Gear Physiology

==Summary==
Gears are an artificial race from the Guilty Gear series, playing a fundamental role in its lore. They are magical creatures created with the intention to advance evolution, but were eventually produced as weapons of war. As a result of Justice's rebellion, they waged a century-long on humankind known as the Crusades before the events of the series.
During the Crusades, Gears were assigned classes based on the level of danger they represented. Megadeath-class (メガデス級, Megadesu-kyū) was the highest, or most dangerous, class. Other categories used by the Sacred Order include the Toxic (Ｔ型, Tī-gata), Medium (中型, Chūgata), and Large (大型, Ōgata) classes, but their ranking is unknown. Unique to Justice — and later, Dizzy — is the label of Command-type Gear (指揮固体型ギア, Shikikotai-gata Gia) as complete, self-reliant Gears that have the power to control almost every Gear in existence thanks to the collective information system That Man built.
==General Abilities==
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*Superhuman Physical Characteristics: Gears are designed to be weapons of war. Beings that carry any amount of Gear cells are called Gears, and Gear cells are stated to grant subjects enhanced muscular strength.Guilty Gear: STRIVE - Glossary Even a Gear-enhanced dog was able to move with enough speed to leave a crater in a wallGuilty Gear Begin, Chapter 2: Encounter
*Longevity: Gears can live much longer than humans, as shown by the likes of Sol living from 2016, when he first became a GearGuilty Gear: STRIVE - Chronology, and still being alive as of 2187
*Immortality:
**Type 2: Gears can survive normally fatal wounds, as shown by Testament surviving after Kliff had seemingly killed themGuilty Gear: Kliff Story Mode and a Gear-enhanced hound being able to shrug off a broken axe handle embedded into its neck and another axe digging into its torso
**Type 3: Gear cells are stated to grant subjects rapid regeneration
*Regeneration (Low-Mid): Gears' regeneration can enable them to even regenerate fromGuilty Gear Begin, Chapter 4: Doubt numerous gunshot wounds across their body
*Self-Sustenance (Type 3): Gear cells can tap into the Backyard and supply themselves with almost infinite energy under optimal circumstances
*Accelerated Development (Passive): Gears mature far more rapidly than humans, such that a three-year-old Gear is essentially equivalent to an adult human
*Magic: Gear cells are stated to be infused with magic Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign-, Chapter 2 - Struggle - A, and Gears thus contain magic within them
*Sound Manipulation: Gears can unleash roars with such potency that they can crack surrounding buildingsGuilty Gear 2: Overture - Material Collection and even reduce massive skyscrapers to sandGuilty Gear X: Lightning the Argent, Chapter 1 - Generals & Beasts
*Body Control: Gears are able to sprout additional appendages, such as tentaclesGuilty Gear Begin, Chapter 5: Awakening
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Resistance to:
*Disease Manipulation: The Gear Project was initially going to use Gear cells to cure terminal diseases worldwide, and Frederick and Asuka claimed it would put an end to human illness
*Soul Manipulation: Gears can endure prolonged exposure to the depths of the BackyardGuilty Gear 2: Overture, Chapter 18 - The Birth of a Girl, which breaks down an ordinary living being's soul due to its sheer information densityGuilty Gear 2: Overture, Chapter 17 - Demon
*Deconstruction: Gears can remain in the Backyard for extended periods of time, despite the Backyard instantly crushing ordinary life forms to dust under the sheer information densityGuilty Gear Xrd -Sign-, Chapter 6 - Philosopher - A
*Information Manipulation (Type 2) & Transmutation: Gears can remain in the Backyard for extended periods of time, despite the Backyard turning all information into high-density elements and eternally carrying, collecting, and reconstructing it
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==Weaknesses==
*Most Gears lose all higher brain functions and operate solely on instinct, with Sol noting that his Gear blood is constantly beckoning him to destroy everything around himGuilty Gear Xrd -Sign-, Chapter 8 - Hope - A
*Unless they develop self-consciousnessGuilty Gear 2: Overture, Chapter 7 - Cynical Wise Man, Gears that lack a master to control them will enter a dormant state, rendering them completely harmless
*Gear cells can be suppressed with an appropriate device
==Notable Examples==
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Category:Verse-specific Powers and Abilities
Category:Guilty Gear