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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. #@#§¤§^=^,
,,,===^§§§                                          §§§^===,,,
,,,,,^^^§§ 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       §§=^,,,,,,
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