Repo man + Helicopter and/or Polaris Coach

Repo man has some very old and somewhat self contradicitng wording:

It says "Retrive a vehicle" which would imply it is not an "equip action", but it also says " (pay cost to equip as normal)" which explcietly says "equip"

Question 1: Is Repo man An equip action or not? AKA does a retrived helicopter lock or not?



Question 2: Who doas pay for the vehicle? repo man or the targeted minion?
Polaris Coach is a vehicle that costs blood.

If Repoman is techniically the one that pays, it always burns, if the target pays the target msut be a vamprei with at least one blood

This also has Implicatiosn with "black cat"
If the target pays, Black cat pays 1 pool less
If repo man pays, black cats special should not apply "sicne it is worded in a personal way)

Similar implications with thin blooded seer:: is the card "played" by repo man or the target?
if the target "plays" the card, TBS would need to pay 2 blood for a polaris coach

Rulebook says "Costs may only be paid with the Methuselah's or the minion's own resources." Which I read as "Paying as normal means the minion taking the action pays" which would mean repo man

Hello,

"Pay the Cost to equip" does not refer to an equip action but to the cost itself.
Which cost has to be payed by the minion/controller of the minion receiving the vehicle?
The Cost to Equip in Blood and/or Pool

Regards,
Rémi.