The other problem with sending a space probe is that the devs will have to actually deliver the Proxima Centauri mod on time and on budget, which, let's be hone

The other problem with sending a space probe is that the devs will have to actually deliver the Proxima Centauri mod on time and on budget, which, let's be honest, probably isn't going to happen for another few years. Think about it, you have to skin the whole planet, make sure the AI isn't weird, make sure it doesn't conflict with the existing storyline or retcon all the earth NPC memories. It's a HUGE project. Right now we just literally return a light curve from the function when someone looks at it. And even if we could get the adversial networks to model all this garbage, etc it needs to line up with the plan of the rest of the Universe from the franchise and the managers can't even decide whether the photon is going to be a wave or a particle. Jeez. Vaporware like HL2.