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##@&$%*~^, %%*%**%%*%**%%*%**%%*%**%%*%**%%*%**%%*% ,^~*%$&@##
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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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##@&$%*~^, %%*%**%%*%**%%*%**%%*%**%%*%**%%*%**%%*% ,^~*%$&@##
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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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