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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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.&.&&.&.&. 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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.&..&.&.&. CORRECT ENVIRONMENTS FOR THE PLANTS TO .&.&.&.&.&
.&.&&.&.&. 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 .&.&.&.&.&
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.&..&.&.&. CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE SOIL IS .&.&.&.&.&
.&.&&.&.&. TO BE USED. .&.&.&.&.&
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.&.&&.&.&. THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN .&.&.&.&.&
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