Only carry the Ritual Components with you if you intend of using the Ritual on the adventure. If you aren't planning on that, don't buy the Components at all.
I'm open for whenever. We just need everyone to give Narf a copy of their character sheet (preferably as a .pdf sheet) so its easy for him to tell what you have. You can upload your .pdf on
www.spaceempires.com for free but you have to register. You can then link it and ppl can view/download it whenever they like.
Narf, look at this:
http://gametable.galactanet.com/