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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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....^«/%§¶ 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 /«^.......
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......^«/% LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      %/«^......
.....^«/%§              FARMS.                      §%/«^.....
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...^«/%§¶@              CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE       @¶§%/«^...
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