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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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