If you are a high enough level you can join a friend who is patrolling another planet and that automatically unlocks it for you without progressing through all of the story.
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Oh really? I made it to Venus and stopped for awhile and joined my buddies on Mars I don't know if they ever did patrol when I was with then at level 20 and I never had it unlocked till I beat Venus but thanks for the heads up bro!