No sacrifice, just more practical for storage purposes. The parts would be the most likely shape to find them in around here, but that'd mean they'd be somewhat complicated to obtain since they'd have to be disassembled.

[He blinks, then winces. Ah. So that's what happened. It makes sense given all the other details of the timeframe Edward's mentioned himself to have come from.]

Unfortunately I don't have much that might be useful for such specific treatment. But tools, I can do. I'll see what I have to work with.