A variety of powerful structures cannot be extracted to limit their availability and ensure players perform the various pre-requisites in order to gain access to them.

I asked Dan why certain items are not able to be extracted. His responses was:



So my suggestion is if the requirements are met. ie you have 61 yellows and the necessary medal points for a heist station you can extract them. If you are litheor you can extract the probes etc. This would only work on repeatable items, so no perimeter stations, the mission artifacts from the trelilth chain etc.

Apologies for the topic-necro on this topic but it is appropriate. While Fluffy's answer would work for medal point limited items, it does answer the real problem. I see two answers, both of which add content (sort of):

1) Completion of a mission chain (and corresponding medal) gives you the passive ability to extract the normally unextractable item.

Example: No one could extract an Alarri item until the finish the chain, get the medal for doing so and have X number of medal points, and maybe even a rank requirement if Dan feels that necessary.

2) Add an upgraded mylarai extractor from a new NPC that lets you extract any building.

Either way, Dan needs to add something to the name of items that can not be extracted (maybe an asterisk, so you'd see Alarri Signaling Drone*) on the planet page as well as a note on the artifacts description. It is unfair to have to have to remember what can and can't be extracted or be the person who has to 'test' this.

This would only work on repeatable items, so no perimeter stations, the mission artifacts from the trelilth chain etc.

Remember it's to limit their availability too, we don't want someone with hundreds of Alarrai Signaling Drones. It'd just be plain overpowered.

Although I do like the idea.