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....^:^$$@  II. FORCED TO LAND ON FOREIGN PLANET    @$$^:^....
.^«:^$#@## III. SEARCHED FOR TRACES OF OTHER LIFE   ##@#$^:«^.
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....^^:^##  IV. CLUNKY BUILD, RUGGED, PROBLEMS      ##^:^^....
......«^##      WITH DUST ON SOLAR PANELS           ##^«......
.^«:^#@###   V. PIONEER EXPERIMENT, NOT ENOUGH      ###@#^:«^.
.^«:^$#@##      BELIEF IN ITS SUCCESS FOR PRECIOUS  ##@#$^:«^.
.^«:^$$$#@      PRECIOUS MATERIALS TO BE ALOTTED    @#$$$^:«^.
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.^«:^$#@## ATTEMPTS   AT   LARGE-SCALE   INDUSTRIAL ##@#$^:«^.
.^«:^$#@## FARMING.     BESPOKE    CHEMICALS    ARE ##@#$^:«^.
.^«:^$##@# MANUFACTURED   AND   ADDED   TO  "CLEAN" #@##$^:«^.
.^«:^$#@## (DEAD)    SOIL    BEFORE   EACH   YIELD. ##@#$^:«^.
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.^«:^$#@## LARGER-SCALE FORMS.                      ##@#$^:«^.
....^^:$@#              FARMS.                      #@$:^^....
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