Chapter 1: Welcome to Blue Planet
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2199AD
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Box: Lesear Effect
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Blue Planet v2
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What is Blue Planet?
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The Game Moderator
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The Synergy Game System
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The Dice
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Dice Pools
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Target Numbers
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Task Rolls
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Making the Game your Own
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Poseidon: A Survival Guide
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Chapter 2: Character Creation
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Concept
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Group Concept
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Power Level and Game Balance
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Box: Twenty Questions
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Characteristics
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Attributes
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Derived Attributes
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Character Species
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Human, Pure-strain
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Box: In the Service of Justice
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Human, Modified
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Human, Genetic Redesign
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Dolphin
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Killer Whale
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Modifying Attributes
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Point System
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Random System
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Abilities
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Human Abilities
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Modi Abilities
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Genie Abilities
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Cetacean Abilities
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Echolocation
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Environmental Sensitivity
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Aptitudes
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Skills
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Training Packages
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Custom Skills
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Origin Packages
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Background Packages
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Professional Packages
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Skill Descriptions
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Sample Character: Bush Pilot
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Sample Character: Dolphin Engineer
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Sample Character: Field Biologist
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Sample Character: Gangster
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Sample Character: GEO Marshal
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Sample Character: GEO Shock Trooper
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Sample Character: Native Ecoterrorist
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Sample Character: Orca Peacekeeper
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Sample Character: Silva Warden
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Character Development
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Earning Character Improvement Points
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Spending Character Improvement Points
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Chapter 3: Character Profile
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Goal
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Motivation
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Attitude
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Player's Choice
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Features
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Roles
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Administrator
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Artist
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Civilian Pilot
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Doctor
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Ecoterrorist
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Freebooter
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Frontiersman
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Gangster
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Box: Cold Soup
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GEO Magistrate
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GEO Marshall
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GEO Patrol
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GEO Peacekeeper
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GEO Shock Trooper
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Incorporate Security
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Intelligence Agent
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Journalist
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Medic
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Mercenary
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Military Pilot
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Miner
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Native Healer
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Native Insurgent
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Native Patrol
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Native Sell-Out
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Opportunist
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Pioneer
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Private Investigator
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Prospector
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Sailor
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Box: Black Charlie
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Scholar
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Scientist
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Spacer
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Technician
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Thug
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Trader
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Warden
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Chapter 4: Synergy Game System
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Task Resolution
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Skilled Tasks
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Aptitude
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Target Number
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Task Difficulty
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Unskilled Tasks
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Action Value
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Attribute Rolls
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Opposed Rolls
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Combat
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Action Rounds
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Actions
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Initiative
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Multiple Actions
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Holding Actions
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Ranged Combat
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Range
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Size
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Movement
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Cover
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Aiming
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Recoil
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Automatic Fire
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Close Combat
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Combat Manoeuvres
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Situational Modifiers
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Damage
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Wounds
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Damage Resolution
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Called Shots
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First Aid
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Special Damage
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Falling
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Explosives
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Burning and Electrical Shock
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Hypothermia
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Poison
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Suffocation and Drowning
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Healing and Recovery
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Vehicle Damage
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Chapter 5: Hardware
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Technology Key
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Power Supplies
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Batteries
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Fuel Cells
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Electronics Components
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Access Chip
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Interactive Access Chip
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Interface Technology
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Computers
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Body Computers
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Dataspike
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Main Computers
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Communications
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Personal Communications
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Uplink Communicators
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Robotics and Remotes
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Robots
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Agricultural Robot
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Construction Robot
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Delivery Robot
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Domestic Robot
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Remotes
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Cetacean Remote
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Combat Remote
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Recon Remote
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Surveillance Remote
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Sensors
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Broad Spectrum Visor
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Combat HUD
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Digital Binoculars
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Hand-Held Sonar Transceiver
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Security Monitors
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Sensor Array
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Medical Gear
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Biomonitor
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Coagulant Pads
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Cold-Sleep Capusules
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Cerebral Cryo-Oxygenators
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Field Surgery Kit
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Standard Medical Kit
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Ultrasonic Hypodermic
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Wound Glue
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Drugs
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Antibiotics/Antivirals
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Anti-Shock
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Auntie Susie
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Healing Booster
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Pain Inhibitor
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Reflex Serum
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Life Support
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Artificial Gill
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Bacterial Life Support EVA System
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Diving Mask
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Drysuit
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Gill Suit
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Hard Suit
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Survival Gear
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Filter Mask
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Fire Paste
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Locator Beacon
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Portable Navigation Suite
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Rescue Ball
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Survival Guide
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Survival Grenade
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Survival Plastic
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Water Purifiers
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Personal Propulsion
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MHD Harness
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MHD Sled
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Manoeuvre Jets
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Remote Vehicle Technology
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Remotely Piloted Submersibles
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Cetacean Technologies
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Artificial Gill
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CICADA
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Cetacean Weapon Harness
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Sonic Trode
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Materials
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Bioplastic
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Flex Grade
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Foamed Plastic
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Industrial Grade
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Standard Grade
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Body Armour
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Combat Armour
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Combat Helmet
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Phototropic BDU
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Personal Body Armour
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Melee Weapons
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Diamond Knife
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Stun Gloves and Batons
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Firearms
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Handguns
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Concealable
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Large Calibre
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Small Calibre
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Stunguns
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Longarms
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Assault Rifle
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Hunting Rifle
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Shotgun
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Sniper Rifle
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Spear Gun
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Submachine Gun
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Heavy Weapons
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Assault Cannon
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Autocannon
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Grenade Launcher
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Heavy Machinegun
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Light Machinegun
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Torpedo Cannon
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Firearm Accessories
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Ammunition
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Armour-Piercing Rounds
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Explosive Rounds
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Flechette Rounds
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Standard Rounds
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Suppression Rounds
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Assault Harness
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Laser Designator
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Optics
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Electronic Scopes
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Optical Scopes
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Targeting Interlink
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Grenades
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Destructive Grenades
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Armour-Piercing Grenades
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Concussion Grenades
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Fragmentation Grenades
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Incendiary Grenades
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Suppression Grenades
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Adhesive Grenades
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Flash-Bang
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Nausea Grenade
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Sleep Grenade
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Smoke Grenade
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Vehicles
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Motorcycle
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Hovercraft
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APC Hovercraft
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Heavy Hovercraft
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Light Hovercraft
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Jumpcraft
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Assault Jumpcraft
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Cargo Jumpcraft
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Jumpbike
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Patrol Jumpcraft
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Utility Jumpcraft
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VTOL Aircraft
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Utility VTOL
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VTOL Strike Fighter
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Submersibles
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Cetacean Power Shell
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Submersible Interceptor
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Research Submersible
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Utility Submersible
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Watercraft
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Hydrofoil
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Power Ski
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Sailboats
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Vehicle Accessories
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Armour
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Auxiliary Fuel Tank
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Computer-Assisted Targeting System
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ECM Suite
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Ejection System
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Evac Pod
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Gunner's Turret
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Onboard Computer
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Radar Suite
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Security System
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Sonar Suite
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Targeting Computer
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VR Cockpit
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Guided Weapons
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Infantry Missile Launcher
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Multipurpose Anti-Vehicle Missile
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Torpedo
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Chapter 6: Biotech
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Biotechnology
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Cybernetic Modification
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Implant Computers
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Implanted Calculator
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Implanted Microcomputer
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Implanted Sensory Recorder
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Implanted Translator
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Neural Jack
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Pain Inhibitor
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Programmed Reflexes
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Programs
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Sensor and Technical Cyberwear
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Infrared Sensors
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Implanted Radar
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Implanted Micro-Toolkit
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Spyware
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Anatomical Cyberwear
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Genetic Redesign
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Aquaforms
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Hybrids
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Spacers
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Transhumans
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Genies and Biomods
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Genetic Modification
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Medical Biomods
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Longevity Therapy
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Regeneration
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Metabolic Biomods
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Anti-Poison
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Improved Blood Oxygenation
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Mind-Job
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Respiratory Filter
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Multiglands
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Salt Tolerance
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Implanted Biomods
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Electro-Muscular Analogues
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Immunological Symbiote
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Sensory Biomods
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Amplified Hearing
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Echolocation
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Enhanced Smell
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Extra Sensory Perception Enhancement
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Telescopic Vision
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Full-Body Biomods
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Accelerated Neurons
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Aquaform
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Body Sculpting
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GEO Shock Trooper
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Hybrid
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Spacer
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Transhuman
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Chapter 7: Future History
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The Athena Project
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Box: Prometheus II Returns
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The Blight
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Europe
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The Americas
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Africa and the Middle East
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Asia
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Antartica
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Earth Orbit
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Luna, Mars Colony, and the Asteroid Belt
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The Death Toll
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The Global Ecology Organization
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Box: Shooting the Hole
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GEO Protectorates and Independents
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The Incorporate States
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The Natives and the Abandonment
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Box: The Cooler
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Recontact
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The Long John Rush
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On the Horizon
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Chapter 8: On the Frontier
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A World in Conflict
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The Natives
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Culture and Psychology
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The Native View
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Relations between Diver and Squid
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The Natives and Poseidon
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The Natives and Earth
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Technology
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Native Settlements
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Aquaculture and Agriculture
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Lifestyle
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Ritual and Ceremony
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The GEO on Poseidon
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Human Resources
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Natural Resources
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Science and Technology
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Communications
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Internal Security
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State and Internal Affairs
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Armed Forces
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Justice
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Trade and Industry
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The Incorporate States on Poseidon
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Anasi Systems
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Atlas Materials
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Biogene
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Box: Long John
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Dundalk Shipbuilding
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Gendiver
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Hanover Industries
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Hydrospan
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Lavender Organics
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MacLeod Enforcement
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Nippon Industrial State
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The Newcomers
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Pioneers
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Box: Colonial Calendar
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Prospectors
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Opportunists
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Cetaceans
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History
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Life on Poseidon
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Dolphins
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Anatomy and Physiology
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Psychology
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Sociology
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Culture
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Killer Whales
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Anatomy and Physiology
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Psychology
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Sociology
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Culture
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Technology
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Lifestyle
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Transportation
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Communication
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Chapter 9: Timeline
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