The new Surplus Supply starship trait doesn't work as advertised, there appears to be a limit that's not mentioned in the description, and only releases 4 Micro-Pods regardless the amount of allies in the 10km area.
And even if 4 is the limit, the target selection is wonky. Pods rarely go to one lucky player and 3 random pets, most of the time it's only the pets.
EDIT: Attaching screenshots of the trait description & trait in action.
It's difficult to catch in action, but on this screenshot 3 Micro-Pods go for my launched carrier pets and 1 goes towards a player ship. There's countless other ships in the 10km vicinity
It's a bit easier to see here, carrier pets were docked and all the ships in the background were within 10km. Only 4 pods launched again