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.........^  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 §:~^......
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