The probe network has insufficient bandwidth to give the tactical officer a fully updated picture from each missile. It can still pass new orders to the missiles' onboard artificial intelligence. Later salvos repeat the earlier screen-clearing attack, then adjust to the damage already inflicted on the carriers. The surviving carrier defeats two more salvos before a mixture of intercepted and deliberately detonated missiles creates another path through its defenses. The captain can follow the communications without reconstructing exactly how the tactical officer delivers the final hits.
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Limited communications still allow missile salvos to change course
Q-probes cannot return a complete picture from every missile, but they carry enough instructions for tactical officers to reshape an attack.