[falar]

Wheels

Wheels is a cautious rigger who's been living in and out of the Containment Zone for many years, both as a 'runner and a smuggler. He's addicted to a selection of drugs, but only buys pharmaceutical grade if he can help it. He's also well aware of the most cliche name for a rigger ever and is open to suggestions from his fellow 'runners.

He has a shock of blond hair that's normally spiked upwards and tends to wear a wifebeater under his armored jacket. When he's not wearing the armor (which is most times that he can help it), you can see an LED tattoo on one arm of a flaming yin-yang done in orange-red and dark-to-light-blue.

Priorities

• A: Resources (450,000)
• B: Skills (36/5)
• C: Attributes (16)
• D: Metatype (Human(3))
• E: Special (-)

Attributes

Body:	2	Agility:	2
Reaction:	5	Strength:	1
Willpower:	3	Intuition:	6
Logic:	5	Charisma:	2

Derived Statistics

Initiative:	11 + d6	VR Cold	11 + 3d6	VR Hot	11 + 4d6
Mental Limit:	7	Physical Limit:	3	Social Limit	3
Physical Boxes:	9	Stun Boxes:	10	Overflow	2
Edge:	5	Essence:	1.035

Qualities/Karma Expenditures (3)

• 10: Black Market Pipeline (Augmentations)
• 5: Biocompatibility (Cyberware)
• 5: Drug Tolerant
• 5: Perceptive
• 10: Agility 1 -> 2
• 10: Charisma 1 -> 2
• 5: Contacts
• +9: Addiction (Moderate, Betameth)
• +4: Addiction (Mild, Betel)
• +4: Addiction (Mild, Zen)
• +4: Addiction (Mild, Aisa)
• +4: Addiction (Mild, Dreamchips)

Augmentations

Name	Essence	Capacity
Used Control Rig (R3)	3.3	-
Used Hard Nanohive (R3)	0.825	-
- Control Rig Booster (R4)	-	-
Narco	0.2	-
Used SmartLink	0.22	-
Medium LED Tattoo	0.09	-
Used Attention Coprocessor	0.33	-
-----------------------------------------------	---------	------------
Totals	4.965	-

Skills
- Active Skills -

• Electronic Warfare 6 (Sensor Operations)
• Gunnery 6 (Ballistic)
• Pilot Aircraft 6
• Pilot Groundcraft 6
• Sneaking 6 (Urban)
• Armorer 3
• Engineering Group 5

- Knowledge Skills -

• English (N)
• Chicago Knowledge 4 (Smuggling Routes)
• Street Drugs 4 (Chicago Dealers)
• Security Procedures 4 (Rigger/Spider Techniques)
• Vehicles and Drones 4
• Smuggling 3

Identity

• Fake SIN 4: Donald Hanson
  • Low Lifestyle (1 Month)
  • 342 nuyen
  • Fake Firearms License 4
  • Fake Augmentations License 4
  • Fake SmartGun System License 4
  • Fake Security Drones License 4
  • Fake Spider License 4

Contacts

• Daisy Edwards - Augmentation Supplier - Connection 3, Loyalty 2 (Black Market Pipeline)
• Martin Tate - Fixer, Drug Supplier - Connection 5, Loyalty 1

Drones & Vehicles
Ares Roadmaster

• Troll Sized Smuggling Compartment
• Rigger Interface
• Sensor Array 7
  • Camera One (6/7 Capacity)
    • Vision Enhancement (R6)
  • Omnidirectional Mic (5/7 Capacity)
    • Audio Enhancement (R3)
    • Spatial Recognizer
  • Camera Two (3/7 Capacity)
    • Low-Light Vision
    • Thermographic Vision
    • Vision Magnification
  • Directional Mic (5/7 Capacity)
    • Select Sound Filter (R2)
    • Audio Enhancement (R3)
  • Laser Range Finder
  • Ultrasound
  • Radio Signal Scanner

Steel Lynx

• AK-97 (External Smartgun, 100 normal rounds)
• Sensor Array 3
  • Camera (3/3 Capacity)
    • Low-Light Vision
    • Thermographic Vision
    • Vision Magnification
  • Omnidirectional Mic (2/3 Capacity)
    • Spatial Recognizer
  • Laser Range Finder

GM-Nissan Doberman

• AK-97 (External Smartgun, 100 normal rounds)
• Sensor Array 3
  • Camera (3/3 Capacity)
    • Low-Light Vision
    • Thermographic Vision
    • Vision Magnification
  • Omnidirectional Mic (2/3 Capacity)
    • Spatial Recognizer
  • Laser Range Finder

MCT-Nissan Roto-Drone

• Sensor Array 3
  • Camera One (3/3 Capacity)
    • Low-Light Vision
    • Thermographic Vision
    • Vision Magnification
  • Omnidirectional Mic (2/3 Capacity)
    • Spatial Recognizer
  • Camera Two (3/3 Capacity)
    • Vision Enhancement (R3)

MCT Fly-Spy

• Sensor Array 3
  • Camera One (3/3 Capacity)
    • Low-Light Vision
    • Thermographic Vision
    • Vision Magnification
  • Omnidirectional Mic (2/3 Capacity)
    • Spatial Recognizer
  • Camera Two (3/3 Capacity)
    • Vision Enhancement (R3)

Vulcan Liegelord (RCC)

• Pilot Ares Roadmaster Autosoft 6
• Pilot Steel Lynx Autosoft 6
• Pilot GM-Nissan Doberman Autosoft 6
• Pilot MCT-Nissan Roto-Drone Autosoft 6
• Pilot MCT Fly-Spy Autosoft 6
• MCT Fly-Spy Stealth Autosoft 6
• AK-97 Targeting Autosoft 6
• Electronic Warfare Autosoft 6

Armor

• Armor Jacket
• Helmet

Electronics

• Erica Elite
  • Sim Module
  • Hot Sim
• 2 Meta Links
• 10 Data Chips
• 10 Standard Tags
• 10 Stealth Tags

Miscellaneous Gear

• 10 Standard Credsticks
• 5 Silver Credsticks
• 1 Gold Credstick
• Crowbar
• Miniwelder
• 10 Plastic Restraints
• Metal Restraints
• Trauma Patch
• 4 Stim Patches (R6)
• Medkit (R6)
• Tag Eraser
• Gas Mask
• Survival Kit
• Automotive Mechanic Kit
• Aerospace Mechanic Kit
• Standard Rope (100m)
• Survival Knife

Drugs & BTLs

• Aisa, 10 doses, Pharmaceutical Grade
• Betel, 10 doses, Pharmaceutical Grade
• Zen, 10 doses, Pharmaceutical Grade
• Betameth, 20 doses, Pharmaceutical Grade
• Dreamchips, 10

[kyoto kid]

...question, How did you get such a nice layout to your post?

[falar]

...question, How did you get such a nice layout to your post?

Lots of work.

I work on support of a large medical software company's web products, so I understand the ins and outs of markup languages (HTML, XML, etc) pretty well. BBCode is just a simple markup language, so I used it and my knowledge of the HTML it probably produces to get what I wanted.

Here's the code though:

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Code: [Select]

[size=18pt][b]Wheels[/b][/size]

Wheels is a cautious rigger who's been living in and out of the Containment Zone for many years, both as a 'runner and a smuggler. He's addicted to a selection of drugs, but only buys pharmaceutical grade if he can help it. He's also well aware of the most cliche name for a rigger ever and is open to suggestions from his fellow 'runners.

He has a shock of blond hair that's normally spiked upwards and tends to wear a wifebeater under his armored jacket. When he's not wearing the armor (which is most times that he can help it), you can see an LED tattoo on one arm of a flaming yin-yang done in orange-red and dark-to-light-blue.

[size=14pt]Priorities[/size]
[list][li]A: Resources (450,000)[/li]
[li]B: Skills (36/5)[/li]
[li]C: Attributes (16)[/li]
[li]D: Metatype (Human(3))[/li]
[li]E: Special (-)[/li]
[/list]

[size=14pt]Attributes[/size]
[table][tr][td]Body:[/td][td]2[/td][td]Agility:[/td][td]2[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Reaction:[/td][td]5[/td][td]Strength:[/td][td]1[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Willpower:[/td][td]3[/td][td]Intuition:[/td][td]6[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Logic:[/td][td]5[/td][td]Charisma:[/td][td]2[/td][/tr][/table]

Derived Statistics
[table][tr][td]Initiative:[/td][td]11 + d6[/td][td]VR Cold[/td][td]11 + 3d6[/td][td]VR Hot[/td][td]11 + 4d6[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mental Limit:[/td][td]7[/td][td]Physical Limit:[/td][td]3[/td][td]Social Limit[/td][td]3[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Physical Boxes:[/td][td]9[/td][td]Stun Boxes:[/td][td]10[/td][td]Overflow[/td][td]2[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Edge:[/td][td]5[/td][td]Essence:[/td][td]1.035[/td][/tr][/table]

[size=14pt]Qualities/Karma Expenditures (3)[/size]
[list][li]10: Black Market Pipeline (Augmentations)[/li]
[li]5: Biocompatibility (Cyberware)[/li]
[li]5: Drug Tolerant[/li]
[li]5: Perceptive[/li]
[li]10: Agility 1 -> 2[/li]
[li]10: Charisma 1 -> 2[/li]
[li]5: Contacts[/li]
[li]+9: Addiction (Moderate, Betameth)[/li]
[li]+4: Addiction (Mild, Betel)[/li]
[li]+4: Addiction (Mild, Zen)[/li]
[li]+4: Addiction (Mild, Aisa)[/li]
[li]+4: Addiction (Mild, Dreamchips)[/li][/list]

[size=14pt]Augmentations[/size]
[table]
[tr][td][b]Name[/b][/td][td][b]Essence[/b][/td][td][b]Capacity[/b][/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Used Control Rig (R3)[/td][td]3.3[/td][td]-[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Used Hard Nanohive (R3)[/td][td]0.825[/td][td]-[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]- Control Rig Booster (R4)[/td][td]-[/td][td]-[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Narco[/td][td]0.2[/td][td]-[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Used SmartLink[/td][td]0.22[/td][td]-[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Medium LED Tattoo[/td][td]0.09[/td][td]-[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Used Attention Coprocessor[/td][td]0.33[/td][td]-[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]-----------------------------------------------[/td][td]---------[/td][td]------------[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Totals[/td][td]4.965[/td][td]-[/td][/tr][/table]

[size=14pt]Skills[/size]
- Active Skills -
[list][li]Electronic Warfare 6 (Sensor Operations)[/li]
[li]Gunnery 6 (Ballistic)[/li]
[li]Pilot Aircraft 6[/li]
[li]Pilot Groundcraft 6[/li]
[li]Sneaking 6 (Urban)[/li]
[li]Armorer 3[/li]
[li]Engineering Group 5[/li][/list]
- Knowledge Skills -
[list]
[li]English (N)[/li]
[li]Chicago Knowledge 4 (Smuggling Routes)[/li]
[li]Street Drugs 4 (Chicago Dealers)[/li]
[li]Security Procedures 4 (Rigger/Spider Techniques)[/li]
[li]Vehicles and Drones 4[/li]
[li]Smuggling 3[/li]
[/list]

[size=14pt]Identity[/size]
[list][li]Fake SIN 4: Donald Hanson[list]
[li]Low Lifestyle (1 Month)[/li]
[li]342 nuyen[/li]
[li]Fake Firearms License 4[/li]
[li]Fake Augmentations License 4[/li]
[li]Fake SmartGun System License 4[/li]
[li]Fake Security Drones License 4[/li]
[li]Fake Spider License 4[/li][/list][/list]

[size=14pt]Contacts[/size]
[list][li]Daisy Edwards - Augmentation Supplier - Connection 3, Loyalty 2 (Black Market Pipeline)[/li]
[li]Martin Tate - Fixer, Drug Supplier - Connection 5, Loyalty 1[/li]
[/list]

[size=14pt]Drones & Vehicles[/size]
[b]Ares Roadmaster[/b]
[list][li]Troll Sized Smuggling Compartment[/li]
[li]Rigger Interface[/li]
[li]Sensor Array 7[list]
[li]Camera One (6/7 Capacity)[list]
[li]Vision Enhancement (R6)[/li][/list][/li]
[li]Omnidirectional Mic (5/7 Capacity)[list]
[li]Audio Enhancement (R3)[/li]
[li]Spatial Recognizer[/li][/list][/li]
[li]Camera Two (3/7 Capacity)[list]
[li]Low-Light Vision[/li]
[li]Thermographic Vision[/li]
[li]Vision Magnification[/li][/list][/li]
[li]Directional Mic (5/7 Capacity)[list]
[li]Select Sound Filter (R2)[/li]
[li]Audio Enhancement (R3)[/li][/list][/li]
[li]Laser Range Finder[/li]
[li]Ultrasound[/li]
[li]Radio Signal Scanner[/li][/list][/li]
[/list]

[b]Steel Lynx[/b]
[list][li]AK-97 (External Smartgun, 100 normal rounds)[/li]
[li]Sensor Array 3[list]
[li]Camera (3/3 Capacity)[list]
[li]Low-Light Vision[/li]
[li]Thermographic Vision[/li]
[li]Vision Magnification[/li][/list][/li]
[li]Omnidirectional Mic (2/3 Capacity)[list]
[li]Spatial Recognizer[/li][/list][/li]
[li]Laser Range Finder[/li][/list][/li]
[/list]

[b]GM-Nissan Doberman[/b]
[list][li]AK-97 (External Smartgun, 100 normal rounds)[/li]
[li]Sensor Array 3[list]
[li]Camera (3/3 Capacity)[list]
[li]Low-Light Vision[/li]
[li]Thermographic Vision[/li]
[li]Vision Magnification[/li][/list][/li]
[li]Omnidirectional Mic (2/3 Capacity)[list]
[li]Spatial Recognizer[/li][/list][/li]
[li]Laser Range Finder[/li][/list][/li]
[/list]

[b]MCT-Nissan Roto-Drone[/b]
[list][li]Sensor Array 3[list]
 [li]Camera One (3/3 Capacity)[list]
  [li]Low-Light Vision[/li]
  [li]Thermographic Vision[/li]
  [li]Vision Magnification[/li]
  [/list]
 [/li]
 [li]Omnidirectional Mic (2/3 Capacity)[list]
  [li]Spatial Recognizer[/li][/list]
 [/li]
 [li]Camera Two (3/3 Capacity)[list]
  [li]Vision Enhancement (R3)[/li][/list]
 [/li][/list][/li]
[/list]

[b]MCT Fly-Spy[/b]
[list][li]Sensor Array 3[list]
[li]Camera One (3/3 Capacity)[list]
[li]Low-Light Vision[/li]
[li]Thermographic Vision[/li]
[li]Vision Magnification[/li][/list][/li]
[li]Omnidirectional Mic (2/3 Capacity)[list]
[li]Spatial Recognizer[/li][/list][/li]
[li]Camera Two (3/3 Capacity)[list]
[li]Vision Enhancement (R3)[/li][/list][/li][/list][/li]
[/list]

[b]Vulcan Liegelord (RCC)[/b]
[list][li]Pilot Ares Roadmaster Autosoft 6[/li]
[li]Pilot Steel Lynx Autosoft 6[/li]
[li]Pilot GM-Nissan Doberman Autosoft 6[/li]
[li]Pilot MCT-Nissan Roto-Drone Autosoft 6[/li]
[li]Pilot MCT Fly-Spy Autosoft 6[/li]
[li]MCT Fly-Spy Stealth Autosoft 6[/li]
[li]AK-97 Targeting Autosoft 6[/li]
[li]Electronic Warfare Autosoft 6[/li][/list]

[size=14pt]Armor[/size]
[list][li]Armor Jacket[/li]
[li]Helmet[/li]
[/list]

[size=14pt]Electronics[/size]
[list][li]Erica Elite[list]
[li]Sim Module[/li]
[li]Hot Sim[/li]
[/list][/li]
[li]2 Meta Links[/li]
[li]10 Data Chips[/li]
[li]10 Standard Tags[/li]
[li]10 Stealth Tags[/li]
[/list]

[size=14pt]Miscellaneous Gear[/size]
[list][li]10 Standard Credsticks[/li]
[li]5 Silver Credsticks[/li]
[li]1 Gold Credstick[/li]
[li]Crowbar[/li]
[li]Miniwelder[/li]
[li]10 Plastic Restraints[/li]
[li]Metal Restraints[/li]
[li]Trauma Patch[/li]
[li]4 Stim Patches (R6)[/li]
[li]Medkit (R6)[/li]
[li]Tag Eraser[/li]
[li]Gas Mask[/li]
[li]Survival Kit[/li]
[li]Automotive Mechanic Kit[/li]
[li]Aerospace Mechanic Kit[/li]
[li]Standard Rope (100m)[/li]
[li]Survival Knife[/li][/list]

[size=14pt]Drugs & BTLs[/size]
[list][li]Aisa, 10 doses, Pharmaceutical Grade[/li]
[li]Betel, 10 doses, Pharmaceutical Grade[/li]
[li]Zen, 10 doses, Pharmaceutical Grade[/li]
[li]Betameth, 20 doses, Pharmaceutical Grade[/li]
[li]Dreamchips, 10[/li][/list]
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Probably best to copy-paste into your own Notepad document.

[kyoto kid]

...thank you, done so. 

Not much up on HTML formatting and such.  The last time I worked with any formatting code was over 20 years ago and that was for laying out  publications (such as journals and texts) for physical printing from digital sources.  Most of that was proprietary.

[Csjarrat]

Is the fb-bumblebee missions legal? If it is, ditch all your other combat drones and grab a couple. It's vastly superior to all the other drones that it's not worth taking others for fighting. A couple of cheap recce drones are necessary. I'd also say you're probably a bit over invested in the cyber dept. An R3 rig with the optimisers and all is majorly overkill as an r2 rig is good enough for 99% of situations with a decent dicepool and edge works for the other 1%. You could downgrade and then put the cash into augs to buff your awful physical stats or get a pimped sports car so you don't have to drive an un-subtle APC all the time

[Marcus]

I like almost everything about this build, unflinching purity of purpose, broad enough but specialized, the only thing I don't like is your negative qualities choices. That many addictions is very dangerous at this essence level, also Repeated use of the same quality is just boring, there are so many good qualities, find something else.

[Dinendae]

Is the fb-bumblebee missions legal?

Yes, it's been legal for some time now.

[Rift_0f_Bladz]

Second switching to the FB-Bumblebee. Basically it is a super rotodrone, with free machinegun.
Can't say as much on rig rating. But yeah, physical stats are low and worse is you basically are just a super junky. There are far more interesting NQs than just addicted (mild, everything).

[falar]

Part of his cautious nature was to go for all legal choices of drones. Hence why there is no FB-Bumblebee or after-market weapons mounts. This will probably change over time, but it was pretty key to the character design, so it's not something I'll likely change. Although, with a quite solid explanation of why the FB-Bumblebee is better than the Steel Lynx (other than the 2 armor), I could be convinced to swap for it and stow it in the Troll Smuggling Compartment at most times.

The other key character trait was that he was a junky through and through. I originally had him on fewer drugs, but it suited his nature in my mind more to be mildly addicted to a bunch of stuff rather than very addicted to only a couple of things. The only thing I'd probably swap out is Psyche for one of the other addictions. None of the other 4, 5, 8 or 9 cost Negative Qualities really spoke to me. Although Asthma, Emotional Attachment (MCT Fly-Spy), Phobia (Snakes) could do okay. But I really like the addictions for his character design.

That said, with these drugs and buying pharmaceutical grade, there's little chance of becoming more addicted. Since these are functionally downtime rolls in Missions, I can buy hits and meet all thresholds.

• Betameth - Addiction Threshold 2 versus 13 Pych/9 Phys
• Betel - Can never increase over Mild
• Zen - Addiction Threshold 0 versus 13 Psych
• Aisa - Addiction Threshold 1 versus 13 Psych
• Dreamchips - Addiction Threshold 1 versus 13 Psych

[Marcus]

The other key character trait was that he was a junky through and through. I originally had him on fewer drugs, but it suited his nature in my mind more to be mildly addicted to a bunch of stuff rather than very addicted to only a couple of things. The only thing I'd probably swap out is Psyche for one of the other addictions. None of the other 4, 5, 8 or 9 cost Negative Qualities really spoke to me. Although Asthma, Emotional Attachment (MCT Fly-Spy), Phobia (Snakes) could do okay. But I really like the addictions for his character design.

That said, with these drugs and buying pharmaceutical grade, there's little chance of becoming more addicted. Since these are functionally downtime rolls in Missions, I can buy hits and meet all thresholds.

• Betameth - Addiction Threshold 2 versus 13 Pych/9 Phys
• Betel - Can never increase over Mild
• Zen - Addiction Threshold 0 versus 13 Psych
• Aisa - Addiction Threshold 1 versus 13 Psych
• Dreamchips - Addiction Threshold 1 versus 13 Psych

If you want to establish he's an addict then 2 drugs will makes the point with some extra, anything after that is just boring, and looks exploitative. Neg Qualities should always tell you something about a character, and should always be meaningful disadvantages.  All this one says to a GM is get him to OD really fast. There's no drama in it.

[Rift_0f_Bladz]

Biggest benefit for the Bee of doom beyond free weapon, software (granted rating 3 is crap), and better armor is that it is a rotodrone. Which greatly increase how it can engage the opposition, plus I am sure people will be will to give you free speakers to play Flight of the Valkyrie. Where as Lynx is a wheeled drone and vastly more limited on how it can engage the opposition, plus crap like stairs, have to use rope to get into run site, etc.

Being gear dependent on your FlySpy is far more interesting than super junky, especially one how can never get worse because of gaming the addiction rules. Besides, as a runner I don't want to bring a super junky as my rigger. Would rather have a goblin, and a Pathfinder style one at that!

[Csjarrat]

FB bumblebee can fly up staircases and over walls. your wheeled tank drone can't do that and with your physical stats you sure as hell aren't lifting it or dragging it anywhere :-). It can scout out enemies from afar using elevation from flight, your wheeled drone can't do that either. the fact that it comes with a machine gun is a huge bonus as the weapon mount state you can only get the extra capacity of ammo storage when using belt fed weapons. Stoner M202 is belt fed so can use 500 rounds before needing a reload, the AK needs extended clip R2 mod from hard targets and still only gets about 60-70 rounds with that, but you're probably better off taking the shiawase monsoon as it has 120round capacity normally if you don't want to go belt-fed

[falar]

Let's see ... right now I have:

9 + 4 +4 + 4 +4. If I swap in Emotional Attachment (MCT Fly-Spy), then I'd have 5 +  4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4, but that's still the same number of things to be addicted to. Asthma could replace two - probably Aisa and Zen. A Mild Phobia of Trolls could be taken instead of Asthma. I might actually consider that.

So - I had to admit - I didn't think a roto drone could fly indoors. I had pictured it as too large to maneuver well and the maneuverability of the FB-Bumblebee is absolutely crap. If that's not the experience of most people, I'll probably have to revise that. As to the Steel Lynx not being able to take stairs - I had pictured that as a normal feature of a drone. If we have wheelchairs that can do stairs, combat and security drones should be able to do stairs.

[Jack_Spade]

If you are so concerned about legality, why don't you get a National SIN? Add a 10 hour per week dayjob as a taxi driver, get some debt for a bit more spending money and a reason to go running. A moderate allergy to something rare like strawberries and you are already at 20 bonus karma.

For stairs get an Aztech Crawler. Those are made for urban environments (and their pilot is a cut above the rest)

[falar]

If you are so concerned about legality, why don't you get a National SIN? Add a 10 hour per week dayjob as a taxi driver, get some debt for a bit more spending money and a reason to go running. A moderate allergy to something rare like strawberries and you are already at 20 bonus karma.

Day Job is not allowed for Missions, or he'd be a Courier. And I could actually see a National SIN. I'm pretty much set at needing the 25 points to balance my advantages and Karma spent on . Although I could rejuggle things a bit.

I generally hate Allergy as a quality. It always feels really cheesy to me.