 2)
Decker (Connection 3/Loyalty 3)

Starting Money: 4075

[The Bald Man]

Help me understand. 
What is the difference between skillwire and skilljack?

Skilljack is the prerquesite and only works on knowledge skills; then Skillwire upgrades to work on active (non-magic) skills?

[ZeConster]

Knowsofts and linguasofts require a skilljack (which interprets them for your brain), Activesofts require both a skilljack and a skillwire (which controls your muscles using signals from the skilljack).

[Ren]

Nice build, tried a similar one. Only problem is the skillwire: with availability of rating*4, you can have only rating 3 at chargen (rating 4 if prime runner is used). That means you can use only rating 3 active skillsofts, which really hurts the build as you need to spend minimum 120k on the wirings.

[Moonshine Fox]

Nice build, tried a similar one. Only problem is the skillwire: with availability of rating*4, you can have only rating 3 at chargen (rating 4 if prime runner is used). That means you can use only rating 3 active skillsofts, which really hurts the build as you need to spend minimum 120k on the wirings.

Dang, your right. Didn't think to check that. Have to adjust him to set up for getting the upgrade later, or wait and see if the runners companion book has an edge that lets you grab a piece of equipment that has a higher rating.

[KraakenDazs]

heh

With availibility in mind, id probably suggest running with attributes A, Ressources B

Grab yourself some used grade skillwire, you can get rating 4s even as a regular runner, and you seem to have some essence to spare with 3.8. It'll even save some nuyens. And with better attributes, it'll make up for your weaker chips.
Or go with max skilljacks, buy more knowledge, and rating 2ish skillwire, and wait in-game till you can afford ''The good stuff''