Here's what I wrote in a similar thread in general chat:


Quote Originally Posted by Royce View Post
Another problem that could be solved of there was a log of probe observations, which I think, along with probe waypoints, would make probes awesome.
Example:
Probe arrived at location XYZ
Encountered planet with details ABC
Was destroyed
So you'd be able to determine the nature of planets using probes, even if they were attacked. It seems like a probe should be able to do that for you.