1) What single weapon best defines the Street Samurai archetype in your mind.
To my mind the street samurai embodies combat in all forms, and should always be prepared for engaging enemies at range and in close combat. At a minimum, that means a melee weapon and a ranged weapon, preferably legal or at most restricted, possibly concealable. As such, I'd pick two:
c) The Katana
e) Smartsmg (Ingram and friends)
2) When you picture "Street Samurai" in your head, what race are they?
Having made it half way through the line of Shadowrun novels I feel like the universe often presents samurai as humans, but if I got to pick more than one option it would be as follows.
C) Human
D) Ork
B) Elf
3) One thing that everyone agrees on is that a Street Samurai has cybernetics. But which upgrades are the *definitive* ones? The ones that change "Guy with cyber" into "THAT one is a samurai"? Not only do you get to pick three on this one, but you get to put them in order of must have, should have, and probably has.
I don't think the 'ware defines the samurai, personally, but if you're human, elf or even an ork, you're likely going to need an edge against the troll bodyguards or elite corpsec guards you'll eventually go up against. So, with that in mind, I'd say initiative enhancements are the most important thing, and wired reflexes are iconic in this field to my mind. The second most important improvement as far as I'm concerned would be some sort of physical boost, whether that be strength, body, or agility would be up to the individual. If I had to choose I'd go with muscle replacements, which affects agility and strength. Finally, the smartgun link; it provides a significant improvement for very little cost, and ties into the iconic weaponry of the samurai. In order of importance, then, I'd list the following:
E) INITIATIVE enhancement (Wired reflexes, synaptic accelerator, etc)
B) AGI enhancement (Muscle replacement) AND D) STR enhancement (Muscle replacement)
I) Smartgun Link
4) The Samurai Code.
A samurai in the shadows is not an actual samurai, but he still obeys a warriors code. To my mind, honor is important to the samurai, so I'd go with the following.
2) The Ronin's Code. The Seven Samurai Virtues, especially Honor above all else. You will not cheat, lie, ambush, or serve a dishonorable master.