Well, not need per se, but it's something I can do relatively easily due to my own abilities, so I may as well make use of it, especially if the repairs are going to be extensive.

Truth be told I have been working on the ability to extract my own power for a little while now, so this dovetails nicely with some research I had mothballed.

[He starts pulling together disparate elements on this digital whiteboard he's set up, and you can start to see a pair of metal gloves take shape - with two prongs that can seem to jut outward from just under the wrist.]

...I'm probably not the best person to ask Failnaught about this. I can certainly help you argue with them if you'd like me to, but, well...