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.&.&.&.&.& I. SENT ON A ROCKET INTO EARTH ORBIT .&.&&..&.&
.&.&.&.&.& II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET .&..&.&&.&
.&.&.&.&.& III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE .&.&&..&.&
.&.&.&.&.& LIKE OURS, FEELS ABANDONED .&..&.&&.&
.&.&.&.&.& IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS .&.&&..&.&
.&.&.&.&.& WITH DUST ON SOLAR PANELS .&..&.&&.&
.&.&.&.&.& V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH .&.&&..&.&
.&.&.&.&.& BELIEF IN ITS SUCCESS FOR PRECIOUS .&..&.&&.&
.&.&.&.&.& PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED .&.&&..&.&
.&.&.&.&.& VI. FINDS WATER. FINDS FUCKING WATER .&..&.&&.&
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.&.&.&.&.& ON EARTH AT THIS TIME THE SOIL HAS BEEN .&..&.&&.&
.&.&.&.&.& CONTAMINATED BY PREVIOUS GENERATIONS .&.&&..&.&
.&.&.&.&.& ATTEMPTS AT LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL .&..&.&&.&
.&.&.&.&.& FARMING. BESPOKE CHEMICALS ARE .&.&&..&.&
.&.&.&.&.& MANUFACTURED AND ADDED TO "CLEAN" .&..&.&&.&
.&.&.&.&.& (DEAD) SOIL BEFORE EACH YIELD. .&.&&..&.&
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.&.&.&.&.& THESE CHEMS ARE MADE TO CREATE THE .&.&&..&.&
.&.&.&.&.& CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE PLANTS TO .&..&.&&.&
.&.&.&.&.& GROW, CORRECTING THE AFTERBURN OF .&.&&..&.&
.&.&.&.&.& METABOLITES FROM THE CHEMS OF THE .&..&.&&.&
.&.&.&.&.& PREVIOUS YIELD. .&.&&..&.&
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.&.&.&.&.& IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR EACH ITERATION .&.&&..&.&
.&.&.&.&.& TO LEAVE A BASELINE DIFFERENT TO THE .&..&.&&.&
.&.&.&.&.& LAST. NEW CORRECTING CHEMS NEED TO BE .&.&&..&.&
.&.&.&.&.& CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE SOIL IS .&..&.&&.&
.&.&.&.&.& TO BE USED. .&.&&..&.&
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.&.&.&.&.& LARGER-SCALE FORMS. .&.&&..&.&
.&.&.&.&.& FARMS. .&..&.&&.&
.&.&.&.&.& THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN .&.&&..&.&
.&.&.&.&.& CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE .&..&.&&.&
.&.&.&.&.& PROFESSION) .&.&&..&.&
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