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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 #@@§%%^=,¨
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¨,=^%%§@@# metabolites   from   the  chems  of  the #@@§%%^=,¨
¨,=^%§@### previous yield.                          ###@§%^=,¨
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¨,=^%%§@@# to be used.                              #@@§%%^=,¨
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¨,=^%%§@## larger-scale forms.                      ##@§%%^=,¨
¨,=^%%§@##              farms.                      ##@§%%^=,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,^%@              they would employ their own @%^,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨=%§              chemists (wizard-like       §%=¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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