People who modify or work with gears are considered medical professionals. It doesn’t require the same type of training that other medical professionals have, but it still requires a level of training.
Zuka has to watch the phighters run around with damaged gears and grabs them after rounds to fix em up since regular healing won’t do anything with gears. He has a few “frequent flyers” (hyperlaser (his gear is so busted that its a miracle it hasn’t blown up in his face yet), rocket (blows himself up), boombox (dive bombs)) he needs to be careful of.
AND THIS IS WHY ZUKA IS THE BEST
It’s a good thing Zuka is Rocket’s dad… otherwise Rocket would be in a lot of trouble all the time. Like. His gear would not be functional.
Hyperlaser’s gear being Massively Fucked is a headcanon a lot of people seem to have which is funny to me
And yeah I’m genuinely shocked Boombox’s gear isn’t in pieces by now what the fuck is it made of. Titanium.
Now I’m imagining Zuka taking one look at Coil’s gear (massively modified by a self-taught maniac) and damn near going into cardiac arrest on the spot.















