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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 .&..&.&.&.
&.&.&.&..& PROFESSION) .&.&&.&.&.
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