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,:~:^*¤¶## II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET ##¶¤*^:~:,
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,:~:^*¤¶## 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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,:~:^*¤¶## ATTEMPTS AT LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL ##¶¤*^:~:,
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