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This doesn't really answer your question, but if this is something you've been thinking about I highly recommend the "Revenger" series by Alastair Reynolds.
It's a sci-fi series about a group of extremely lo-fi space pirates. The world in which is takes place is essentially a post space colonization dystopia: civilization is spread across multiple planets and there's aging tech everywhere - some alien, some not - that people can somewhat use, but not really maintain. Space travel is handled by putting solar sails on old hulls and sailing through space via dead reckoning and gravity pools in the dark.
The whole thing is a bit ridiculous, but world building basically explodes your question and explores it in a really fun way.
That sounds awesome, I'll check it out