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Case 1
When drawing new space with a ghost set to an Uncommon (or higher) Space Platform Foundation, the game incorrectly consumes Normal quality foundations from the Space Platform Hub instead of the selected quality.

- ensure your Space Platform Hub contains both Normal and Uncommon (or higher) Space Platform Foundations
- select an Uncommon Space Platform Foundation from your inventory to set it as your ghost
- in space, use the ghost cursor to draw a new platform area
- observe the Space Platform Hub logistics window, Normal quality foundations decreases as the ghosts are built

Case 2
Uncommon Space Platform Foundations in Hub are not used to build ghosts

- ensured the Space Platform Hub contained Uncommon quality Space Platform Foundations
- set ghost cursor to an Uncommon Space Platform Foundation
- drew a new platform area in space
- the ghost placements remained as blue ghosts and did not transition into being built. The Uncommon foundations in the hub were not consumed, and construction did not occur

P.S. case 2 reported earlier.

Noticed that also early on, on my first Space Age run. Built some higher quality Space Platform Foundation items as I didn't know what I was doing back then, realized they cannot be used anywhere under any circumstances. Ended up destroying them later on with a Recycler if I remember correctly.

What recipe require Quality foundation? Sorry, not in front of the game and PC and not able to check myself right now.

If you want to discuss this further open a gameplay help topic instead.