diff --git a/code/modules/cargo/packs/science.dm b/code/modules/cargo/packs/science.dm
index eb9ee7dbca..508ede3f03 100644
--- a/code/modules/cargo/packs/science.dm
+++ b/code/modules/cargo/packs/science.dm
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 	desc = "Hello brothers from the stars!!! Our fellow brethren have made contact at long last and gave us gifts man! They really did build the prymi- Connection Error- Bro we’ll send you a sheet of advanced alien alloy."
 	cost = 15000
 	contraband = TRUE
+	DropPodOnly = TRUE
 	contains = list(/obj/item/stack/sheet/mineral/abductor)
 	crate_name = "alien bro alloy crate"