Well, for the hilt, it was going to be an expedition to Aynea's homeworld which, for the most part, doesn't exist to the rest of the galaxy. There's a micro-Dyson sphere that keeps it from being either sucked in or burned away by the pulsar it orbits, and powers its artificial climate controls. The idea is, we could find the hilt traveling through ancient Forerunner-esque ruins (native Ruferalahuin are sort of tribal, so they'd have no idea there was a civilization before them that put them there). Fighting is probably a given. Maybe even some tech opportunities.
For the Ankarres Sapphire... truthfully, I forgot where we left off or where it even is. The only person who'd know retired from SWRP. We can probably wing it, but it's in the hands of some unsuspecting trader or something. I have utterly no clue how to make fetching it span over 85 posts... but we'll figure something out beforehand.