You may examine any device for two minutes to puzzle out what it does. (There may be some rare exceptions, of exceptionally complex technology.) If it is broken, but not missing any key components, you may spend one Point and five minutes to repair it.
Characters In Game: Moloch Silas Sleipnir
All Characters: Moloch Silas Sleipnir
The following are notes made while this was in development. They do not necessarily represent the current state of this ability.
A mechanic is trained at analyzing devices and figuring out how they work. They aren't Sparks, and can't casually invent new things, but they can make use of and fix existing devices relatively quickly -- as fast as a mid-level and trained Spark, and faster than a weak one.