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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 ..&...&.&.
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&...&.&&.& 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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&&.&&.&&.& LAST. NEW CORRECTING CHEMS NEED TO BE &&&.&.....
.&&.&&.&&& CREATED THEN FOR EACH TIME THE SOIL IS ..&&&....&
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