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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <allcategories>
      <c size="43" pages="43" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Character</c>
      <c size="2" pages="2" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Civilian Enterprises</c>
      <c size="13" pages="13" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Departments</c>
      <c size="4" pages="4" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Medical</c>
      <c size="0" pages="0" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Pages with broken file links</c>
      <c size="11" pages="11" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Races</c>
      <c size="173" pages="0" files="173" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Ranks</c>
      <c size="15" pages="15" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">SB900 Hot Spots</c>
      <c size="3" pages="3" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Ships</c>
      <c size="7" pages="7" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">Starfleet Branches</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories acfrom="Stellar Cartography" />
  </query-continue>
</api>