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I'm new to Shadowrun, I'm only reading 5e at the moment, and I don't understand at the core what a SIN physically is (not the database and all that). I'm thinking of making my character as a corp born person who is taken and experimented on and eventually freed by a runner. This means I would have a CORP limited SIN quality or a full blown CORP SINner. Which is also confusing because CORP SINner seems like a Mr. Johnson or something where CORP limited sounds like Joe 'Wage Slave' Chummer. Not sure where this would really fall into line.

However upon getting a fake SIN how can I use that as opposed to the other? Or how can you manage to have multiple SINs? Is it like an ID card? Or more like an implanted chip? Or even an ID bar code tattoo or something? Since at its core all it is, is a huge string of data, how does one go about managing 'fake SINs'?

Thanks!

I'm new to Shadowrun, I'm only reading 5e at the moment, and I don't understand at the core what a SIN physically is (not the database and all that). I'm thinking of making my character as a corp born person who is taken and experimented on and eventually freed by a runner. This means I would have a CORP limited SIN quality or a full blown CORP SINner. Which is also confusing because CORP SINner seems like a Mr. Johnson or something where CORP limited sounds like Joe 'Wage Slave' Chummer. Not sure where this would really fall into line.

However upon getting a fake SIN how can I use that as opposed to the other? Or how can you manage to have multiple SINs? Is it like an ID card? Or more like an implanted chip? Or even an ID bar code tattoo or something? Since at its core all it is, is a huge string of data, how does one go about managing 'fake SINs'?

I'm new to Shadowrun, I'm only reading 5e at the moment, and I don't understand at the core what a SIN physically is (not the database and all that). I'm thinking of making my character as a corp born person whom is taken and experimented on and eventually freed by a runner. This means I would have a CORP limited SIN quality or a full blown CORP SINner. Which is also confusing because CORP SINner seems like a Mr. Johnson or something where CORP limited sounds like Joe 'Wage Slave' Chummer. Not sure where this would really fall into line.

However upon getting a fake SIN how can I use that as opposed to the other? Or how can you manage to have multiple SINs? Is it like a ID card? Or more like an implanted chip? Or even a ID bar code tatoo or something? Since at it's core all it is, is a huge string of data how does one go about managing 'fake SINs'?

Thanks!

I'm new to Shadowrun, I'm only reading 5e at the moment, and I don't understand at the core what a SIN physically is (not the database and all that). I'm thinking of making my character as a corp born person who is taken and experimented on and eventually freed by a runner. This means I would have a CORP limited SIN quality or a full blown CORP SINner. Which is also confusing because CORP SINner seems like a Mr. Johnson or something where CORP limited sounds like Joe 'Wage Slave' Chummer. Not sure where this would really fall into line.

However upon getting a fake SIN how can I use that as opposed to the other? Or how can you manage to have multiple SINs? Is it like an ID card? Or more like an implanted chip? Or even an ID bar code tattoo or something? Since at its core all it is, is a huge string of data, how does one go about managing 'fake SINs'?

Thanks!