They beat Astrophage by reverse‑engineering why another star system (Tau Ceti) was unaffected, then breeding an Astrophage‑resistant strain of taumoeba and sending that biological countermeasure back to the Solar System. Ryland Grace figures out the key biology, Rocky helps with engineering and experimentation, and…
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