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I would not count this as a, "Ok, this falls under the Never mind category..."
For those of us that play 5ed have all come to experience the frustration of how the books are edited and put together. But the sentence before adds another modifier. This really changes how vehicles and drones work.
The book states on page 181 stats,” If a target vehicle or drone is moving ( that is, has a speed greater than 0), add the vehicle’s Speed as a negative dice modifier to hit said vehicle.” The following sentence goes into vehicle/drone size modifiers.
The example of the Fly-Spy id perfect. In the core book it is a mini drone has a speed of 3, but in Rigger 5.0 the speed is changed to a 1R. If you are using Rigger 5.0 there is a -2 due to the size of the drone, ( chart on bottom page 181), and an addition penalty for the speed of the drone. So if you use Rigger 5.0 the Fly-Spy has a -3 modifier, but if you use the stat block from the core rule book it becomes a -5 modifier. This is a difference of 2 dice, which is huge.
This is for the devs. I feel ya on trying to keep everything correct when Catalyst does not update the pdf's when they publish the hard copies months later. You guys got my respect and I will buy you a beer if we ever meet.
For the players, get at least a level 2 control rig for your riggers. With that you get the level bonus to Speed and Handling, plus reduces the difficulty on piloting/driving rolls by the level. This is a WIN WIN with Rigger 5.0
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