https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Tentaculat&feed=atom&action=historyTentaculat - Revision history2024-03-29T08:28:40ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.4https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Tentaculat&diff=117176&oldid=prevMagic9mushroom: removed Bio-Drone reference, number of general tweaks and typo fixes.2023-11-19T00:58:44Z<p>removed Bio-Drone reference, number of general tweaks and typo fixes.</p>
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</table>Darkpasthttps://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Tentaculat&diff=58384&oldid=prevDarkpast: /* Tactics */2014-08-02T18:51:15Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Tactics</span></span></p>
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