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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 ,,,,,.~:**
*:~.,,,,,, 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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