Active defenses engaged the attackers. Hyper missiles were useless, for they could not home on evading targets, **so sublight counter-missiles raced to meet them, blossoming in megaton bursts as proximity fuses activated.** Eye-searing flashes pocked the holographic display, and red dots began to die.

"They mount quite capable defenses of their own, Captain," Dahak observed, and Colin felt them through his feed. ECM systems lured Dahak's fire wide and on-board maneuvering systems sent the red dots into wild gyrations, and they were faster than the counter-missiles chasing them.

- Armageddon Inheritance, Chapter Seven