Solution...

The planet at the coordinates I discovered in the ancient texts was inside a toxic nebula. Radiation had made the planet barren and uninhabitable. Attempting to land there would be fatal to organic life so I needed a way to retrieve the hidden artifact. After several time-cycles of searching I found the answer... Hi-5 and Q-T, the first Androids to be legally married. It was easy to convince them to help me, especially as they had fallen on hard times and were not doing very well. The promise of a share in the find piqued their interest and appealed to their financial desperation. Once they agreed we needed a way to get there...