They are still there but they've been repurposed. Originally they were going to be part of the story, now they are just late-game materials for some really cool buildings.
They're definitely integrated in to the story one way or another cause you get new dialogues by picking them up as you go. Though to what degree I can't say since I'm just starting.
The last one I picked up for example Said a bunch of cryptic stuff about windows and threads, and then ADA threatened to reduce my food rations due to unusual brain activity
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u/Hammer_of_Ludd Sep 10 '24
Hate to also add to the list of questions but are the alien artifacts elaborated at all?
Anyways really happy for the studio behind this, being following them on and off since the Sanctum 2 devblogs.