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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 ###&%:~-,,
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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 -,,,,,,,,,
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