Nah, you don't need to waste time on the quantum reactor, just equip an emergency resupply pod or two. When the supplies vanish, pop the two pods and they'll be rebuilt at the beginning of the next turn as well (the weakest repair facility can handle 3 components per turn, the weakest resupply pod generates 1,000 units of supply).
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