If we want to keep the "Down and Dirty" feel of this game then CliffHanger needs to implement the Street Cred/Notoriety/Public Awareness rules. And make them count.
Runners need to worry about the cops in the cities. Even the Bad Ass high level runners. Cops have more backup than we do. and can call enough heavy hitters to eventually take anyone down.
When we have to worry about our Notoriety/Public Awareness building up, then we cant just stroll down the street in the "Gamer Default Mode" ("I'm carrying everything I own on me." Which includes assault cannons, mini guns, enough pistols to make a wall out of, 4000 rounds of the latest MilSpec AP ammo, all while wearing full Heavy Military Armor w/ ruthenium coating to stroll down mid town Seattle.........)
We should actively have to Think about what image we project to the public. Unless of course the PC's want to be pulled aside to be frisked and scanned every block by the cops. And then what happens when they find that PC with illegal gear? (anything that is restricted or higher on availability)
For pistols; confiscation and a fine. Probably.
Unless of course you have that pistol loaded with that Milspec ammo from above.......... Then its off to jail.
For any weapons bigger than pistols, there better be License/permits on hand and they damned well better be tied to GOOD fake SINs. Otherwise....... off to Jail.
Now if it's assault rifle or bigger....(the Forbidden Availability stuff).... Good luck trying to talk a cop into believing you have a license for that. Again.....off to jail.
This works with Cyber and Bio the same way. The cops scan you and find illegal mods, you can expect fines or jail time if you don't have the proper documents.
But should you have Forbidden 'Ware..(and frankly, anything good is forbidden)... off to jail.
The point to all this is, we MUST be sneaky!!!!!! We are Freakin' criminals! Yes, maybe, maybe, of the Robin hood type, but criminals none the less. And as such we have no rights in the society we make our money off of.
To continue to make money, we have to stay Out of the public eye. That means blending in, NOT being flamboyant and NO killing spree's you can't put someone else on the hook for!! Its about Subtlety.
To paraphrase a famous quote:
Jules: What country are you from?
Brett: What? What? Wh - ?
Jules: "What" ain't no country I've ever heard of. They speak "Subtlety" in What?
Brett: What?
Jules: Subtlety, motherf'er, can you do it?
Brett: Yes! Yes!