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Not as long as you might think. Do remember that one of the Gears' abilities is to give build slots to other engineers. That includes other Gears.
If anyone had a Rare Skill, Taylor would have pulled them aside and told them.
It has not been stated how summoning works, but I'm basing it off Aleph's MGLN world-building in that the "summons" are not actual creatures but organomagical constructs much like Guardian Beasts whose forms are more or less hard-coded into the summoner's line's DNA. Don't ask for the exact details of how the hell that information is maintained generation after generation; the method of creating such intricate mutations and genetic engineering was born and died with the Al Hazardans.
Tim knows he can determine the benefit any specific mutation would offer beforehand (e.g., if he wants to give someone a defensive mutation, they won't grow wings or horns but something that would actually protect them), and for an extra build slot you could narrow the range of possibilities for exactly how that mutation would present physically so you have some degree of control (to continue the above example, you could say you want the mutation inside the skin to produce something like rhino hide or scales rather than accidentally giving an insectile carapace or secreting an impact-resistant slime from the pores). The absolute final outcome, however, would still be in my hands alone.
That being said, the stronger the benefit, the worse the mutation, and vice versa. A slight enhancement of hearing or sight might only cause somebody to grow animal ears or eyes, for example, and for smaller stuff like that I would probably give you more control.
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