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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.                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#&@%:«~¨¨¨              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ¨¨¨~«:%@&#
##&@%:«~¨¨              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       ¨¨~«:%@&##
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