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In this study, we extend prior work to include realistic 3D collisions and Debye-like shielding of the correlations to show how these two processes compete in the development of realistic plasma particle velocity distributions. We modify our prior numerical experiment to incorporate both 3D collisions and correlations that include realistic Debye-like shielding of plasma particles and run it over many collisions until it becomes stationary. While 3D collisions alone produce Maxwell\u2013Boltzmann (MB) distributions of the particles (\u03ba \u2192 \u221e), introducing correlations drives the distributions to stationary states with finite thermodynamic kappa (\u03ba), where stronger correlations produce lower values of \u03ba, as observed in space plasmas. Further, development of correlation clusters around each collision rapidly produces thermodynamic systems where the Debye length is proportional to 1+1\/\u03ba0th, for invariant thermal kappa \u03ba0th, just as predicted by theory. 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