asteroids

How can i capture asteroids? I cant seem to locate any answers on the forums and the manual is no help. I usually play TEC and I Have tried a an akkan capital ship and a frigate that can colonize, tho very slowly, but I cant find a way to capture an asteroid . The screen says they're invulnerable, but can be captured, but how?

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if your talking about the resource asteroids, you have to send a colony ship and use the "Capture Extractor" ability to capture them

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is the 'capture extractor' ability an extra ability for the colony frigate od the akkan cap ship? i cant seee that  ability listed with either of these vessels so is it an extra ability?

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The TEC's ability is called "Crew extractor" it does the same thing as "Capture Extractor", is that ability there?

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yes it is, but nothing happens when I click on a 'captureable extractor' with the colony frigate.. ..tho the frigate crew extractor ability suggest that it should...

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For Advent and TEC the colony frigates have the ability to capture neutral extractors. Vasari use their scouts for the job. The 3 special cap ships can only on colonizable planets and asteroids. I got confused, too.

:-)

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my mistake... the colony frigates did 'captre' the xtractors ... i failed to notoce the icon indicated I onwed it now and was trying to capture one I already owned.. pays to actually look at the screen..