How does equipment work in terms of timing and readiness - when can you equip it after playing it, does it enter exhausted, and what happens when the equipped unit dies?

Ruling: Equipment always enters the base ready, allowing you to immediately pay the equip cost to attach it to a unit. When the equipped unit dies, the equipment returns to your base ready, so you can pay the equip cost again to re-equip it.

Sequence:

• Play the equipment card by paying its play cost
• Equipment enters your base ready
• Pay the equip cost to attach it to a unit (can be done immediately)
• If the unit dies, equipment returns to base ready
• Pay the equip cost again to re-equip to another unit

Nuances:

• Currently, no gear has an exhaust symbol as part of its equip cost