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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. ......~:^¤
^:~....... .......~:^
:~........ 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 .....~:^¤@
#@¤^:~.... profession) ....~:^¤@#
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