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+// Copyright (c) 2017 PSForever
+package game
+
+import org.specs2.mutable._
+import net.psforever.packet._
+import net.psforever.packet.game._
+import net.psforever.types.Vector3
+import scodec.bits._
+
+class DeployObjectMessageTest extends Specification {
+  //fake data; see comments in packet; this test exists to maintain code coverage
+  val string = hex"5D 0000 00000000 00000 00000 0000 00 00 00 00000000"
+
+  "decode" in {
+    PacketCoding.DecodePacket(string).require match {
+      case DeployObjectMessage(guid, unk1, pos, unk2, unk3, unk4, unk5) =>
+        guid mustEqual PlanetSideGUID(0)
+        unk1 mustEqual 0L
+        pos.x mustEqual 0f
+        pos.y mustEqual 0f
+        pos.z mustEqual 0f
+        unk2 mustEqual 0
+        unk3 mustEqual 0
+        unk4 mustEqual 0
+        unk5 mustEqual 0L
+      case _ =>
+        ko
+    }
+  }
+
+  "encode" in {
+    val msg = DeployObjectMessage(PlanetSideGUID(0), 0L, Vector3(0f, 0f, 0f), 0, 0, 0, 0L)
+    val pkt = PacketCoding.EncodePacket(msg).require.toByteVector
+
+    pkt mustEqual string
+  }
+}