Delta Outpost
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Biologist Reyna Starnes is sent with her team to a mysterious new planet. There they discover an amazing ecosystem that defies all logic. The resources they find there could make them wealthy overnight, but they aren't the only thing to discover. Their work awakens a terrible creature that sends them running for their lives. As they fight to survive against the beast, more secrets about the planet are revealed, and the creature might just be the least of their worries.
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