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Fuel the DropShip\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 75px; border: 1px solid black; vertical-align: top; text-align: start;\" class=\"Lexical__tableCell\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Lexical__paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eRepublic forces must protect the fueling operation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 75px; border: 1px solid black; vertical-align: top; text-align: start;\" class=\"Lexical__tableCell\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Lexical__paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e3 Turns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 75px; border: 1px solid black; vertical-align: top; text-align: start;\" class=\"Lexical__tableCell\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Lexical__paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Lexical__textBold\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e2. Load Flight Data\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 75px; border: 1px solid black; vertical-align: top; text-align: start;\" class=\"Lexical__tableCell\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Lexical__paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eDownload critical navigation data (reduced by Data Download small game)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 75px; border: 1px solid black; vertical-align: top; text-align: start;\" class=\"Lexical__tableCell\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Lexical__paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e5 Turns\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 75px; border: 1px solid black; vertical-align: top; text-align: start;\" class=\"Lexical__tableCell\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Lexical__paragraph\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Lexical__textBold\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e3. 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