a moment ago, i was playing an offline game on the PAX prime 2014 system, i won by the using of the annilazer, but there were some bugs trying to stop me. i noticed some on the catalyst placement areas are bug, when i try to place a catalyst if turns as this picture shows i managed bypass this bug by trying to place the catalyst near it right spot and rotate it, the result was the catalyst in the correct location. note: not all catalyst where bugged.
I've noticed this occur when there are metal extractors or factories etc built within the template area used for the catalyst node structure. Reclaiming the offending building to remove them and their wreckage as always fixed this and allowed me to build the node again.