Goods that have been kept on a carrier get tagged so they can't earn merits, so the rares shouldn't be an issue any longer if reactivated. I think that there are already in-game systems in place to keep track of where salvage such as black boxes and wreckage components come from, so it doesn't seem impossible that some kind of solution could be implemented for escape pods as well.
It's a shame because every time I drop into a Power Wreckage signal source, the pods are there to remind me that they're not part of Powerplay.
It's a shame because every time I drop into a Power Wreckage signal source, the pods are there to remind me that they're not part of Powerplay.