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Perhaps the most common means of distracting hostile incoming guided systems. The ubiquitous chaff and flare dispenser is often the first resort and the Pact is no exception to this utilizing various scales of forms of these two pieces of technology. The actual size and performance of these systems will vary from specific launcher type and the platform that is utilizing the systems.

Used on everything from power armor launch cells to dedicated bricks located on capital ships, flares of various types covering the electromagnetic spectrum from the high energy gamma down to the far infrared. There are two kinds of flares employed by the Colonial Pact, the first being the common and cheap 'dumb' flare. Effectively a simple rocket propelled container with a single or mixed wavelength payload which can be set to burn immediately after launch or at some preset time after being ejected. The other is a semi-guided decoy system which will run a random path after launching, these are capable of emitting different wavelengths either in a series or at the same time over the course of their lifetime. Both of these types are employed in a myriad of scales and sizes.

Like flares these see use on virtually every Pact platform, like most these are containers of various materials intended to produce a sensor obscuring cloud around the launching vessel. However various fillers that can effect other sensor types, such as those that detect exotic particles or gravitational anomalies can also be employed and are often packed in dispensers in a group to be used all at once. Which when employed produces a large deadzone across multiple types of sensors. Like Pact flares, chaff munitions also come in 'dumb' varieties with various fuse options and 'smart' varieties which are capable of running patterns and detonating where the launching vessel may require them to deal with a threat. Both of these types are employed in a myriad of scales and sizes.

These types of systems are primarily used on Colonial Pact Trade Alliance military, civil security, and commercial vessels and platforms. However electronic warfare systems of this type are often provided to client states or trusted private interests.