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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 ##@#&*=~:.
.:~=*&#@@@ TO  LEAVE A  BASELINE DIFFERENT  TO  THE @@@#&*=~:.
.:~=*&@### LAST.  NEW  CORRECTING CHEMS  NEED TO BE ###@&*=~:.
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