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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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.....&&&&& ^^=^==^^=^==^^=^==^^=^==^^=^==^^=^==^^=^ ..&&....&&
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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. &&&&&..&&.
&......... &&&&......
..&&&&&&&& 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. &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& LARGER-SCALE FORMS. &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& FARMS. &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& THEY WOULD EMPLOY THEIR OWN &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& CHEMISTS (WIZARD-LIKE &&&&&&&&&&
&&&&&&&&&& PROFESSION) &&&&&&&&&&
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