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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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,,=***=### 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 #####¤*=,,
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,,=*=¤#### PROFESSION) ####¤=*=,,
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