It clearly has the recover option with extractors, but upon doing so "This structure is not eligible for recovery."

While I agree with you, Dan does not.

I like to hope that there's a storyline-specific reason for this - like that one of the Trelith missions results in a blockade appearing over every Trelith Comm Relayed world.

Each such world is blockaded by a massive Trelith Dreadnaught, with the story explanation being

"Fools! We were banished from the corporeal world a thousand thousand years ago, but you have naively allowed us to return. Our warships have waited in stasis for us through untold eons in the void, and these relays have summoned them back to us. We have physical bodies once more, and ships of unspeakable power - all we require is worlds on which to live. Worlds that you have provided for us in ignorance. Annihilation shall be your reward!!!"

Sadly this is probably cooler than the truth, whatever it is.

+ infinite

Or maybe it's just a bug lol, but nice one

Nope, someone asked Dan and he said it was not allowed to be recovered.

That's essentially what I was thinking, I'm hoping they turn out evil

I don't know why, dan just said they can't be recovered which is odd because relay chasi(i?) can be

THis would be really cool. Blockaid could even ccm the planet possibly. Would make their show of force impressive

Dude, you should write a fan-fic

"And the Trellith descended onto the planet Monographicima and proceeded to destroy the Occupants therein, as their Beacon had led them directly to this Place of Destruction. And the Occupants cried out, 'we had known this fate all along, yet we were Unable to remove the Cursed Thing on account of its Indestructibleness' "

-- Subject Matter 0054, Record #25-B, "The Irony of Monographicima"