It takes 10 turns, but you can change this in settings.txt, if you really like the chain reaction effect...
For play balance, I think 10 is good, though.
PvK
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Originally posted by Baal:
Ha ha (Nelson Munse from simpsons). I love it when that happens. Did you use Tactical Strategic? Sadly MM changed that in recent patches. Now when you Capture/Subvert an enemy ship it takes 10x (?) longer or 10 (?) turns to reload all its weapons. So no more Subverter chain reactions anymore. Sad really, those where a lot of fun to watch.