Can technomancers with Biowires learn Complex Forms emulations of skillsofts whose ratings are higher than the technomancers Submersion grade?
Yes, but it will function at the rating of their Submersion Grade. Technomancers can emulate (p.149, Unwired) skillsofts that they have access to as Complex Forms, and the rating of Complex Forms is limited by their Resonance. However, Biowires acts as a skillwire system at a rating equal to the character’s Submersion grade (p.145, Unwired); this limits the rating that an emulated skillsoft can be run at, just as a regular activesoft cannot be run at a rating higher than that of the skillwire system. Mr. Achtung! is a technomancer with Submersion Grade 3 and the Biowires echo. He wants to emulate a Pistols 4 activesoft and learn it as a Complex Form. Mr. Achtung! makes a Software + Resonance (4) Test, and spends a point of Edge to get enough dice for the 4 hits he needs. Then he spends 4 Karma to learn the threaded activesoft as a Complex Form. However, because his Submersion Grade is only 3, the threaded Complex Form can only run at rating 3. Until he raises his Submersion grade, Mr.
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