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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 &....&....
...&...... CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE PLANTS TO &&....&...
....&..... GROW, CORRECTING THE AFTERBURN OF .&&....&..
.....&.... METABOLITES FROM THE CHEMS OF THE .&&&....&.
......&... PREVIOUS YIELD. .&.&&....&
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..&......& 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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.&&&....&. FARMS. &&&...&...
.&.&&....& THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN &.&&...&..
...&&&.... CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE ..&&&...&.
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