Extractors in dead quadrants

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I often run across quadrants that contain things I cannot colonize (like space junks, asteroid belts, gas giants, plasma storms) that have metal or crystal extractors on random asteroids. The game says that I can capture them, but neglects to tell me how to capture them and/or how to bring the quadrant under my control. Anyone care to help out a noob in need? Thanks a lot!!!!
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
TEC and Advent colony frigates have an ability that captures them, and the Vasari uses the scout for that ;)
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Thanks for the info!! I have been useing the TEC cap ship with the colonize ability, can that capture these as well? Or must I use the colony frigates (those things are so damn slow that I rarely build them at all).
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Nope, it's a separate ability that only those ships have :P
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Is that an ability that has to be researched? I don't see it on my Colony frigates.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
No research is needed, but if you're playing Vasari it's on the Scout rather than the Colony frig.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
TEC and Advent colony frigates and the Vasari scout as was mentioned earlier.

TEC has a Cap shit that can learn colonise through experience but from what I can tell this does not work on neutral points. Can anyone confirm?
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
TEC has a Cap shit that can learn colonise through experience but from what I can tell this does not work on neutral points. Can anyone confirm?


Every race has a colony capital ship, but only the frigates/scouts can capture the neutral extractors. ;)