I’m posting this here rather than directly to Hamish as I thought it deserves some extra discussion.
When adding Control Systems as a piece of cyberware (either using Chromed or for an Expert Splicer or Pusher) the text says (p104 p99 p85) you can take Second Skin as an advance. Second skin options (p58) seem to apply only to a vehicle whereas Control System (p104) mentions weapon, recording device, or hacked electronic system. Those devices need something to replace a vehicles Power, Looks or Weakness or SS needs a rewrite.
So a rewrite or some alternative for using SS with things other than a vehicle. What would your suggestions be?
My thought is that those are all fictional positioning for creative plans and don’t really need mechanics. Maybe some text in there about a +1 forward.
I should take out Weapons though, as that duplicates targeting suite.
Yes, I was a little confused why one would have a Targeting Suite and a Control System package if the use was for weaponry. It’s not like it’s an alternative because the software/firmware is likely to be very different for targeting something compared to manipulating a reactor control system.
Although when you think that a CS could have multiple uses I can see why one would have one over the other even with a relatively minor bonus re weaponry for a CS. I did speculate that the CS weaponry use was in heavy weapons rather than small arms. Basically an autocannon opposed to a rifle or perhaps an indirect fire weapon rather than a direct fire weapon.
Yeah, that would make sense. CS for vehicle/emplaced weapons.
I added this: “When your neural control of a system other than a vehicle would confer an advantage, take +1 forward.” (“other than a vehicle” because Second Skin covers vehicles and I don’t want the +1 to stack with the already considerable bonuses from that move).
It feels inelegant, so this is still an open question
If you remove the vehicle tag from CS then SS is fine for vehicles and CS stands on it’s own and you can have CS as ‘When your neural control of a computerised control system would confer an advantage, take +1 forward’.
Have Vehicle Control System as the Driver version of CS to cover drones and vehicles. No other Driver moves are affected by a change to VCS from CS and you can remove the option to take SS as an advance to CS for other playbooks.