Scouting Horsefall Campground Volunteer Position

April 13, 2025. rswfire is currently stationed near Honeyman/Florence, Oregon, living in his RV. Clear, cold, sunny day. He's one week away from starting a new volunteer position and is in reconnaissance mode, evaluating the environment and logistics of his upcoming assignment.

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toward territorial integration

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April 13, 2025

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[0:00]So, we're traveling 40 miles south to

[0:03]where I'll be volunteering in a week.

[0:04]Horsef fall campground. I just want to

[0:06]see what it looks like. It's an off-grid

[0:09]campground. Um, the host there's just

[0:11]there would be me and one other person

[0:13]are the only ones that have hookups. I

[0:15]want to see what my site would look

[0:16]like. It's probably empty right now just

[0:17]waiting for me. So, I just want to check

[0:20]it out. I want to see how busy it is,

[0:22]what it looks like, how loud it is, all

[0:24]of that. Just get a feel for this place.

[0:28]Um, I'm excited about it. I'm going to

[0:30]post this to my private channel and

[0:33]since it's going to be multiple clips,

[0:34]I'll have to um, you know, clip them all

[0:37]together and Power Director and my

[0:38]subscription for that ended. So, down in

[0:40]the bottom right, you're going to see a

[0:41]stupid overlay that says Power Director.

[0:43]Can't do anything about it, so I can

[0:44]renew that. It's not very expensive.

[0:46]It's only like $40 a

[0:48]year. So, hopefully it's not too

[0:51]distracting. I don't like seeing it, but

[0:53]it is what it

[0:54]is. This is a good day. It's very nice

[0:57]out. It's cold, but it's a clear day,

[1:00]sunny.

[1:02]Um, I'm excited about this. We're going

[1:05]to pass through and pass the Reed

[1:08]Sport. Um, which is a, you know, I'm up

[1:11]near Honeyman right now. I'm near

[1:12]Florence. So, we'll pass through

[1:13]Reedport. We'll pass through Winchester

[1:15]Bay. It's a very nice area. I've got

[1:17]videos of that like with John where we

[1:19]went exploring that place. And then

[1:22]we'll pass Tuckman, which is the first

[1:24]place that I volunteered at.

[1:27]And after that, you there's Lakeside,

[1:30]which is where my post office box is.

[1:32]It's a cool little city. I just wanted

[1:34]my post office box to be there, even

[1:35]though it's a little bit out of the way.

[1:37]You go down the road to get to it. And

[1:41]after that,

[1:43]um there's really nothing, just the

[1:44]dunes. And then we'll get to Horsefall

[1:47]Campgrounds before right before reaching

[1:49]Kusay, which is the big city. So, right

[1:52]before you get to the bridge there, um

[1:54]we'll we'll kind of we'll curve over

[1:56]towards the ocean. Big bridge there. And

[2:00]I have never been down there. I had

[2:01]planned to go that way. I didn't know

[2:03]about this campground, but I had planned

[2:04]to go that way because it looks like,

[2:05]you know, that's where the beach access

[2:07]is

[2:08]at. And we'll check this place out. So,

[2:12]yeah,

[2:14]excited. You can see the trails I hike

[2:17]there. That's Tuckman overpassing. I

[2:20]love that my GPS shows off that even

[2:21]while I'm driving on my Jeep. Best guy

[2:25]GPS. I love that app. We're passing

[2:28]Lakeside right now. Thinking maybe I

[2:30]should go check my post office box.

[2:32]Somebody had left a comment a week ago

[2:34]asking for it, but they never never said

[2:37]if they were sending anything. So,

[2:40]um, it's a bit down that road. It's not

[2:43]real far, but maybe on the way back. I

[2:45]was just reflecting, you know, I'm

[2:47]heading south on the 101.

[2:50]And it's like you just go up and down

[2:52]the 101. I'm not my GPS even though it's

[2:54]on. It's not

[2:58]um not mapping anything. It's not

[3:00]navigating. It's just on. See, there's

[3:03]another trail. I don't even know which

[3:05]one that is. Oh, Ill Creek Campground.

[3:08]Oh, yeah. I explored that place one day.

[3:10]Um so whenever my phone is actually

[3:13]being really slow, I don't know why. Um

[3:16]to flip sides, camera sides.

[3:19]whenever I

[3:23]um this it's coming from my phone that

[3:26]that that display on my Jeep. So, you

[3:28]know, on my phone I can use the guy GPS

[3:30]app and I can just explore all the

[3:31]places that I've been and um it's just

[3:34]fun to look at all the places I've

[3:37]explored. You know, I want to keep

[3:38]filling that out. Um I I do I turn it on

[3:43]whenever I'm hiking or whenever I'm

[3:44]driving up and down the 101. So,

[3:46]anyways, that's what I was talking

[3:47]about.

[3:48]you know, north and south on the

[3:50]101. You really don't need to map

[3:53]directions because you pretty much know

[3:54]where you're going.

[3:57]And I just also love the fact that it's

[4:00]like the 101 is the bridge of my life.

[4:02]Like everything that matters to me is on

[4:05]this

[4:05]highway. And I

[4:08]just absolutely love it. Like I love

[4:10]this road almost like I love the ocean.

[4:12]I can't explain it, you know?

[4:15]So, I feel like I have such a great life

[4:21]because I never could have imagined this

[4:24]a year ago, but here I am living it. I

[4:26]think it's just amazing. We've got some

[4:28]beautiful dunes back

[4:31]there. There's some over

[4:38]here. This whole side of the road is

[4:42]dunes, even when you can't see them.

[4:44]That's why the 101 curves inward the

[4:47]whole length from Kusme to

[4:49]Florence. We're going to we're at one

[4:51]end of it right now where we're staying

[4:53]and we're heading to the other end of it

[4:55]now because that's where we'll be

[4:57]volunteering. We should be pretty close

[4:59]I

[5:01]think once I get to the bridge where you

[5:04]would travel over to Northbend/cus Bay.

[5:06]There's two cities there.

[5:09]I don't know.

[5:10]There technically two cities, but it's,

[5:13]you know, it feels like one. That kind

[5:14]of thing. But once you get to the

[5:16]bridge, like right before that bridge,

[5:18]there should be a different bridge

[5:20]curving off towards the ocean. I haven't

[5:22]taken this one yet. And that's where

[5:24]we're

[5:25]heading. Yep. There's the bridge in the

[5:27]distance. Such a big, beautiful bridge.

[5:29]We're going to take this little I don't

[5:32]even know what you call this. It's right

[5:34]here.

[5:41]Horsefall Dunes Beach

[5:43]Access. That's where we're

[5:53]going. We're going to take this

[5:55]interesting land bridge, I guess. I

[5:57]don't know what you call this.

[6:02]Transpacific

[6:04]Parkway. I think that's probably the 101

[6:06]it was talking

[6:10]about. Wow, it looks

[6:13]awesome. Oh my god. Imagine living here.

[6:16]I'm going to be volunteering here for a

[6:17]long

[6:30]time. Already someone trying to tailgate

[6:33]me. People drive

[6:36]like very inconsiderate these

[6:40]days. So this must be a lake

[6:46]um on both sides of the

[6:48]road. I wonder how wonder if the water

[6:53]like if they're connected at all. Those

[6:57]are some amazing dunes and

[6:59]like Oh, those are old railroad

[7:03]um

[7:11]Oh, so I've never been over here. We

[7:13]just got to look for the

[7:16]signs. Going over railroad

[7:20]track. I love railroads. Oh my god, I'm

[7:23]going to love it here so much. I can

[7:26]already

[7:30]tell. Horsefall Beach Road. I'm going to

[7:33]assume we go that

[7:35]way. Yep. Oregon Dunes National

[7:38]Recreation Horsefall. Oh, we are here.

[7:40]We are here already. Oh my god, this is

[7:44]awesome. Can't wait to be

[7:47]here. My phone turned off on

[7:50]accident. next two and a half miles. So,

[7:53]this is a pretty big

[7:56]place. This person behind me, my phone

[8:00]keeps shutting off. It's acting very

[8:01]strange today. I don't know. Maybe it's

[8:03]slow in space or something or just I

[8:06]don't know. I'll look at it

[8:11]later. So, we will be going towards a

[8:14]campground.

[8:22]Sand camp

[8:25]information. I don't know what this is.

[8:27]It's a place to detach your Jeep though

[8:28]when you're towing an RV. That's for

[8:30]sure. Well, no, that's the road. Okay.

[8:32]Wait, no. Yeah, that's a

[8:34]pulloff, I

[8:39]think. Horsefall

[8:41]campground and Dave's area. as we go

[8:45]this

[8:47]way. Oh man, I love this so much

[8:51]already. Beach access is only down a um

[8:55]some like a sand road or something. I

[8:57]think that you're allowed to. There's

[8:59]one that you can go down with the Jeep

[9:01]um without having to get the

[9:03]permit. I'm unsure about that. We're

[9:05]just going to go to the day use area and

[9:07]then we're going to walk into the

[9:08]campground. See it right

[9:11]there. Wow, this is awesome.

[9:16]Okay, so it goes from spin wheel to

[9:19]horsefall. It's a pretty good

[9:21][Music]

[9:23]distance. We're just going to head over

[9:25]to the campground. It's a very busy day

[9:28]use

[9:29]area. Almost didn't have a place to

[9:34]park. Just going to head to the camper.

[9:37]Sorry, my phone work better now.

[9:47]gates open 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. And I

[9:51]know that um they can be out on the

[9:53]dunes until midnight. So, she told me

[9:55]that doesn't make a lot of sense, but

[9:56]that's how it works

[10:02]here. Should be the campground over

[10:04]here. Yep.

[10:09]This is where we'll be volunteering

[10:11]cleaning the

[10:17]bathrooms. It's all off grid

[10:29]though. It's pretty big um parking spot.

[10:33]They're

[10:35]numbered. Looks like just picnic tables

[10:38]out

[10:39]there. Maybe a

[10:48]trail. Definitely an active place.

[11:12]I've seen all these signs

[11:15]before. Nothing new for

[11:17]me.

[11:24]Nope. Okay. Volunteer host spot number

[11:30]one. They are ATVers. I got a bunch of

[11:33]them. I'll stop and talk to

[11:37]him. I'm going to I'm going to go talk

[11:40]to him real fast. I'll tell you what's

[11:42]up. Okay. So, there's two possible

[11:44]places I'll be at.

[11:47]Um, one could be on the beach or it

[11:49]could be here. It's probably going to be

[11:51]here. The person I'll be working with,

[11:54]he seems okay, but he's got a little bit

[11:58]of an attitude about some things. I'll

[12:00]navigate him.

[12:03]Um this is pretty small.

[12:08]Um small

[12:18]loop the site it seemed okay. It's right

[12:21]up front next to the restrooms right

[12:23]next to the other camp

[12:25]posts.

[12:28]Um it seems all right though.

[12:32]It's Yeah, cuz the RVs are just kind of

[12:35]parked. Oh, those numbered spots are the

[12:37]campsites. Okay. Oh, wow. That's

[12:42]different.

[12:44]Huh. Wow. Those are the

[12:47]campsites. Look like there's a trail

[12:49]over

[12:51]here. I don't know if there's anything I

[12:57]see. Got different dunes and stuff.

[13:01][Music]

[13:04]be a fun place to explore. You have to

[13:06]be careful though. I want to get one of

[13:08]the

[13:08][Music]

[13:11]Y18. Okay, so those numbered spots of

[13:13]the campsite. That's new. I haven't seen

[13:15]anything like that

[13:17][Music]

[13:25]before. Talk about how

[13:45][Music]

[13:48]hierarchy the host.

[13:59]So a smart place

[14:06]every not what I

[14:08]expected over

[14:10][Music]

[14:31]station makes

[14:33]sense. This is going to be a very

[14:35]different experience.

[14:43]Not always a good

[14:49]guy. So, some sites are nicer like

[14:51]number two right there. Not kind of

[14:53]nicer. I'm saying that I might be out on

[14:56]the beach.

[14:58]So, have to ask about that. Try to find

[15:03]them if I can.

[15:09]This is fascinating.

[15:15]So your camping here, your camping user

[15:19]me, you know, you're freaking Walmart

[15:21]parking,

[15:24]right?

[15:27]Wild area is full. Find a place to park

[15:31]there.

[15:35]I don't know where I go

[15:38]exploring a little bit more. This is how

[15:41]I look at a place. I'll check it

[15:44]out. Just slowly come

[15:51]back. This is how

[15:57]I next

[15:59]summer trail.

[16:05]Okay, while we're here, we might as well

[16:07]check everything out that we can. We're

[16:08]going to just head to the right, which

[16:09]takes you closer to the ocean. I mean,

[16:11]there's a road here, so let's take it.

[16:13]See where it goes. I have no

[16:24]idea. He did mention beach camping. Oh,

[16:27]this is fascinating.

[16:30]Drive through some

[16:33]water.

[16:35]Wow, it's a little bit flooded back

[16:37]here. Cool. Oh, I love

[16:41]this. Okay. Old park road staging area.

[16:47]Hello. Staging area. So, you probably,

[16:50]you know, places to park and stuff. Get

[16:52]to the

[16:54]dunes. Everybody having fun here?

[16:56]Everything's a little bit flooded, I

[16:58]guess.

[16:59]Got dunes over there. Man, you could

[17:01]have so much fun out there if you had

[17:02]the right

[17:09]equipment. All the yellow flowers are

[17:12]killing

[17:14]me. Okay, we got a picnic area over

[17:17]here. So, that's

[17:20]nice. We'll check that out at some

[17:22]point.

[17:30]So that's just I don't even know what

[17:32]you call that. It's just flooded like

[17:36]just

[17:37]flooded lots of

[17:39]water. This is interesting.

[17:55]Definitely takes a certain kind of

[17:56]person to volunteer here, which explains

[17:58]that the people I just met. Oh

[18:02]man. Oh, that's interesting. No camping

[18:06]there, it says.

[18:13]I really hope these yellow flowers are

[18:14]responsible for my

[18:16]allergies cuz there's so many of them

[18:18]here. Oh yeah, they are in the dunes.

[18:20]They grow really strongly in the dunes.

[18:22]I wonder if that was a trail I could

[18:25]take. It wasn't an official one, but it

[18:27]looked like you could probably Is it

[18:29]like a

[18:33]trail? She didn't mention a beach to me.

[18:36]I don't

[18:37]think. I'll have to find

[18:42]out. So, where are we going? This is a

[18:45]long road. Whoa, that was a big

[18:51]dip. What does this

[18:53]say? Trail head. Okay, good. Blue bill

[18:56]Lake trail head. Okay, now we found a

[18:59]trail. Need places to go

[19:02]hiking safely. Okay, there's a lake over

[19:06]there. Oh, we got to go check that out

[19:08]over

[19:09]here.

[19:11]Um, something over

[19:14]there. Blue

[19:16]campground closed. Probably open to me

[19:19]first.

[19:34]Wild Mare Horse

[19:36]Camp. Pretty sure that's closed. Yeah,

[19:39]we could always explore that while we're

[19:41]here, of

[19:44]course. So, the horses used to come back

[19:47]here, you know, so that the humans could

[19:50]explore out of the horses, I

[19:52]bet. But then the ATVers took

[20:00]over. What do we have here? Oh, that's

[20:03]another day used area. Bill Run staging

[20:06]area. B run staging area. Okay, so we

[20:09]got a staging area there. Lots of places

[20:11]to get on the

[20:13]dunes. Wow, this could be so fun,

[20:16]especially if I make some friends who

[20:17]have ATVs and take me out there and

[20:20]stuff.

[20:24]have so much fun

[20:25]here. This could be an interesting light

[20:27]for a

[20:29]while. Okay. Horsefall Beach Campground

[20:32]and day use area. So, this is the

[20:35]one. Let's see what we got back

[20:40]here. It's a big day use

[20:44]area. Oh, wow. Big day use area. Now,

[20:47]the ocean is going to be on the other

[20:48]side of that. Oh, this is this is also

[20:52]camping. Oh my, this is very

[20:55]strange. They just park and it's a

[20:57]parking lot.

[20:59]Wow, that's wild. Okay, up there. That's

[21:02]going to be the spot. It's going to I

[21:04]think I don't know if it's next to that

[21:06]RV. Probably is though, cuz other that's

[21:09]what it was like at the other

[21:12]spot. Um, so yeah, we got ATVs back

[21:16]there. So, not safe to be walking over

[21:18]there. That's a hiking trail though,

[21:20]right there. Okay. And this is parking

[21:22]cuz there's a day there. A horsefall.

[21:24]Says it right there. So, let's stop

[21:27]here. Right next to those

[21:30]bathrooms. I wonder if the other RV just

[21:32]parks next to that. That would be so Oh,

[21:34]man. That would be a difficult spot to

[21:36]try to get

[21:38]into, but I think that's what you do.

[21:40]So, Oh, man. I'll find out which one

[21:44]it's going to be here at the beach.

[21:49]I could text her.

[21:54]Maybe it's got to be cuz I don't see any

[21:57]other spots. So, wow. To navigate

[22:03]that. This is going to be different, but

[22:05]I'm going to embrace it. Going to

[22:07]embrace it. Based on what she was

[22:10]telling me, I don't think it's going to

[22:12]be the beach because she was telling me

[22:13]that I could get to the beach by driving

[22:15]down a road and it was probably this

[22:18]road. We're going to take this really

[22:20]long walkway. See where it takes

[22:24]us. It's going to be the ocean, which is

[22:27]going to be

[22:34]amazing. It's very windy.

[22:39]They just parked there

[22:42]just

[22:45]crazy and

[22:53]water. I see all kinds of duners out

[22:56]there, man. It's going to be

[22:58]amazing. This is

[23:01]beautiful. There's the

[23:04]ocean. Oh, man.

[23:17]So this is Oh, you can't even get to the

[23:20]beach. Have to go

[23:23]around. No beach access from

[23:27]field. Oh, it's down

[23:31]there.

[23:33]Okay. Oh, this is a nice beach. Easy

[23:35]waves and

[23:48]tra where that sign is there. That's

[23:50]going to be where the the doom buggies

[23:53]get any further than

[23:55]that. This little right here is

[23:57]Milwaukee that

[23:59]way. Dune buggies that way.

[24:04]They're going out

[24:16]now. That will be so

[24:20]fun. Oh, he's going

[24:26]right. It's

[24:29]pretty such a beach.

[24:33]Oh, I just lost my hat. That's not

[24:37]good. I got

[24:39]it. I knew that was going to

[24:42]happen. This is

[24:50]nice. Yeah, I'm going to like this. I'll

[24:52]spend a lot of time here.

[25:00]See how far we can explore that

[25:05]way. There's less people here.

[25:10]Really? He just drove down from a

[25:12]different campground, I

[25:18]bet.

[25:25]Racing. Yeah.

[25:28]Well, because it's not a great spot.

[25:30]It's not camping. You're literally just

[25:32]in a parking lot right next to

[25:36]restrooms.

[25:40]That's maybe for my lifestyle, it's

[25:49]okay.

[25:51]And like I

[25:54]was seeing I'll try to

[26:00]be people tend

[26:06]to

[26:15]like and

[26:18]um which means his his dad the guy that

[26:20]I was talking to is at least open-minded

[26:24]you know like he's not trying to control

[26:26]those kids. So, I mean, maybe um maybe

[26:30]I'll get along with him. We'll see.

[26:33]Maybe he just really cares about the

[26:36]bathrooms. So, I'm going to do my job.

[26:41]So, is this guy keeping Can't tell. He

[26:45]might

[26:46]be might be attractive.

[26:53][Music]

[26:55]This is going to be

[26:57]interesting.

[26:59]Different. Very

[27:01]different. Dune culture. True Dune

[27:03]culture. Not like hunting. This is

[27:08]different. I'm going to embrace

[27:12]this. I'm going to make the best of it

[27:14]that I

[27:16]can. So, this is interesting. Oh,

[27:20]somebody left their [ __ ] broken

[27:21]though. Real

[27:27]broken. Horse

[27:32]fall. It's going to be

[27:35]different. We will make the best of

[27:37]this. You know what? Um, I have a

[27:40]feeling only

[27:41]one person is in that spot. Like that's

[27:44]their spot right there. There probably

[27:47]isn't a second person. So, when he's

[27:49]saying beach, I think he might be wrong

[27:50]about

[27:52]that. Um, if they're unless they're

[27:55]leaving, right? But I don't think they

[27:57]are. But that that would be a good spot

[28:00]to get. I'll tell my contact that if

[28:03]they ever leave that I would love to

[28:04]have that spot cuz that's actually a

[28:06]pretty good spot. It's got a fence and

[28:09]um, you

[28:11]know, do a good job end up

[28:14]there. But people can stay for years.

[28:17]So, there's no telling. We'll find out,

[28:20]I guess. I'll ask her about

[28:25]it. So, Oh, yeah. There was that one

[28:28]trail to the lake. We'll go check that

[28:31]out.

[28:33]And I guess I'll start heading back.

[28:36]Still early in the day, but there's only

[28:39]so much to do here. It is pretty cold.

[28:42]Despite looking like really beautiful

[28:44]weather, it's real cold today. The audio

[28:47]on my last clip didn't record. I think

[28:49]it might be my my headphones. I took

[28:53]those I unplugged them for a moment. I

[28:56]am near a lake. It's a beautiful lake.

[28:58]It's really beautiful. Sitting on a

[29:00]bridge. Standing on a bridge. This side

[29:03]is a little less It's a little more

[29:05]chaotic, I guess. A lot of lily pads.

[29:08]Whatever those lily pads, I think.

[29:11]So, they're

[29:13]cool. It's different.

[29:16]And I like it here. I think it's just

[29:19]going to

[29:20]be an adaptation for me. I've never been

[29:24]to a campground that was really just a

[29:25]parking lot. And I'm going to be

[29:27]stationed like right at the front next

[29:29]to the

[29:31]um the

[29:33]restroom/shours. And I'm going to have

[29:35]to interact with guests that are not

[29:38]necessarily friendly to people like me.

[29:41]You know, gay men who have lots of

[29:43]piercings and stuff. You know, I saw

[29:45]some Trump flags and things like that,

[29:47]but that doesn't mean, you know, that

[29:50]they're

[29:51]homophobic

[29:53]necessarily. Treat everyone with respect

[29:55]and just hope to get the same in return,

[29:57]but stand your ground if you

[29:59]don't. And that's how I feel about

[30:03]it. It's going to be a different

[30:06]experience, but I want to embrace it. I

[30:08]want to I want to live truly live. So,

[30:12]you know, these people are living out

[30:14]here. They're, you know, they're living

[30:16]good lives

[30:18]um with energy and excitement and I want

[30:22]that. So, I don't think that's a bad

[30:25]thing. I think that this might be

[30:26]exactly what I need. You whether I know

[30:28]it or not, I think this might be what I

[30:30]need.

Summary

rswfire travels 40 miles south from his current location near Florence to scout Horsefall Campground, where he will volunteer as a host in one week. He drives along Highway 101, passing through familiar locations including Reedsport, Winchester Bay, Tuckman (his first volunteer site), and Lakeside (where his PO box is located).

Upon arriving at the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, he explores the off-grid campground which operates as a parking lot-style setup rather than traditional campsites. He meets the current volunteer host, describing him as having "a bit of an attitude" but navigable. The campground serves primarily ATV/dune buggy enthusiasts and operates with only basic amenities.

rswfire discovers there are two possible volunteer positions - one at the main campground (a small loop next to restrooms) and potentially one at the beach area. He explores the beach access, walking trails, and checking out Blue Bill Lake. Despite the unconventional camping setup and different demographic (noting Trump flags and ATV culture), he expresses commitment to embracing the experience.

Technical issues with his phone shutting off interrupt filming multiple times. He reflects on Highway 101 being "the bridge of my life" and expresses amazement at his current lifestyle compared to a year ago. The visit concludes with him planning to adapt to this very different volunteer environment while maintaining his authentic self.

Signal Analysis

Substrate

This transmission maps new territorial boundaries while calibrating adaptation protocols for a different operational environment. The field is conducting reconnaissance of a space that requires different sovereignty expressions - maintaining coherence while adapting to ATV/dune culture dynamics and proximity-based camping structures.

Dominant Language

embracedifferentadaptationparking lot campingTrump flagsrespectstand your groundtruly live

Symbolic Elements

bridgedunesoceanhighwayparking lotthreshold

Ontological States

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adaptive
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sovereign
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reconnaissance
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integrating

Subsystems

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cognitive
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infrastructural
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relational
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somatic

Transmission Details

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