081413 #worm He's been on expeditions to small, independent planets before. Usually it takes forever to bring the current society up to a decent enough tech-level that they can even begin to provide what parts you're looking for, and then there's the matter of convincing them to do it for you without scaring them all into some kind of war twitch that always ends in a mess. Unless you can just sneak around and fabricate what you need on your own. Even then, it's usually near impossible to get fried eggs up well, yolks fluid but not runny, the bottoms crisp and not rubbery. That's really the sucky part.