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using System.Net.Sockets;
namespace Launcher.Core {
  public class ServerQuery {
    public async Task GetStatus() {
      try {
        TcpClient client = new TcpClient();
        await client.ConnectAsync(IP, Port);
        NetworkStream stream = client.GetStream();
        // Handshake Packet Generation
        byte[] data = new byte[] { 0xFE, 0x01 };
        await stream.WriteAsync(data, 0, data.Length);
        // Complex Buffer Handling...
        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        int bytesRead = await stream.ReadAsync(buffer);
        // 500+ more lines of error handling...
      } catch (SocketException e) {
        Logger.LogError(e.ToString()); 
      }
    }
  }
}