I'm still salty about the whole shipbuilding technology thing. He could have easily taken various books with him... 2000 years of naval advancements abandoned, but he made sure to take an AC with him! Holy shit, I just realized I'm more salty about this than I first thought.
He could have easily jump start a Golden Age for the whole world... but no, he is now delegated to jumping through retarded political hoops against people who clearly don't fear the royal family enough. Just to look on some mediocre sailing ship. Urh. I think I'm out, too annoying for me as a fan of the 'Uplift' sub-genre.