ya, go through the entire story. when they say to go to a carrier from the dead zone, explore the whole map, and go to the battle sector next to haven 3. get some points for a heavy drone, and head back to where you were supposed to meet the battle carrier, destroy it, get the part if there is one, take it back to the yard, DO NOT PUT ON THE EXTRA PART IN THE YARD, and repeat. when you think you have enough parts, then you can finish the rest of the story.
you are on the best one. i got most of my carrier parts from there, and after about a week or so, i had the entire building editor area filled with carrier parts. the most common part would be the missile launcher.
@oogbalman,
there are more deadzones with carrier parts than that. almost every rim deadzone has them, especialy 200-0. that is where i get all of my parts from.