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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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.~«/†$§### GROW,   CORRECTING   THE   AFTERBURN  OF ###§$†/«~.
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.~«/†$§@## PREVIOUS YIELD.                          ##@§$†/«~.
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.~«/†$§@## IT IS NOT  UNCOMMON  FOR  EACH ITERATION ##@§$†/«~.
.....««†§§ TO LEAVE  A BASELINE  DIFFERENT  TO  THE §§†««.....
.~«/†$§@## LAST. NEW CORRECTING CHEMS  NEED  TO  BE ##@§$†/«~.
.~«/†$§§§§ CREATED THEN  FOR  EACH TIME THE SOIL IS §§§§$†/«~.
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......~/$§ LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      §$/~......
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.~«/†$§###              THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN ###§$†/«~.
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