DSS Probes - Please Speed Up Reload Time

[Vetinari]

Approaching my 11,000th Efficiency Bonus and realising how much time I have spent waiting for a probe to reload so I can launch one.

First 3 are fine, 4th is usually reloaded, 5th & 6th are waiting for 5-10s, after that it gets ridiculous up to a 22 Gas giant waiting constantly just looking at a half mapped object waiting for the probes to refill, please please just make them reload a lot quicker if not instantly, theres no real reason they cant be loaded almost instantly, theyre not a combat nerf or advantage over another player or the game in any way, it just makes exploration quicker.

A. Just make them quicker to reload, maybe takes 1-3s to load a batch of 3 for example although prefer not waiting at all as no good reason to hold up the game like this
B. Sell an upgraded version for 5m Credits, I don't care what it costs
C. Make it an experimental effect for an Engineer, not a main upgrade or will have to choose between extended scanning or quicker load and that's a shoot yourself in the foot move right there, experimental add-on is fine

Please do something, it wont be popular as many people don't even use it but it is a QOL improvement that at least one of us will cheer

 

[Drelthar]

As they removed the ammo mechanics there's really no reason for any reload time

 

[Riverside]

The screen gives a target number of probes, have the ship load that many in advance. If you go over the expected amount then reload time becomes a factor & the player has to wait for the reload time.

That provides actual lore/gameplay justification for trying to use fewer probes despite infinite ammo.