Rigger 2

In the role-playing game Shadowrun, a "rigger" is someone who interfaces with vehicles and other machinery via a neural link, similar to a "console cowboy" in William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk Sprawl trilogy.

[1] FASA published Shadowrun in 1989, and followed it with many supplements and adventures, including Rigger Black Book in 1991.

However, when the lead developer for the Shadowrun line, Tom Dowd stepped down in 1994, the project was put on hiatus.

At the time, Jon Szeto was an officer in the U.S. Army who had played Shadowrun for a number of years, and was contributing articles about riggers to the Scrawls from the Sprawls APA.

[2] The result was a 172-page softcover book released in 1997 with cover art by The Edwards, and interior illustrations by Janet Aulisio-Dannheiser, Thomas M. Baxa, Peter Bergting, Joel Biske, Douglas Chaffee, Thomas Gianni, Fred Hooper, Mike Jackson, Scott James, Jeff Laubenstein, John Paul Lona, Kevin Long, Jim Nelson, Mark A. Nelson, Zak Plucinski, Loston Wallace, and Shane White.