The extractor comes in various sizes from about 2 liters to about 30 liters. The extractor is buildt up by thre main components. The hopper where biological matter is inserted. Processing unit where it is grinded and filtered, and lastly the collector where the final product is collected. It can be run off a generator, and it got a buildt in battery which can run for about 4 hours. If the battery is flatt, it can be recharged with a hand crank or from a generator if it is available.

Biological matter is cut up into sizeable chunks and inserted into the hopper. If the matter is dry water needs to be added. During the processing the biological matter will be made into a paste. Certain active ingredients filter out poisons and other harmful elements. The final produce comes out as a bland paste in the collector. Waste material is ejected out on the side or collected in bags which can be fastened to the wate ejector. The extractor may also be used to filter dubious animal meats or plant matter for posions on planets where animals or plants normally can't be eaten by humans (and most aliens).

As almost anything can be processed to yield nutritients, the value and content may vary a great deal. It is recommended to also include vitamin pills when consuming extracted matter. It is not recommended to use the extractor over several weeks as it will likely lead to malnutrition, but if starvation is the alternative, the choise isn't too hard.

The extractor are introduced at TL 10 and is available at most A to C starports.

 In addition to the extractor there is needed chemicals to disolve, bind up and filter matter. These chemicals comes in suitabe cartridges and cost 10% of the extractor and can last up to the full battery duration of the extractor. However this depends a bit on the material being processed. biological filters which are also needed cost 2% of the extractor price and lasts generally for twice the battery duration.

TL	Volume	Mass	Duration	Yield/hr	Price	Notes
10	5	7Kg	1hr	0.25L	3000	Matter must contain at least 30% water
10	10	14Kg	3hrs	1.5L	7000
10	20	28Kg	5hrs	4L	21000
12	3	4Kg	1hr	0.25L	2500
12	5	7Kg	1hr	0.4L	3000
12	10	13Kg	4hrs	1.8L	7500
12	25	30Kg	8hrs	4L	25000	Can process soil
15	2	3Kg	1hr	0.25L	2500
15	5	7Kg	2hrs	1L	4000
15	10	15Kg	5hrs	2.5L	8000	Can process soil
15	20	27Kg	8hrs	4L	25000	Can process soil
15	30	48Kg	12hrs	6L	40000	any matterial that can contain nutrients, including rock.

 

Yield/hr is the maximum yield of nutrients during processing. The value may be lower depending on material being processed. I leave that up to the referee to decide.