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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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†~,....... $$†$††$$†$††$$†$††$$†$††$$†$††$$†$††$$†$ .......,~†
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,......... on  earth at this time the soil has been .........,
.......... contaminated  by  previous   generations ..........
.......... attempts   at   large-scale   industrial ..........
.......... farming.    bespoke     chemicals    are ..........
.......... manufactured  and   added   to   "clean" ..........
.......... (dead)    soil   before   each    yield. ..........
,.........                                          .........,
~,........ these  chems  are  made  to  create  the ........,~
†~,....... correct  environments  for the plants to .......,~†
$†~,...... grow,  correcting   the   afterburn   of ......,~†$
$$†~,..... metabolites  from  the   chems  of   the .....,~†$$
§$$†~,.... previous yield.                          ....,~†$$§
¶§$$†~,...                                          ...,~†$$§¶
@¶§$$†~,.. 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 ........,~
,.........              chemists (wizard-like       .........,
..........                        profession)       ..........
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