In real life Airburst = is the detonation of an explosive device in the air (opposed to a ground burst where you typically throw or launch a grenade that land on the ground and then detonate shortly after or on impact).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_burstIn SR5 airburst is not defined and might mean something else.
The airburst-link on p.431 state
"This grenade/rocket launcher smartgun accessory uses a “smart” rangefinder to air-burst the explosive projectile at a point deemed to be both a safe distance from the launcher and within the closest possible proximity to the target. An airburst link reduces the scatter distance for a launched grenade by two meters per net hit instead of by one meter per hit (Determine Scatter, p. 182) when you use the wireless link trigger.
Wireless: An airburst link requires wireless functionality to function at all. Both the grenades and the launcher must have wireless mode turned on."For someone that is familiar with what a real life airburst is (that the primary objective of airburst is the aerial detonation, that "airburst" = "detonation of an explosive in the air") the above will be read as:
"This grenade/rocket launcher smartgun accessory uses a “smart” rangefinder to detonate explosive projectile in the air at a point deemed to be both a safe distance from the launcher and within the closest possible proximity to the target. An airburst link also reduces the scatter distance for a launched grenade by two meters per net hit instead of by one meter per hit (Determine Scatter, p. 182) when you use the wireless link trigger.
Wireless: An airburst link requires wireless functionality to function at all. Both the grenades and the launcher must have wireless mode turned on."For someone that is unfamiliar with what a real life airburst is or if the SR5 airburst-link is only used to reduce the scatter distance the above will be read as:
"This grenade/rocket launcher smartgun accessory uses a “smart” rangefinder to aid you when you use a wireless link trigger to detonate the explosive projectile within the closest possible proximity to the target. An airburst link reduces the scatter distance for a launched grenade by two meters per net hit instead of by one meter per hit (Determine Scatter, p. 182) when you use the wireless link trigger.
Wireless: An airburst link requires wireless functionality to function at all. Both the grenades and the launcher must have wireless mode turned on."Depending what the SR5 definition of airburst is the description errata for airburst-link should either clarify that the airburst-link will detonate the explosive projectile in the air OR that an airburst-link will only reduce scatter.
(post edited to reflect Michael Chandra comment below)Can a person have a BTL addiction when they don't have cyberware? The Gunslinger adept archetype on pg 123 does.
Yes. You can still use BTLs with trodes or nanopaste.
(plus a comlink with a sim module -possible also modded for hot-sim (or a cyberdeck)).