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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 ,,,,,,.~=*
$*=~.,,,,, LAST.  NEW CORRECTING CHEMS  NEED TO  BE ,,,,,.~=*$
#$*=~.,,,, CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME  THE  SOIL IS ,,,,.~=*$#
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#@##$*=~., LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ,.~=*$##@#
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#$*=~.,,,,              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       ,,,,.~=*$#
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