When a unit with attached gear is recycled, what happens to the gear?

Ruling: When a unit with attached gear is recycled, the gear detaches and stays in the base.

Sequence:

• When the unit moves from a board zone to a non-board zone (like the deck via recycling), any attached cards are detached
• The detached gear remains at the last location the unit was at before it moved
• If the gear was left at a battlefield (because the unit was recycled from there), it is immediately Recalled to the controller's base as a corrective action

Nuances:

• This behavior is consistent with other zone changes: gear does not follow the unit when it dies, is banished, or is returned to hand