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May 22, 2012 Woodlander link
Don't know if I'm coming down with some sort of psychological space sickness or what but I'm starting to have incredibly lucid dreams about mining dirty great hunks of space rock. Seriously! Woke up in a cold sweat last night thinking I'd mistakenly jettisoned my secret stash of Glengoyne malt whisky instead of that junk bit of ferric I'd picked up. Aaaaaaah!
May 22, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - System Exploration
My own indie sight seeing tour

Location - Azek

Ship - Revenant MkIII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Mining Beam, Mineral Scanner, Advanced Mining Beam

License - 5/4/2/4/2

Notes - Visited each, apparently, empty sector in the system of Azek earlier. Its amazing what you can stumble across in the hauntingly beautiful depths of deep space. OK... most sectors were completely bloody empty but hay, if you don't look... right? And I have to say, some of the asteroid fields are exquisite, either that or I'm starting to loose it (see previous). Although the odd sector can hold the occasional hidden danger. Which would be fine if your in a fighter but maybe not so good when your running around trying to take asteroid particulars in a beat-up old Rev. It's a definite case of run away. Quickly!
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May 23, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - Mining
Prospecting for minerals

Location - Azek I-12

Ship - Revenant MkIII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Mining Beam, Advanced Mining Beam, Mineral Scanner

License - 5/4/2/4/2

Notes - It's a miners life for me for me, a miners life for me. hehe
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Mission - Mining
Big order for premium silicate ore

Location - Azek D-11

Ship - Revenant MkIII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Mining Beam, Advanced Mining Beam, Mineral Scanner

License - 5/4/2/4/2

Notes - And another one bites the dust.
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Mission - Mining
Premium VanAzek needed

Location - Azek D-11

Ship - Revenant MkIII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Mining Beam, Advanced Mining Beam, Mineral Scanner

License - 5/4/2/4/2

Notes - Eeeeeeewww, that VanAzek smells like cat piss and don't, whatever you do, get any of it on your danny's, YUK!
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Mission - Mining
Premium Ferric wanted

Location - Azek I-4

Ship - Revenant MkIII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Mining Beam, Advanced Mining Beam, Mineral Scanner

License - 5/4/2/4/2

Notes - Hmmm, I wonder what the highest mining license level is, and if anyone's ever reached it.
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May 24, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - Trading Guild
Mixed jobs from the local trading guild

Location - Dau G-2

Ship - TGP Atlas Type X

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Stingray Homing Missile Launcher

License - 5/4/2/4/2

Notes - Tidy! What a difference this new Atlas makes with its personalised flight control system and stick, apparently there all the rage. Rock on Tommy!
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Mission - Trading Guild
Mixed jobs from the local trading guild

Location - Dau G-2

Ship - TGP Atlas Type X

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Stingray Homing Missile Launcher

License - 5/4/2/4/2

Notes - And its like learning to fly all over again. Combats going to be fun. hehe. Right. Must be time for an in flight movie.
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May 25, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - Indie Target Practice Slotting Easy Bots
Weapons drills and tactics

Location - Dau

Ship - Warthog Territorial Defender

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster, Stingray Homing Missile Launcher

License - 5/4/2/4/2

Notes - Started with Orun collectors, then DenTeks, and some Artemis bots too. Bam! and the witch is dead.
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May 28, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - Indie Target Practice
Weapons drills and tactics

Location - Dau

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster x 2

License - 5/4/2/4/2

Notes - As expected those ApuTek-5 Guardians were a little more tricky and tried to sneak behind me on more than one occasion. OK, I need some more shekels.
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Mission - Escort

Location - Dau L-11

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster x 2

License - 5/4/2/4/2

Notes - And another ship goes safely on its way.
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Mission - Escort

Location - Arta Caelestis L-2

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster x 2

License - 5/4/2/4/2

Notes - Over a 100 grand on that run. Money for old rope. Yeeeah haa!
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Mission - Escort

Location - Azek D-11

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster x 2

License - 5/4/2/5/2

Notes - Got trading license 5 on that run. The universe is my oyster.
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Mission - Escort

Location - Ukari M-5

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster x 2

License - 5/4/2/5/2

Notes - The AI pilot of that trident didn't have a clue, it got stuck in an asteroid field! Man those pathfinding algorithms ain't what they used to be, that's for sure. Mind you, it was worth waiting for the AI pilot to figure it out as I got over a quarter of a mil when we all arrived at our destination in one piece. Aah ha ha ha, pieces of 8 pieces of 8.
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Mission - Escort

Location - Dau K-10

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster x 2

License - 5/4/2/5/2

Notes - Nearly 400 grand for that'n, oh yeah!
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Mission - Escort

Location - Azek I-4

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster x 2

License - 5/4/2/5/2

Notes - hehehe.
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Mission - Special Delivery
Deliver a datapad to Bractus

Location - Verasi O-7

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster x 2

License - 5/4/2/5/2

Notes - Datapad delivered and said hello to DeepSpaceOne on the way back.
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May 28, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - Advanced Combat Practice
Improve your combat skill by hunting hive bots

Location - Verasi C-4

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster x 2

License - 5/4/2/5/2

Notes - Bots various - (Orne Guardian, TyCorp Assault, Valent A-47 Assault (easy), ApuTek-17 Guardian) - R.I.P.
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Mission - Help! Rogue Queen Detected
Seeking a pilot to assist with destroying a queen

Location - Verasi C-4

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster x 2

License - 5/5/2/5/2

Notes - I don't believe it, kicks the escorts arse then watches as the bombers bring the queens shields down... So I then plough on in there shooting at the queen from her port side but I must have gotten too close because as she blew up I bleed'n went with 'er. Bollox!! Moral of the story, check your health before engaging a dying queen at close quarters.
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Mission - Help! Rogue Queen Detected
Seeking a pilot to assist with destroying a queen

Location - Arta Caelestis B-7

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster x 2

License - 5/5/2/5/2

Notes - YES !!! She's got no ice cream, she's got no ice cream.
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May 29, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - Mining
Medium load of Lanthanic needed

Location - Itani Nation

Ship - Revnant MkIII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Mining Beam, Advanced Mining Beam, Mineral Scanner

License - 5/5/2/5/3

Notes - The bitter sweet taste of Lanthanic... mmmmm.
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Mission - Mining
400cu of Denic wanted

Location - Itani Nation

Ship - Revnant MkIII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Mining Beam, Advanced Mining Beam, Mineral Scanner

License - 5/5/2/5/4

Notes - There I was, minding my own business and happily mining away when I spots this EC89 closing in on my pos. Here we go I thought. And sure enough. Ping ping ping went the rounds from the pilots training blaster as they bounced off my hull. Jeez I thought, some rookie straight out of training. The joys. hehe. As I was unarmed I made a quick exit through a worm hole and when I eventually docked the repair was only 3c. Bargain.

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May 30, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - Indie Target Practice
Weapons drills and tactics

Location - Dau

Ship - Warthog MkII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Stingray Homing Missile Launcher

License - 5/5/2/5/4

Notes - Bots various.
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May 31, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - Indie Target Practice
Weapons dills and tactics

Location - Dau

Ship - Warthog MkII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Stingray Homing Missile Launcher

License - 5/5/2/5/4

Notes - Was trying some different flight tactics against an ApuTek-5 that was trying to blow me to smithereens. Then all of a sudden, out of know where, the bot realises it can't hit me so it breaks off the engagement and just casually flies away. Cheeky bastard!
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Mission - Help! Rogue Queen Detected
Seeking a pilot to assist with destroying a queen

Location - Arta Caelestis B-7

Ship - Warthog MkII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Stingray Homing Missile Launcher

License - 5/5/2/5/4

Notes - Aaaah! Got a good shoeing that time, managed to get away with only 14% health.
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Mission - Help! Rogue Queen Detected
Seeking a pilot to assist with destroying a queen

Location - Arta Caelestis B-7

Ship - Warthog MkII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Stingray Homing Missile Launcher

License - 5/5/2/5/4

Notes - Damn, got blown to bits on that'n!
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Mission - Help! Rogue Queen Detected
Seeking a pilot to assist with destroying a queen

Location - Arta Caelestis B-7

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII x 2

License - 5/5/2/5/4

Notes - Its not my day, another ship bites the dust. Ack!
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Mission - Hive Skirmish
Wipe out a small hive presence in Latos J-13 (Ion storm in progress)

Location - Arta Caelestis C-4

Ship - Warthog Territorial Defender

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII

License - 5/5/2/5/4

Notes - Much better! Thought I'd lost me touch for a second there.
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Mission - Hive Skirmish
Wipe out a small hive presence in Latos D-10

Location - Latos C-2

Ship - Warthog Territorial Defender

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII

License - 5/5/2/5/4

Notes - Hell, got wasted *again* !
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Mission - Hive Skirmish
Wipe out a small hive presence in Latos H-13

Location - Arta Caelestis C-4

Ship - Warthog MkII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Stingray Homing Missile Launcher

License - 5/5/2/5/4

Notes - Death to the HIVE! Woo!
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Mission - Hive Skirmish
Wipe out a small hive presence in Latos C-10

Location - Latos C-2

Ship - Warthog MkII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Stingray Homing Missile Launcher

License - 5/5/2/5/4

Notes - Bollox! I let em flank me and got blown to bits for about the fourth time today. Time for a break. hehe
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Jun 01, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - Escort

Location - Arta Caelestis B-7

Ship - Warthog Territorial Defender

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Stingray Homing Missile Launcher

License - 5/5/2/5/4

Notes - Nothing to report.
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Mission - Hive Skirmish
Wipe out the small Hive presence in Rhamus N-14 (Ion storm in progress)

Location - Helios B-7

Ship - Warthog Territorial Defender

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII, Stingray Homing Missile Launcher

License - 6/5/2/5/4

Notes - That Hive skirmish was over before it'd begun. Mind you, got combat 6 out of it so not complaining. hehe
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Mission - Indie Missile Practice

Location - Dau

Ship - Warthog Territorial Defender

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Stingray Homing Missile Launcher, Yellow Jacket Missile Launcher then Gemini Homing Missile Launcher

License - 6/5/3/5/4

Notes - Out of those 3 missile types I like the stingrays. Got heavy weapons 3.
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Mission - Hive Skirmish
Wipe out a small Hive presence in Latos C-10

Location - Latos C-2

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII x 2

License - 6/5/3/5/4

Notes - Cracking stuff!!! Even if I did get slotted near the end. Wooo!
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Mission - Hive Skirmish
Wipe out a small Hive presence in Latos L-3

Location - Latos N-2

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII x 2

License - 6/6/3/5/4

Notes - Another good'n, don't know what the heck was going on yesterday. Got light weapons 6.
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Mission - Escort

Location - Ukari L-14

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII x 2

License - 6/6/3/5/4

Notes - Ho hum.
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Jun 01, 2012 Pizzasgood link
Stingrays are underrated in my opinion. They're pretty useless in PVP, but they can be effective in low level PVE. They have more total damage per tube than even chaos swarms, and 15 m/s more velocity. Their biggest drawback is the lack of a proximity fuse, which makes actually hitting anything more difficult. Swarms also have more spread, which helps them to hit things. But if you take the time to aim the stingray, you can fairly reliably hit bots.

I still prefer using heavy energy weapons anyway, but my point is the stingray isn't as bad as most people will tell you.
Jun 02, 2012 Woodlander link
Yes, the stingray is quite an effective weapon against low level bots when you get the hang of how and when to fire it. I also tried flying at stationary target's using turbo and launching about four missiles at roughly the same time which was a lot of fun and gave good results.

Was well pissed off with the yellow jacket as its range is quite poor and it flies like a pregnant bus. The gemini's were better than the yellow jacket's and I'll probably do more testing with them. Overall I need to do more heavy weapons practice as I've let that license slid a bit. Although there's nothing quite like the thrill of a good old fashioned dog fight with guns.

Can't wait to get my dannys on some of the more advanced weaponry.
Jun 03, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - Indie Missile Practice

Location - Dau

Ship - Ragnarok

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster, Stingray Homing Missile Launcher, Gemini Homing Missile Launcher

License - 6/6/3/5/4

Notes - Skewered some DenTeks.
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Mission - Indie Missile Practice

Location - Verasi

Ship - Hornet MkIII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster, Gemini Homing Missile Launcher

License - 6/6/3/5/4

Notes - Whacked some TyCorp's then some Valent AK47's. Not too keen on that positron blaster compared to the neutron blaster MkII, 5 m/s in velocity seems to make a world of difference.
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Mission - Escort

Location - Verasi C-4

Ship - Hornet MkIII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Positron Blaster, Gemini Homing Missile Launcher

License - 6/6/3/5/4

Notes - Good run.
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Mission - Hive Skirmish
Wipe out a small Hive presence in Latos H-13 (Ion storm in progress)

Location - Dau K-10

Ship - Warthog Territorial Defender

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII

License - 6/6/3/5/4

Notes - Another Hive skirmish that seemed to be over before I'd fired a single shot. Got the xp tho.
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Jun 03, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - Escort

Location - Dau K-10

Ship - Vulture MkIV

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII

License - 6/6/3/5/4

Notes - Was escorting a moth to Sedina K-13 when we got bumped by a notorious pirate. The moth managed to get away and I engaged the pirate but unfortunately I didn't last long and was vaporised into a bright red mist within minutes.
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Mission - PvP

Location - Sedina A-8

Ship - Vulture MkIII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII

License - 6/6/3/5/4

Notes - I have a lot to learn and take my hat off to my skilled opponent who made it look easy. During this impromptu mentoring fight he gave me a few good tips which were very helpful. We started off with me just trying to hit him as he dodged and manoeuvred to avoid my incoming rounds. Everything just seemed to happen so damn fast, my heart was racing and the adrenalin pumping as I tried to slot his hound.

PvP is much more difficult than I can explain in words, but at the exact same time it's just the most fun and exciting time I've ever had from combat. I'd shoot one way but he'd quickly move out of the way, and again I'd fire some well aimed bursts but only ever landing the occasional lucky shot.

Fighting against a real opponent is just SO much better than anything I've done previously or anything I could have imagined, PvP fucking rocks and then some !!! THANKYOU Pilot!
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Mission - PvP

Location - Sedina A-8

Ship - Vulture MkIII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII

License - 6/6/3/5/4

Notes - What can I say, Im hooked. <grin>
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Jun 03, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - 318th Nation War

Location - Sedina D-2

Ship - Vulture MkIII

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Neutron Blaster MkII

License - 6/6/3/5/4

Notes - Good stuff, I enjoyed that! Locked my radar onto a mrGavin at the start, at least I think that was the pilots name, and gave chase although it wasn't long before mrGavin realised I was shooting at his/her valk and promptly kicked my arse. hehe.

Went back in an EC89. Got a good view of the remaining fight and near the end watched as a crippled trident made a jump out of the sector and away from danger. Don't know if the pursuing ships followed or not.
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Jun 04, 2012 Deathzor link
Wow I have become a 'notorious pirate.' slowly all that warranty selling finally starting to pay off, anyway if you want to have more participate fights you how to pm me ;).
Jun 04, 2012 Phaserlight link
There's nothing quite like Vendetta Online's PvP. Unfortunate that many new players seem to not even make it to the stage you have. Welcome to the new world, young grasshopper.
Jun 04, 2012 Woodlander link
Deathzor: I'm looking forward to it!

Phaserlight: Thanks!
Jun 04, 2012 Woodlander link
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Mission - Mining
400cu load of Denic wanted

Location - Itani Nation

Ship - Centaur

Power - Fast Charge Power Cell

Loadout - Mineral Scanner, Advanced Mining Beam, Advanced Mining Beam

License - 6/6/3/5/5

Notes - Got mining license 5 from that'n.
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