Self-Support Mastery

When the troops are cut off from the supplies, they have a several options. We're not looking into the lie-down-and-croak scenario. Normally, one would force one's way to the friendlies, but that's not an option in our case. All we can do is: find ways to become self-supporting, preferably at the enemy's expense. That's what we're gonna do.
First, we need a tool. Second, we need power supply for that tool. We'll have to haul all that from the dump. That's what we call the isle beyond the Ship Graveyard: Tep knows about it, but it looks like a dump. There are rusty cripples - we call them garbage collectors - wandering around the place. These are armed with valuable cutters. That's our first priority. The job is simple: charge, knock out, take off the cutter. As a second priority, the dump has lots of damaged ship equipment where you can find a pile of batteries. Bringing ten pieces of each would be enough to reinforce our defenses!

This dump is actually a fount of useful stuff. I wish I could carry it all at once.

Perfect. Attach one to the other, and you're set. You can shred iron... or cultists. Self-support in action, heh!