Shadowrun: Basic Gear for New Runners

After creating a few Shadowrun characters, and later shepherding new players through learning the system, I decided that it would be very useful to have a simple, straightforward list of basic gear useful to runners. New players don't always know what's important to get, and even experienced players could use a shortcut in character creation. It is not intended to be a complete list of everything a character will need - many characters will want weapons, more armor, vehicles, and other items. But it's a great place to start.

The gear on this list works out to exactly 30,000 nuyen, or 6 BP at character creation. I discounted the price of these items by 205 nuyen, to represent the discounts of a software suite. If you're worried about absolute accuracy, you'll want to add that money back in to the price.
 * SR4 Basic Gear for New Runners