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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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/~,....... 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 .,~/*&@@##
#@@&*/~,.. chemists (wizard-like ..,~/*&@@#
@@&*/~,... profession) ...,~/*&@@
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