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^......... =††==†=††==†=††==†=††==†=††==†=††==†=††= .........^
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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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